7/95 - 8/98: Division Chief, Rural Sector Policy and Water Resources. Responsible for defining worldwide rural strategy and advocating it, both internally and externally. This work culminated in publication of Rural Development: From Vision to Action (10/97), following a conference on Rural Well Being: From Vision to Action (9/96), and the first Rural Week staff training program (3/97). Managed in-house consultancy services on rural strategies, with personal involvement in Congo, Guinea, Poland, and Rwanda. Also responsible for monitoring and evaluation, and improving the quality, of the total rural portfolio (400 projects, $25 billion in commitments). Designed and delivered four sessions of the Core Staff Training Program on rural development.

1/93 - 6/95: Division Chief, Natural Resources. Managed worldwide in house consultancy services dealing, in particular, with controversial aspects of Bank policy papers on forests, and water resources management. Also managed a related program of research and empirical studies. Led the Review of Implementation of Forest Policy (12194), a highly participatory exercise involving many northern and southern NGOs as well as forest industry interests, and the Agricultural Sector Review (7/93), a critique of long-term Bank experiences in rural development.

9/91 - 12/92: Division Chief, Agriculture, Latin America Technical Department, Led analysis of strategic options, culminating in Towards a Bank Strategyfor Agriculture in the Latin America and Caribbean Region (6/92). Managed in-house consultancy services to operational divisions working on Latin American agricultural policies and projects. Also managed regional studies in response to demands of operational divisions, notably, how to improve the effectiveness of agricultural research systems, trade policy and measurement of distortions, and forest products pricing.

9/86 - 8/91: Division Chief, Agricultural Operations, Sahel. Managed Bank rural strategy and operations in eight countries, with a portfolio of 25 projects, Bank financing of $500 million, and total investment of $750 million. Issued a Divisional Strategy Paper (3/89) that became a model for priority setting. Initiated field based supervision in Africa by recruiting staff directly into Resident Missions.

9/75 - 8/86: Diverse positions as economist, senior economist, deputy division chief, and senior country programming officer, in West Africa and South Asia.