Elisa Muzzini

Experience

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  NERA Economic Consulting

  Sept 2001 - Jun 2002

  Analyst - Competition Policy

  Part of the competition team providing advice on market investigations and merger cases.

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  Oxera

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2004

  Economic Consultant - Sustainability | Infrastructure | Policy

  Economic Consultant, Water Practice.

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  The World Bank Group

  Jan 2004 - Dec 2005

  Economist, Jr Professional Associate Program

  Jr. Professional Associate Programme – East Asia & Pacific (EAP) Infrastructure Unit.• Led the launch of the first Forum of EAP Infrastructure Regulators (EAPIRF)• Advised Mongolia’s Ministry of Energy on poverty reduction impact of public policies in the energy sector

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  Asian Development Bank (ADB)

  Jan 2006 - Aug 2006

  Project Economist
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  The World Bank Group

  Sept 2006 - Nov 2016

  Senior Economist, Latin America and the Caribbean, Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice (GPSURR)Managed program for sustainable and inclusive cities in Haiti and knowledge initiatives in Argentina and Bolivia. Led multinational project teams of 35 professionals (staff and consultants). Main accomplishments:• Addressed project risks and ensured timely execution of a portfolio of complex projects (US$ 150m) in Haitiin the areas of housing, flood risk management, cultural heritage, municipal infrastructure; ensured effectivegrant management• Led the team that effectively addressed complex implementation challenges of post-earthquake housingreconstruction project (US$ 65m) in Port-au-Prince and enabled the timely delivery of social housing todisplaced families• Led collaboration with leading universities and multidisciplinary team that developed a strategy based oninnovative analytics (combining economics and big data) for leveraging the potential of cities for inclusivegrowth in Argentina Show less Senior Economist & Team Leader - South Asia - Sustainable Development Department, Urban & Water UnitLed relationships, projects and capacity building for sustainable and resilient cities and communities in Nepal; led a global project team of 20 professionals (staff and consultants). Main accomplishments:• Mobilized a grant (US$ 3m) from the Japan Social Development Fund, designed and managed an innovativepilot project based on a partnership between the private sector, the city and community organizations; theproject leveraged the potential of cultural tourism to create jobs, improve living conditions and socialcohesion in a vulnerable community of the Kathmandu Valley• Designed and implemented a large-scale capacity building and peer learning program for municipalities andgovernment agencies in Nepal; provided strategic advice and capacity building to the Ministry of UrbanDevelopment in Nepal and the Kathmandu Valley Development Authority• Led team that successfully addressed complex implementation challenge of a project (US$ 28m) that builtcapacity and scaled up local infrastructure financing in emerging towns in Nepal Show less Economist & Team Leader – South Asia, Middle East – Sustainable Development Department, Urban & Water UnitLed projects, knowledge programs and strategic engagements on sustainable and inclusive development across multiple countries; managed global, multi-disciplinary team. Main accomplishments:• Led data-driven analysis, evidence-based strategies and multi-stakeholder roundtables that advanced dialogue on sustainable and inclusive development in Sri Lanka and Nepal• Led multidisciplinary team that designed an innovative, large-scale survey of garment firms and womenworkers to quantify the socio-economic costs of haphazard urbanization in Bangladesh, deliveringcompelling evidence on the urgency of taking action• Lead author of publications that contributed to advance and share knowledge on sustainable and inclusiveurbanization in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh• Advised India’s High-Powered Expert Committee on closing the infrastructure investment gap in cities• Evaluated the impact of gender transformative rural water supply projects in Sri Lanka, Nepal and India• Advised the Government of Lebanon on inclusive water supply policies based on a public expenditurereview of the water sector Show less

  • Senior Economist | Team Leader

    Mar 2015 - Nov 2016

  • Senior Economist | Team Leader

    Jul 2012 - Mar 2015

  • Economist | Team Leader

    Jun 2008 - Jun 2012

  • Economist, Young Professional Program

    Sept 2006 - Jun 2008
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  Council of Europe Development Bank

  Sept 2017 - now

  Senior Technical Advisor