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Sameh Wahba
Sameh WahbaGlobal Director Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience and Land Global Practice, World Bank

Sameh Wahba, an Egyptian national, is the Global Director for the World Bank’s Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience and Land Global Practice, based in Washington, D.C. The Global Practice, which also covers territorial development, geospatial and results-based-financing issues, has a portfolio of close to $30 billion in commitments in investment projects, program-for-results and development policy lending, and about 450 staff.

Prior to this, Mr. Wahba served as the Director for Urban and Territorial Development, Disaster Risk Management and Resilience at the World Bank Group’s Social, Urban Rural, and Resilience Global Practice, where he oversaw the formulation of the World Bank’s strategy, design, and delivery of all lending, technical assistance, policy advisory activities, and partnerships at the global level. He also served as Practice Manager for the Urban and Disaster Risk Management unit in Africa and the Global Urban and Resilience Unit, and as Acting Director of Operations and Strategy for the Global Practice. He worked as Sustainable Development Sector Leader for Brazil, based in Brasilia, and as an urban specialist focused on housing, land, local economic development, and municipal management and service delivery in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as the Middle East and North Africa Regions. Prior to joining the Bank in 2004, he worked at the Institute of Housing and Urban Development Studies in Rotterdam and at the Harvard Center for Urban Development Studies.

Mr. Wahba holds a Ph.D. and Master’s degree in urban planning from Harvard University, and a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Architectural Engineering from Cairo University. He speaks Arabic, French, English, and Portuguese. He co-authored the World Bank’s flagship publication on “Regenerating Urban Land: A Practitioner’s Guide to Leveraging Private Investment” and the “Culture in City Reconstruction and Recovery” Position Paper jointly with UNESCO.

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Speaker Sessions

TYPE EVENT DATE TIME VENUE
Special Sessions Culture, the creative industry and their impact on reconstruction and resilience Monday, 10 February 16:30 - 18:30 Hall 4, Room D
Dialogues Implementing the New Urban Agenda to drive Sustainable Change Monday, 10 February 09:00 - 12:00 ICC4
Roundtables One UN Roundtable Monday, 10 February 13:30 - 16:00 Hall 4, Room A
Special Sessions Affordable Housing Innovation to Foster Cities' Culture and Diversity Wednesday, 12 February 14:00 - 16:00 Hall 4, Room C
Special Sessions Land governance and urban growth - Leveraging land value to achieve sustainable urbanization Wednesday, 12 February 16:30 - 18:30 Hall 4, Room C

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