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Margo Thomas

GSI Fellow

Throughout her career spanning more than two decades as a senior official at the world’s premier development organization – the World Bank Group, Margo Thomas, Ph.D. has provided policy advice to over 50 national and sub-national governments.

As Founder and CEO of the Women’s Economic Imperative, Dr. Thomas serves as a catalyst for initiatives aimed at increasing opportunities for the economic empowerment of disadvantaged and under-represented groups globally. In April 2017, Dr. Thomas successfully completed her appointment as the Chief of Secretariat for the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment. Under the Argentinian Presidency of the G20, Dr. Thomas was appointed Co-Chair of the 2018 Think 20 Task Force on Gender Economic Equity. She served as Co-Chair of the 2019 Think 20 Task Force on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development under the Japanese Presidency.

Concurrently Dr. Thomas is an Associate Fellow at Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs.

With a Doctoral Degree in Public Policy and Private Sector Development from the University of Manchester, Margo’s areas of focus include trade and competitiveness, business environment and regulatory reform, investment policy, and women’s economic empowerment.

E-Mail: Margo.Thomas@weiforward.org
Website: https://www.margothomasphd.com/home/blog/
Twitter: @margothomasphd

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  • Migrant Care And Domestic Workers During The Pandemic And Beyond: The G20’s Role In Tackling Inequalities And Guaranteeing Rights
    • Florencia Caro Sachetti (Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC))
    • Sandhya S. Iyer (Tata Institute of Social Sciences)
    • Ananya Chakraborty (World Resources Institute)
    • Athiqah Nur Alami (BRIN)
    • Margo Thomas (Women’s Economic Imperative)
  • The economic empowerment of women entrepreneurs in a post-Covid World
    • Dinah Bennett (International Consultants for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise)
    • Keith Herrmann (Women’s Economic Imperative)
    • Josephine Kass-Hanna (Saint-Joseph University of Beirut)
    • Angela C. Lyons (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
    • Gabriela Rigoni (Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP))
    • José Stracquadaini (Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA))
    • Margo Thomas (Women’s Economic Imperative)
    • Betty Wilkinson (Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Zambia)
  • Promoting economic and social inclusion of migrant workers
    • Haya Al-Dajani (Mohammad Bin Salman College for Business and Entrepreneurship)
    • Marija Babovic (University of Belgrade)
    • Dinah Bennett (International Consultants for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise)
    • Simona Formica (NoGap)
    • Anne Jenkins (Women’s Economic Imperative)
    • Fabio Masini (Roma Tre University)
    • Ernestine Ning (Coventry University)
    • Sandy Onyalo (Ujeengo Global Community)
    • Smita Premchander (Sampark)
    • Krupa Sriram (Sampark)
    • Margo Thomas (Women’s Economic Imperative)
  • Transversal G20 response to Covid-19: Global governance for economic, social, health, and environmental resilience
    • Veronika Ertl
    • Marc Fleurbaey (Paris School of Economics)
    • Gianluca Grimalda (Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW))
    • John Kirton (G20 Research Group)
    • W. Andy Knight
    • Jonathan Luckhurst
    • K. Srikanth Reddy
    • Elizabeth Sidiropoulos (South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA))
    • Margo Thomas (Women’s Economic Imperative)
  • Reaffirming the significance of global public goods for health: Global solidarity in response to Covid-19 and future shocks
    • Obijiofor Aginam
    • Sainath Banerjee
    • Alex Ezeh
    • Sandro Galea (Boston University School of Public Health)
    • Franz Gatsweiler
    • Blessing Mberu
    • Blaise Nguendo-Yongsi
    • Osondu Ogbuoji
    • K. Srikanth Reddy
    • Margo Thomas (Women’s Economic Imperative)
    • Yonette Felicity Thomas
    • Gavin Yamey
  • Women in global care chains: The need to tackle intersecting inequalities in G20 countries
