Magda Lovei

Practice Manager, Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice, World Bank
Magda Lovei has been working at the World Bank since 1993. Early in her career in the Bank, she worked on investment projects, policy-based lending operations, studies, and technical assistance programs in several countries from Africa to Eastern Europe, East and Central Asia, and Latin America. During the 1980s, she led the Bank’s successful global initiative aimed at phasing out leaded gasoline world-wide.
As Lead Environmental Economist at the Environment Department of the World Bank, she was in charge of the preparation and implementation oversight of the World Bank’s first corporate Environment Strategy, approved by the Bank’s Board of Directors in 2001.
Since 2003, Ms. Lovei has held various management positions including Sector Manager for Environment, in the East Asia and the Pacific Region (EAP); Manager of Policy and Operations, Sustainable Development Department (EAP); Sector Manager for Social Development, Environment, and Rural Development (EAP); and Sector Manager for Environment, Natural Resources, Water, and Disaster risk Management in the Africa Region.
Ms. Lovei holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Budapest, Hungary; and an MBA in finance from the George Washington University, U.S. She is an author of several publications.
As Lead Environmental Economist at the Environment Department of the World Bank, she was in charge of the preparation and implementation oversight of the World Bank’s first corporate Environment Strategy, approved by the Bank’s Board of Directors in 2001.
Since 2003, Ms. Lovei has held various management positions including Sector Manager for Environment, in the East Asia and the Pacific Region (EAP); Manager of Policy and Operations, Sustainable Development Department (EAP); Sector Manager for Social Development, Environment, and Rural Development (EAP); and Sector Manager for Environment, Natural Resources, Water, and Disaster risk Management in the Africa Region.
Ms. Lovei holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Budapest, Hungary; and an MBA in finance from the George Washington University, U.S. She is an author of several publications.
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- Africa can Benefit from Nature-based Tourism in a Sustainable Manner
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- Desertification is not Fate
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- Mozambique: Communities give hope for resilient and sustainable forests
- Historias sobre los bosques y los medios de subsistencia en África contadas por personas reales
- Telling real people’s stories about forests and livelihoods in Africa
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- En Afrique, une nouvelle initiative pour soutenir les économies bleues et renforcer leur résilience au changement climatique
- Invigorating Africa’s climate resilient ocean economies
- Potenciar la resiliencia al clima de las economías oceánicas de África
- تنشيط اقتصادات البلدان الأفريقية المطلة على المحيطات في مواجهة تغير المناخ
- The Surprising Truth about Fire in African Dryland Landscapes
- Why We’re Making a Stand for Resilient Landscapes in Lima
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