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Ruth Kagia, a Kenyan national, joined the Bank in August 1990 after a career in public service in Africa spanning close to twenty years. For the first six years at the Bank, she worked as an education specialist in the Africa and the East Asia Regions. She has served as a HD Sector Manager in the Africa region, a Director for Strategy and Operations in the Human Development Network anchor, and an Education Sector Director for Education, the position she currently holds. In her current position, Mrs. Kagia has provided strategic oversight and coordination of the Bank's education sector staffing and sector work program. She has also led the implementation of the MDG agenda on education including the establishment of the EFA- fast track initiative as well as the preparation of several policy and strategic documents in education including reports on secondary education, education in post-conflict countries, education and economic growth, and has recently edited a book on the key development achievements of the World Bank 1995-2005.
Before joining the Bank Ms Kagia worked in Kenya and the South and Eastern African region where she held several senior positions in teaching, research and management as well as an assignment with UNICEF. Mrs Kagia holds degrees from the University of Nairobi and Harvard University.
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