Specialization:
governance, public finance management, anti-corruption

Languages:
English, French,

Mr. Sanjay Pradhan, an Indian national, assumed the position of Director, Public Sector Group in September 2002.

As Director of the Public Sector Group, he chairs the Public Sector Board and oversees network functions (including strategy, staffing and professional development, knowledge management, quality assurance, and partnerships) for the staff across the Bank who work in core areas of public sector management, public finance, and governance.  Among the themes covered by this Group are administrative and civil service reform, tax policy and administration, public expenditure analysis and management, decentralization, legal and judicial reform, institutional analysis and assessment, and governance and anti-corruption.

 Mr. Pradhan joined the Bank in 1986 as a Young Professional in the Industry Department. Since then he has held various positions in the Bank, the most recent being Sector Manager, Poverty Reduction and Public Sector, PREM in the South Asia Region. Mr. Pradhan was a Principal Author of the World Development Report 1997, The State in a Changing World.  Mr. Pradhan completed his PhD and Bachelor’s degrees from Harvard University.

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