Ayah Mahgoub is a Senior Urban Development Specialist with the World Bank Group.
She focuses on urban development, tourism development, jobs and economic development, intergovernmental fiscal systems, regional development and smart cities. She has worked across the Latin America and the Caribbean and the Middle East and North Africa regions. She completed her undergraduate and graduate studies in economics and international development at Harvard University.
Prior to joining the World Bank Group, she worked on economic policy and initiatives to rethink approaches to development in positions she held at the Center for Global Development, Development Innovation Ventures within USAID, and the Office of Strategic Affairs in the Crown Prince Court of Abu Dhabi. She also worked on urban economic development in New York City, economic integration of minorities in France, economic development peace-building initiatives in Sudan, and various initiatives focused on Latin America.