On July 8, 2024, Dr. Ndiamé Diop officially became the World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, taking over from Shubham Chaudhuri who had finished his term in the position.
Before being assigned to Abuja, Dr. Ndiamé Diop held the position of World Bank Country Director for Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand, with his office located in Manila.
In this previous position, he more than tripled the Bank’s financing to the Philippines to scale up the Bank’s support to key economic reforms. Additionally, he supervised the delivery of a large Malaysia-funded knowledge program aimed at helping the country become a high-income economy. Furthermore, he worked with the Thai government to restart World Bank investment loans after a twenty-year hiatus.
“I am most excited to be leading the World Bank’s program in Nigeria, especially at this critical time when Nigeria has a significant opportunity to make progress towards improving its economy and delivering development outcomes for its citizens. I look forward to deepening our partnership with the Government of Nigeria at the Federal and States level by ensuring quality technical and financial support which will help accelerate progress for Nigeria’s development priorities,”
said Dr. Ndiamé Diop
Dr. Ndiamé Diop will be responsible for leading the World Bank’s team in Nigeria, enhancing policy discussions, and supervising the provision and execution of financial and non-financial assistance to Nigeria.
“Nigeria is a dynamic and vibrant country which is significant for the entire sub region. The World Bank Group is most committed to working with the Government, development partners and citizens to realize a thriving economy where jobs and economic prospects are created, and millions of Nigerians are lifted out of poverty”,
added Dr. Ndiamé Diop.
Dr. Diop has held several leadership positions in the World Bank which include, Head of the Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment unit for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, based in Jakarta and Bangkok, Lead Economist for Indonesia, based in Jakarta, Lead economist roles for Jordan and Lebanon, Country Economist roles in the Middle East and North Africa. Notably he served as the Bank’s Resident Representative for Tunisia between 2007 and 2010. He joined the World Bank in Washington DC in 2000 as a Young Professional.
As an economist, Dr. Ndiamé Diop has published in peer reviewed Journals and books on fiscal policy and growth, monetary policy and inflation, macro policies and resilience to sudden stops in capital inflows, natural resource abundance, Dutch disease, and economic diversification.
