Naida Čaršimamović Vukotić is an independent consultant with expertise in fiscal and macroeconomic issues. Since 2004, she has worked on numerous projects in the Western Balkans, financed by the EC, the World Bank, DFID and other development partners. Her experience includes over five-years of work on budgeting reforms in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She worked on the regional EC project Support to Coordination with International Financial Institutions in the Western Balkans and Turkey and on the World Bank's SEE Municipal Finance Project. Vukotić holds a Master Degree in finance and is currently working towards a PhD degree in economics. Naida is part of the World Bank's Resource Team for the PEMPAL's Budget Community of Practice.