Pallavi is the founder of Desiderata Impact Ventures, a specialist intermediary that is working toward creating transformative impact in underserved communities by bringing in innovative sustainable approaches. Prior to Desiderata, Pallavi worked with the World Bank and International Finance Corp. where she was focusing on private sector development and south-south collaboration. Pallavi has been listed among the “50 Most Impactful Social Innovators” in 2016 by World CSR and awarded with 2015 Africa Social Innovation Leadership Award and the World Bank Vice-Presidential Unit Award in 2014.

Paloma Duran is currently the director of the Sustainable Development Goals Fund and has served as the acting director since October 2014. Prior to to the SDG Fund, she was the senior adviser to the Millennium Development Goals Fund. She holds a master's and Ph.D. in law as well as in political science from UNED University in Spain and a certificate in international affairs from New York University in New York.

Pamela Nathenson is the executive director of World Connect, a nonprofit that co-invests with communities to advance development on their terms. She earned a master’s in International Health from Boston University’s School of Public Health and has built organizations and programming in global development and public health for 25 years.

Pamela Steele is director and principal consultant at PSA Ltd — www.pamsteele.co.uk — an Oxford-based consultancy specializing in supply chain management in the international development and humanitarian sectors. Pamela is a doctorate student at Cranfield University, U.K., researching the health supply chain in developing countries. Her career has spanned over 25 years in logistics and supply chain management in international development. Previous employers include UNICEF, UNFPA, Oxfam Great Britain, the International Committee of the Red Cross and World Vision International.

Pamela served as Devex News correspondent in Geneva. She is a journalist, editor and journalism trainer with 30 years experience in the United States, Eastern and Western Europe, Africa and the Middle East who specializes in development and human rights reporting.

Pamela Bella Nyamutoka Katooro is the Africa regional director for the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction. She is also the director of gender at the Digital Frontiers Association. As a digital finance practitioner, she has designed digital financial inclusion programs for rural people and particularly women-led SMEs to strengthen their market and supply systems for increased profitability and income.

Pamina Firchow is an associate professor of coexistence and conflict at Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy. Previously, she was assistant professor of conflict analysis and resolution at George Mason University, as well as a Senior Jennings Randolph Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace in 2016. Her main research interests surround the study of the international accompaniment of communities affected by mass violence and the localization of international development and peacebuilding aid. She has published widely on participatory approaches to design, the measurement and evaluation of transitional justice, reconciliation, and peacebuilding interventions.

Pape Amadou Gaye is president and CEO of IntraHealth International. For over three decades, he has advocated for, built, and leveraged strong partnerships with governments, NGOs, and the private sector to catalyze change and enable health workers to better serve communities in need. A native of Senegal, Gaye is a powerful advocate for family planning—especially in West Africa—as a high-impact solution to address health and population challenges.

The Paris Dialogue is a joint initiative led by AFD, CEB, ICC, IEA, OECD, OIF, and UNESCO, with active support from the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the City of Paris. It is founded on the shared commitment of Paris’s major international institutions to strengthen their collaboration in generating ideas and actions that advance science, global public goods, and sustainable development.

Sir Partha Dasgupta is the Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge and the 2016 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement Laureate. He has spent nearly most of his professional life working on poverty and inequality issues. His cutting-edge research covers welfare and development economics, the economics of technological change, population, environmental and resource economics, game theory and the economics of malnutrition. In 2002, he was named Knight Bachelor by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for services to economics.