    • Florencia Caro Sachetti (Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC))
    • Peter Abrahamson
    • Marija Babovic (University of Belgrade)
    • Asma Bahurmoz
    • Alejandro Biondi
    • Amm Quamruzzaman
    • Margo Thomas (Women’s Economic Imperative)
  • COVID-19 Response Strategies, Addressing Digital Gender Divides
    • Lindsey Nefesh-Clarke
    • Barbara Orser (Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa)
    • Margo Thomas (Women’s Economic Imperative)
  • Advancing Enterprise Education for Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) among MENA Countries
    • Haya Al-Dajani (Mohammad Bin Salman College for Business and Entrepreneurship)
    • Dinah Bennett (International Consultants for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise)
    • Barbara Orser (Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa)
    • Khulood A. Rambo (MIT Effat University)
    • Margo Thomas (Women’s Economic Imperative)
  • Women’s Economic Empowerment: Strengthening Public and Private Sector Impact through Accountability and Measurement (SDG 5)
    • Boris Branisa (Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Desarrollo (INESAD))
    • Gala Díaz Langou (Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC))
    • Dinah Bennett (International Consultants for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise)
    • Jacqueline Berford (Women’s World Banking)
    • Eleanor Carey (Data2X)
    • Yolanda Gibb (Women’s Economic Imperative)
    • Colette Henry (Dundalk Institute of Technology)
    • Eun Kyung Kim (Korean Women’s Development Institute)
    • Karen Miller (Women’s World Banking)
    • Mari Miura (Sophia University)
    • Nicola Patterson (Newcastle University)
    • Smita Premchander (Sampark)
    • Linda Scott (DoubleX Economy)
    • Margo Thomas (Women’s Economic Imperative)
  • A Gendered Perspective on Changing Demographics: Implications for Labour, Financial and Digital Equity
    • Abigail Hunt (Overseas Development Institute (ODI))
    • Carolyn Currie (Women’s Enterprise Scotland)
    • Fernando Filgueira (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of the Republic of Uruguay)
    • Florencia Caro Sachetti (Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC))
    • Gala Díaz Langou (Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC))
    • Margarita Beneke de Sanfeliu (Fundación Salvadoreña Para El Desarrollo Economico Y Social (FUSADES))
    • Sarah Gammage (International Center for Research on Women (ICRW))
    • Reiko Hayashi (National Institute for Population and Social Security Research, Japan)
    • Margo Thomas (Women’s Economic Imperative)
  • T20 Co-Chair Brief
    Economic Empowerment of Rural Women
    • Boris Branisa (Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Desarrollo (INESAD))
    • Carolyn Currie (Women’s Enterprise Scotland)
    • Graciela Hijar (Women’s Economic Imperative)
    • Helen Walbey
    • Lynne Cadenhead (Women’s Enterprise Scotland)
    • Mariela Magnelli (Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC))
    • Melissa Williams (The World Bank)
    • Narnia Bohler-Muller (Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC))
    • Sandhya S. Iyer (Tata Institute of Social Sciences)
    • Margo Thomas (Women’s Economic Imperative)
  • T20 Co-Chair Brief
    The Imperative of Addressing Care Needs for G20 countries
    • Abigail Hunt (Overseas Development Institute (ODI))
    • Carla Isnaldi (Women 20 Argentina)
    • Carolina Robino (International Development Research Centre)
    • Estela Rivero Fuentes (Counting Women’s Work)
    • Gala Díaz Langou (Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC))
    • Sarah Gammage (International Center for Research on Women (ICRW))
    • Urvashi Aneja (Tandem Research)
    • Margo Thomas (Women’s Economic Imperative)
  • T20 Co-Chair Brief
    Gender Mainstreaming: A Strategic Approach
    • Arjan de Haan (International Development Research Centre)
    • Cesar Cordova Novion (Jacobs, Cordova & Associates)
    • Gimena de León (Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC))
    • Maxime Forest (Sciences Po (PSIA), Paris (France))
    • Sandhya S. Iyer (Tata Institute of Social Sciences)
    • Margo Thomas (Women’s Economic Imperative)
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