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in the Information Age
technology policy, as well as for agriculture and rural development, transport, water,
energy, and urban policies and strategies.
As Vice President, Ms. Sierra also has joint
management responsibility with the International Finance Corporation for global product
groups working in information and communications
technology and in oil, gas,
chemicals, and mining.
Sierra chairs several international consultative groups. These include the Consultative
Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR); the World Bank/WWF Alliance
for Forest Conservation
and Sustainable Use; CEPF (the Critical Ecosystem Partnership
Fund); the Cities Alliance; ESMAP (the Energy Sector
Management Assistance
Programme); and the Water and Sanitation Program.
Sierra is an urban planning specialist by training. She joined the World Bank in 1978 and,
over the next 15 years, worked extensively in Latin America and the Caribbean as a
transport and environment economist and project officer. In 1993 she joined the China
and Mongolia Department as Chief of the Environment
and Urban Development
Division. She was appointed Director of the Bank’s Operational Core Services network
in 1997 and Vice President of Operational Core Services in 1999. In 2000, Ms. Sierra
was
named Vice President, Human Resources, and in 2004 she was appointed Vice
President of Infrastructure.
Sierra, a U.S.
national, holds a Master’s degree in Urban and Regional planning from
Harvard University and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Anthropology and Hispanic
Civilization from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
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