Katherine Sierra

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Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development
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Katherine Sierra is a nonresident senior fellow in Global Economy and Development program who focuses on climate change, with a particular emphasis on the issues and policies in the developing world. Ms. Sierra has more than 30 years experience as a development professional, previously serving as a senior executive at the World Bank. | View Full Bio

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    After the Spring: Economic Perspectives in the Arab World

    February 2012, Magdi Amin, Ragui Assaad, Nazar al-Baharna, Kemal Dervis, Raj M. Desai, Navtej S. Dhillon, Ahmed Galal, Hafez Ghanem, Carol Graham, Daniel Kaufmann, Homi Kharas, John Page, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Katherine Sierra, and Tarik M. Yousef

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202.238.3552 — Communications Team, Brookings Global Economy and Development

202.797.6105 — Brookings Office of Communications

Resources

Expertise

  • Climate change
  • effectiveness of climate finance
  •  sustainable infrastructure
  • infrastructure in Africa
  •  green growth
  • energy
  • opportunities after the Arab spring.

Experience

Past Positions

  • Vice President, Sustainable Development, World Bank (July 2007-August 2010)
  • Vice President, Infrastructure (October 2004-June 2007), World Bank

Education

  • The General Managers Program, The Harvard Business School (1998)
  • Masters, City and Regional Planning, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University (1978)
  • BA, Anthropology and BA Hispanic Civilization, University of California at Santa Barbara (1976)

Language Fluency

  • Spanish

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