Barbara Balaj

Barbara Balaj is an independent consultant for the World Bank and other organizations, as well as private sector firms. She specializes in international economic development in the Middle East and North Africa and Central/Eastern Europe and Balkan regions. She has worked extensively on international aid mobilization and donor coordination, especially with respect to large-scale, multi-sectoral post-conflict reconstruction. She is the author of numerous World Bank and international journal publications regarding economic development issues in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, the West Bank and Gaza, and Yemen."

• Director, High Atlas Foundation