World Bank Appoints Tania Meyer As New Country Manager For Cambodia
The World Bank has appointed Tania Meyer as its new Country Manager for Cambodia. A national of France, she will lead the World Bank's engagement with the government, private sector, development partners, and civil society.
According to a World Bank press release dated July 29, 2024, Meyer will head the World Bank office in Phnom Penh and oversee a USD 1.7 billion portfolio of development projects. This follows the appointment of Ms Mariam Sherman as the new Country Director for Vietnam, Cambodia, and Lao PDR in May 2024.
Meyer holds a Master's in International Affairs and Economic Development from Columbia University, and a Master's in Finance and International Business from Sciences-Po Paris.
Meyer will lead the finalisation and implementation of the World Bank Group's new Country Partnership Framework for Cambodia, for 2024-29. The program is scheduled to begin in the coming months, focusing on enhancing human capital through better access to quality early childhood education and health services, more economic competitiveness to create better jobs, and greater resilience for vulnerable people.
"I am honoured to take on this new role at this important juncture in Cambodia's development," said Meyer. “I look forward to supporting Cambodia to achieve its ambitious development goals and boost human capital, job creation, and climate actions for the benefit of all Cambodians, in particular children, women, and vulnerable groups.”
Meyer has over 15 years of experience in the World Bank and most recently served as Country Manager for Yemen and Resident Representative for Jordan.
Since joining the World Bank in 2008, Meyer has served in different capacities in the Middle East and North Africa region, in the Fragility, Conflict and Violence group as Team Leader for the Korea Trust Fund for Peacebuilding, and in the Office of the Special Representative of the World Bank to the UN.
She has also worked with international and local NGOs in Asia and Africa, including in Vietnam on school dropouts and street children, in China on rural education, and in Uganda on HIV/AIDS programming.
Meyer succeeds Maryam Salim who, after three years of heading the World Bank office in Phnom Penh, has now become the Country Director for Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, and Eritrea.