As the 2020 edition of the global Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society (in which The New York Times is a media partner) gets underway this week — virtually, this time — we asked some of the participants to share their thoughts.

Christine Lagarde spoke about her plans for the European Central Bank. Other female leaders spoke about the role women can have in determining what the world looks like after the pandemic. The following answers have been edited and condensed.

Read more at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/business/women-leaders.html