2024 Social Forum: Contribution of Financing for Development to the Advancement

Sakshi Rai is a public finance expert with over 8 years of experience in the areas of - debt, tax justice, global financial transparency and international corporate governance. Sakshi has worked on various social sector projects with NGOs like WaterAid and currently works with the... Read More →

Attiya is the current UN Independent Expert on Foreign Debt and other related international financial obligations of States on Human Rights and is the only Professor of Fiscal Law and Policy in Eastern Africa. She is a Commissioner on the Lancet-O'Neil Commission on racism and Structural... Read More →

Ugo PANIZZA is Professor of Economics and Pictet Chair in Finance and Development at the Geneva Graduate Institute where he also serves as head of the Department of Economics. He is a Vice President and Fellow of CEPR and Fellow of the Fondazione Einaudi, Director of the International... Read More →

Iolanda Fresnillo joined the European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad) in 2019 and has coordinated its debt justice work as Policy and Advocacy Manager since 2021. Prior to this she worked for 10 years as a researcher and campaigns coordinator at Observatori del Deute en... Read More →

Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky is a Senior Researcher at Argentina’s National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET). He holds a master’s degree in business law and a PhD in Law. He defended the Argentine Republic in international arbitrations. He worked as Debt Officer at... Read More →

Penelope Hawkins is a published economist, with a Ph.D. in economics from Stirling University, Scotland. She has an M.A. in economics (cum laude) from the University of South Africa and a B.A. in economics (honours), a higher diploma in education (cum laude) and a B.Sc., all from... Read More →