Draft:Nadir Mohammed

World Bank career

Mohammed joined the World Bank in 1998 and has served in multiple regions and senior roles, including positions covering Egypt, Yemen, Albania, and the Middle East and North Africa region.^[10][11]

• Senior Advisor, Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan and Afghanistan Region (MENAPA) (Washington, DC): July 1, 2025 – present^[12]

Main responsibilities include providing advice and strategic perspectives on the World Bank program in the region to the Regional Vice President and senior management, with a focus on economic management, regional integration, and political economy.^{[citation needed]}

• Regional Director, Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions (EFI) / Prosperity, Middle East and North Africa (Washington, DC): July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2025^[13]

Oversight of lending operations and analytical and advisory services in macroeconomics, trade, investment, finance, competition, private sector development, poverty, governance, and fiduciary aspects of lending.^{[citation needed]}

• Director of Strategy and Operations, Human Development Practice Group (Washington, DC): July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020^[14]

Oversight of the Human Capital Project and related global practices and corporate priorities.^{[citation needed]}

• Senior Advisor, Middle East and North Africa Region (Washington, DC): July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019^[15]

Support to G7, G20, and Coalition with Africa initiatives; fragility and conflict-affected countries; regional strategies and flagship reports.^{[citation needed]}

• Country Director, Gulf Cooperation Council Countries (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia): January 1, 2014 – June 30, 2018^[16]

Leadership of strategic cooperation programs with GCC states and management of Reimbursable Advisory Services totaling US$120 million in FY18.^{[citation needed]}

• Senior Advisor, PREM Network (Washington, DC): June 1, 2012 – December 31, 2013^[17]

Advisory and analytical work on inclusive growth, fiscal policy, debt, resource-rich developing countries, and sovereign wealth funds.^{[citation needed]}

• Acting Director, Strategy Unit, Technical and Advisory Office, Diwan of HH the Prime Minister (Kuwait City, Kuwait): July 1, 2010 – May 31, 2012 (on external assignment from the World Bank)^[18]

External assignment focusing on Kuwait Vision 2035 and long-term strategy and planning.^{[citation needed]}

• Senior Advisor, Economic Policy and Debt Department, PREM Network Anchor (Washington, DC): May 15, 2009 – June 30, 2010^{[19][citation needed]}

• Director of Strategy and Operations, Middle East and North Africa Region (Washington, DC): July 16, 2007 – May 15, 2009^{[20][citation needed]}

• Country Manager, World Bank Office in Tirana (Albania): March 15, 2004 – July 15, 2007^{[21][citation needed]}

• Senior Country Economist for Yemen (Sana’a): February 2001 – March 2004^{[22][citation needed]}

• Senior Country Economist for Egypt (Cairo): July 1999 – February 2001^{[23][citation needed]}

• Country Economist (Egypt; then Yemen): 1998 onward (early World Bank roles)^{[24][citation needed]}

Books, chapters, and journal articles

(Full publication list preserved as provided. Individual entries require independent verification for Wikipedia.)^{[citation needed]}

• “Governance and the Law” Keynote speech at the fourth annual ‘Africa Together’ conference, Cambridge Union, June 10, 2017.^{[citation needed]}
• “Natural Resources in Africa: Precious Boon or Precious Bane?" Chapter (with Ibrahim Elbadawi), in The Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics: Volume 1: Context and Concepts (Oxford University Press, 2015).^{[citation needed]}
• “Natural Resources in Africa: Utilizing the Precious Boon" Chapter (with Ibrahim Elbadawi), in The Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics: Volume 1: Context and Concepts (Oxford University Press, 2015).^{[citation needed]}
• “Economic Implications of Civil Wars in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Economic Policies Necessary for the Successful Transition to Peace,” Journal of African Economies (1999).^[27]
• “Military Spending in Sub-Saharan Africa: Some Evidence for 1967–1985,” Journal of Peace Research (1995).^[28]
• “Defense Spending and Economic Growth in Subsaharan Africa: Comment on Gyimah-Brempong,” Journal of Peace Research (1993).^[29]

(Additional items listed in the source document are retained below.)^{[citation needed]}

• “Civil Wars and Military Expenditure: A Note” (World Bank conference paper, 1999).^{[citation needed]}
• “Environmental Conflicts in Africa” (book chapter, 1997).^{[citation needed]}
• “The Sudan: The Cost of the Second Civil War (1983–1993)” (book chapter, 1997).^{[citation needed]}
• “The Economics of Disarmament in Africa” (book chapter, 1996).^{[citation needed]}
• “What Determines Military Allocations in Africa” (Defense and Peace Economics, 1996).^{[citation needed]}
• “The Role of Regional Integration, Security and Development in Southern Africa” (African Development Review, 1996).^{[citation needed]}
• “Military Spending in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Econometric Analysis” (Working Paper, 1992).^{[citation needed]}
• “Military Expenditures in Africa: A Statistical Compendium” (AfDB, 1996).^{[citation needed]}
• “Commodity Prospects and Their Implications for Growth in Africa” (AfDB, 1996).^{[citation needed]}
• “Conflict in Southern Sudan: Economic, Environmental and Military Causes and Consequences” (Occasional Paper, 1993).^{[citation needed]}
• “The Development Trap: Militarization, Environmental Degradation and Poverty and Prospects of Military Conversion” (Occasional Paper, 1994).^{[citation needed]}
• “Economic Growth in the Republic of Yemen: Sources, Constraints, and Potentials” (World Bank Country Study, 2002).^{[citation needed]}
• “A Proposal for an Equitable Distribution of Wealth in the Sudan” (IGAD Peace Talks paper, 2003).^{[citation needed]}
• “Enhancing Kuwait’s Business Climate for Private Sector Development: A Comprehensive Strategy Review” (Kuwait Prime Minister’s Office, 2011).^{[citation needed]}