Judy Baker

Judy Baker is a Lead Economist in the Urban Practice at the World Bank Institute working on issues of urban poverty, service delivery, and climate change and cities. She is currently leading the work program of the Mayor’s Task Force on Climate Change, Disaster Risk and the Urban Poor.

Prior to this she has held various positions at the World Bank since 1990 focusing on issues of poverty and inequality, sustainability and service delivery in cities, and impact evaluation for programs and policies. Most recently she worked in the Urban Development Unit of the Sustainable Development Network leading the work program on urban poverty and slum upgrading.

Ms. Baker has worked on a wide range of lending operations across the World Bank, authored 2 books, and numerous papers and country studies related to poverty, service delivery, and evaluation. She has also been a guest lecturer at a number of universities in the United States and developing countries.