Lecturer of Legal Studies and Business Ethics Department, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Djordjija Petkoski; a representative of Pepsico Company, Gabriela DeLa Garza; the 2017 Youth Ideas for Action Initiative Winner, Nwachinemere Emeka Obewe from Nigeria; Second Runner-up, Akshay Verma from India, and First Runner-up, Mukose Andrew from Uganda, at the presentation of winners of the Youth Ideas for Action Initiative of the World Bank Group, during the World Bank – IMF Annual Meetings in Washington DC, United States, on Tuesday, October 10.
For the second successive year, Nigeria has won the Ideas for Action initiative, a youth competition on financing for development, which is yearly organised by the World Bank Group in collaboration with the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research.
The World Bank’s Senior Vice President (The 2030 Development Agenda), Mahmoud Mohieldin, announced the results of the 2017 Ideas for Action initiative on Tuesday in Washington, during the annual meetings of World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.Nigeria’s winning proposal, “Kitovu”, came out tops from among 743 proposals from 118 countries, while Uganda’s proposal of “Gifted Hands” and India’s proposal of “Agratam” were adjudged first and second runner ups in this year’s competition.
Mohieldin disclosed that the winners were selected through a vigorous three-stage selection process evaluating the creativity, significance, feasibility, and clarity of the proposals.
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