Francis Ghesquiere
Author | Practice Manager, Water Eastern and Southern Africa The World Bank
Francis Ghesquiere is a Practice Manager at the World Bank overseeing a $5.2 billion portfolio
addressing water challenges in Easter and Southern Africa.
From 2012 to 2018, Mr. Ghesquiere was the Head of the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), which under his leadership was instrumental in rapidly expanding the resilience agenda at the World Bank.
He is recognized for his leadership on several flagship initiatives, including the Understanding Risk Forum (UR), and the Averted Disaster Award (ADA). He holds degrees from the Harvard School of Government and the University of Louvain.
"Understanding Risk contributed to make Disaster Risk Management “cool”, resulting in an increased participation of young professionals in an area that was previously the remiss of a few engineers, and catalyzing an entirely new generation of experts and practitioners to focus on a topic that is now at the forefront of the development agenda. Chapter provides some insights on how this happened."
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