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 inclusive growth agenda
It has never been more important to understand how constantly shifting demographics, circumstances, and technologies affect the growth, security and prosperity of communities all over the world.
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 on inclusive growth
Experience robust and thoughtful discussions on the most important inclusive growth topics from the experts themselves.
Ajay Banga
Madeleine Albright
Joshua Johnson
Shamina Singh
Dan Porterfield
Anne Finucane
Michael Froman
Raj Shah
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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
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 Event
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.”
Madeleine Albright
Former Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State
“Low wage is not the same as low skilled. People use it interchangeably and that is very damaging.”
Byron Auguste
CEO and Cofounder, Opportunity@Work
“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.”
Anne Finucane
Vice Chairman, Bank of America
“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.”
Mitch Landrieu
Former Mayor, City of New Orleans
“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.”
Dan Porterfield
President and CEO, The Aspen Institute
“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.”
Shamina Singh
Founder and President, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth
“We’ve got to construct a model that makes sense for people and not one that’s built off people who only understand privilege.”
Ajay Banga
Former Executive Chairman, Mastercard
“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.”
Michael Froman
Vice Chairman and President, Strategic Growth, Mastercard
