Wolfgang Fengler

Note: Wolfgang no longer blogs for the East Asia & Pacific on the rise blog.

Wolfgang Fengler is a Lead Economist in the Nairobi office of the World Bank where he covers Kenya, Eritrea, Somalia, Comoros and Seychelles. He took this position in August 2009. Until then he has been a Senior Economist in the Jakarta office of the World Bank. For more than five years he lived with his wife and three small children in Indonesia. He has been managing the Public Finance and Regional development team consisting of 27 members, predominantly national research analysts and economists. While in Indonesia, Wolfgang has worked on several activities, including a national Public Expenditure review, a sub-national support program to provinces, Aceh post-Tsunami reconstruction, Development Policy Loans and SWAPs. Prior to joining the World Bank, he was a Fellow at the Research Institute for International Relations (now in Berlin) and set up Africa Consulting, LLC.

Wolfgang loves ping-pong and tries to play every Friday afternoon with the drivers and security guards in one of the Bank’s conference rooms. He was also part of the World Bank Jakarta soccer team and intends to continue his sports activities in Kenya.