Lead Specialist Conflict, Crime and Violence Social Development, World Bank

Alexandre Marc holds a Doctorate in Political Science from the Paris Institute of Political Science (Science Po). Before joining the World Bank in 1988, Alexandre Marc undertook research and consulting on Africa in Oxford University (St Antony’s college) and for The Societe D’Etude Economique et Sociale (Paris). He started working in the World Bank for the Social Dimension of Structural Adjustment unit working on methodologies to assess the impact of the structural adjustment policies on the poor in Africa. This took him to work on social mitigation and community development programs, in particular social action programs and social investment programs. He supported the design of such programs in Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Central Asia and authored a number of studies on design of community programs to reach the poor. He then joined the Human Development Department of Europe and Central Asia Region and managed projects in health, education and social protection as well as poverty studies and social assessments. In 1999 he was appointed Sector manager for the Social Development Unit in the Europe and Central Asia Region of the World Bank. The team had responsibility for local level institution, social inclusion, cultural diversity, conflict prevention as well as the integration of social development issues in Bank programs in the region. In 2005, he spent 8 month as a visiting fellow at the CERI (Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales) in Paris where he directed a study on "cultural diversity and service delivery" and researched issues of identity and social inclusion. In December 2005, he was appointed Director of the Roma Education Fund in Budapest, a Foundation created by George Soros and the World Bank to support the inclusion of Roma in Education systems in Eastern Europe. Since January 2008 , he is Lead Specialist on Conflict, Crime and Violence in the World Bank social Development Department, leading the team working on conflict and violence.

He has published quite extensively on the design of social programs, and poverty issues. His most recent publications are "When Things Fall Apart, Qualitative Studies of Poverty in the Former Soviet Union" with Nora Dudwick and Elizabeth Gomart. The World Bank, 2002, "Poverty and Informality in South East Europe" with Zeynep Kydatbogilik , 2003. "Cultural Diversity and Delivery of Services, a Challenge for Social Inclusion", The World Bank, 2008.