Ms. Nicole Caroline Klingen is the World Bank’s Regional Director for Human Development in the South Asia Region. In this role she oversees a large portfolio of work aimed at investing, protecting, and utilizing human capital in support of the Bank’s vision to end poverty on a liveable planet.
Ms. Klingen is an economist with more than 27 years of technical, managerial and partnership experience in international development at the World Bank in various roles with different responsibilities. Nicole served as Digital Development Manager where she oversaw a portfolio of work aimed at providing knowledge and financing to help close the digital divide and make sure countries can take full advantage of the opportunities of the Digital Transformation. Previously she was responsible for the country portfolios for Ethiopia, South Sudan and Sudan and authored the Country Partnership Framework for Ethiopia. She also served as Practice Manager in the Health Sector where she was responsible for managing a team of health specialists and economists in the Bank’s global health, nutrition, and population unit, where she oversaw the unit’s operations and portfolio with a focus on delivering results for countries.
Nicole holds a master’s degree in economics and business. She speaks English, French, German, some Spanish and some Italian.