Abhas Jha

Abhas K. Jha is Program Leader for the World Bank's East Asia and Pacific Region's Disaster Risk Management Team. In this capacity he is responsible for managing the Bank's disaster risk management practice in the region.Abhas has been with the World Bank since 2001, leading the World Bank's urban, housing and disaster risk management work in Turkey, Mexico, Jamaica and Peru as well as serving as the Regional Coordinator, Disaster Risk Management for Europe and Central Asia. He earlier served for 12 years in the Indian Administrative Service (the national senior civil service of India) in the Government of India (in the Federal Ministry of Finance and earlier in the state of Bihar). He is the lead author of the World Bank publications "Safer Homes, Stronger Communities: A Handbook for Reconstructing after Disasters" and "Cities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management for the 21st Century"