Christine W.

Experience

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  The World Bank

  Jan 1980 - Jan 1999

  Represented the World Bank at the Dayton Peace negotiations and contributed to the drafting of Bosnia's 1995 Constitution. Co-led the joint EU-World Bank Consortium of 60+ donors that raised $5 billion for Bosnia’s post war economic stabilization and reconstruction. Managed Bosnia’s membership in the World Bank and oversaw the design and implementation of the World Bank's $1 billion lending program designed to deliver a quick peace dividend via reconstruction projects in education, health, transport, energy, water supply, demining, social protection among others. Show less Held positions of increasing responsibility as Lead, Principal and Country Economist: - Led the World Bank’s analytic and policy work in RUSSIA on public finances and fiscal decentralization; Responsible for overseeing the World Bank's overall program of economic work on Eastern and Central Europe, including on economic stabilization and structural transformation.-Oversaw World Bank economic analysis and advisory work on CHINA, in particular on financial sector and banking reforms, development of financial regulatory and external debt management systems, reforms of the revenue system and tax administration and the establishment of a nation-wide payments system that provided the basis for China’s reform efforts. -Led World Bank economic work on INDIA in the area of energy pricing, public finance and decentralization and urban/regional issues. Show less

  • Country Director for Bosnia-Herzegovina; Acting Director for the Balkans

    Jan 1994 - Jan 1999

  • Economist for Central Europe/Russia; China, India

    Jan 1980 - Jan 1994
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  Asian Development Bank (ADB)

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2003

  Director, Infrastructure, Energy & Financial Sector Dept; Concurrent Head, Private Sector Group

  Managed ADB’s $6 billion portfolio of projects and technical assistance in infrastructure, energy and the financial sector across 12 Asian countries, with lending in these critical sectors growing to $ 2.5 billion annually. Concurrently managed ADB’s $ 1 billion in private sector operations, including equity investments, loans and guarantees in infrastructure, manufacturing and financial sector projects. Managed multi-national team of 150 technical experts in development projects and private investment. Show less

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  The World Bank

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2014

  Improving World Bank effectiveness in fragile states and helping teams design conflict-sensitive strategies and projects. Pioneered the introduction of evaluation standards to enhance the quality and rigor of independent evaluations in the World Bank; elaborated an evaluation policy for the World Bank to establish principles governing independent evaluation in the Bank; managed project evaluations world-wide. Supported implementation of a Governance and Anti-corruption strategy for the World Bank, including the development of toolkits to identify and address corruption risks in country strategies, programs and projects . Managed a $5 billion portfolio of projects in Bangladesh focused on education, health, transport, energy, water supply, climate change mitigation, social protection and community development. Also supervised a large body of analytic and advisory work in these sectors, .

  • Senior Advisor on Conflict and Development

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  • Director and Chief Evaluator, Independent Evaluation Group

    Jan 2008 - Jan 2013

  • Senior Advisor on Governance and Anti-Corruption

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

  • Country Director, Bangladesh

    Jan 2003 - Jan 2007
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  The American Academy in Berlin

  Jan 2013 - now

  Member Board of Trustees

  Member, Board of Trustees, and Chair of the Finance CommitteeThe American Academy in Berlin, an independent, non-partisan, non-profit center for advanced study located in Berlin, was founded in 1994 by Richard Holbrooke, and is dedicated to fostering close transatlantic bonds between scholars in the the arts, humanities and public affairswww.americanacademy.de/

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  Development Portfolio Management Group (DPMG)

  Nov 2014 - Dec 2014

  Evaluation Consultant

  Senior expert on evaluation methodology & member of DPMG's Quality Assurance Pool of Experts. Team leader/member of DPMG evaluations.Development Portfolio Management Group (DPMG) provides evaluation services that help improve the results of development projects and programs.http://cesr.usc.edu/dpmg/main