2019 Global Inclusive Growth Summit
All In Together
The 2019 summit featured 50 speakers, including policymakers, scholars, CEOs, grassroots advocates and thought leaders who took to our stage to share inspiring ideas and solutions and to galvanize action to create a more inclusive economy. Four philanthropic funders including Mastercard committed more than $72 million in funding to advance equitable and sustainable economic growth on that one day.
Featured Topics
Our growth agenda
This year’s program is designed to go deep and bring you the topics you need to know as leaders in this space. From new thinking on financial health and the role of innovation, effective philanthropy, digital transformation and trust in the morning, to protecting individuals and small business from cyber threats, growth opportunities of the circular economy, and how AI is transforming organizations in the afternoon.
Financial & Human Capital Development as Building Blocks for Inclusive Growth
Locally-Led Inclusive Growth: Solutions from the Front Lines
Featured Speakers
Hear from purpose-driven leaders
Experience robust and thoughtful discussions on the most important inclusive growth topics from the experts themselves.
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Summit highlights
In case you missed it, watch the highlights of the summit showcasing some of the best discussions from visionary leaders on inclusive growth. See thought leaders share groundbreaking ideas and initiatives aimed at fostering economic development that leaves no one behind.
Summit Rewind
The summit's most memorable moments
In a turbulent economic, environmental, and human context, the Summit enables private sector, social impact, and government leaders to partner in new ways on meaningful solutions and approaches.
Snapshots
Celebrating champions of inclusive growth
Experience the summit through our official photographs of the most memorable and important moments, and celebrate the minds that champion inclusive growth all over the world.
Featured Session
Inclusive Growth & Purpose-Driven Leadership
For almost a decade, Mastercard has been on a journey to reimagine the role of large, multinational corporations to be a force for good in the world. Recognizing that global problems require private and public sectors to work together and move beyond conventional philanthropic responses, CEO Ajay Banga put Mastercard’s core competencies and assets to […]
Top Quotes
Insights from inclusive growth leaders, in their own words
“We are better off when we look for what we have in common rather than what differentiates us.”
“Low wage is not the same as low skilled. People use it interchangeably and that is very damaging.”
“Five years ago, if you talked about social responsibility that would be when the portfolio managers would get up and get their coffee. Today, I’m facing three people representing an institutional shareholder, and they’re asking tough questions.”
“If you’re not thinking about the neighborhood that you live in, the people who are working there, then in the short term you might get better but in the long term. If you don’t have inclusion, you don’t have growth.”
“We all have a moral imperative to take action on economic inequality and ensure that no person is left behind, that no idea is left uncovered and that no collaboration is left untapped.”
“At the heart of trust between two parties is that each should see, believe in and deliver on a shared commitment. As I think about the stakes and challenges before us, they are undoubtedly great, which means not one of us alone can move the needle.”
“We’ve got to construct a model that makes sense for people and not one that’s built off people who only understand privilege.”
“The digital economy has had an exponentially positive impact on improving quality of life and lifting people into the middle class but issues of inequality still remain and are at risk of growing unless we mobilize the ingenuity and resources of the private sector.”
In partnership with
The Center for Inclusive Growth and the Aspen Institute present
The Global Inclusive Growth Summit aims to inspire and innovate. Hosted by the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and the Aspen Institute, the Summit advances real solutions to today’s most pressing challenges through collaboration and candid conversation among entrepreneurs, innovators, policymakers and emerging changemakers.
The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth advances equitable and sustainable economic growth and financial inclusion around the world. The Center leverages the company’s core assets and competencies, including data insights, expertise and technology, while administering the philanthropic Mastercard Impact Fund, to produce independent research, scale global programs and empower a community of thinkers, leaders and doers on the front lines of inclusive growth.
The Aspen Institute is a community-serving organization with global reach whose vision is the creation of a free, just, and equitable society. For 70 years, the Institute has driven change through dialogue, leadership, and action to help solve the world’s greatest challenges. With headquarters in Washington, DC, the Institute has offices in Aspen, Colorado and New York City, as well as an international network of partners. Learn more at www.aspeninstitute.org.
