Paul  Kriss

Paul Kriss

Lead Urban Specialist, World Bank

As a Lead Urban Specialist at the World Bank Group, Paul integrates the financial, planning, social, and technical aspects of urban development to help municipalities address enormous infrastructure challenges. Recent developments, including urbanization, large-scale migration, and extreme weather events require new and innovative solutions in the urban space.

Paul has more than 20 years of experience in urban development and infrastructure projects in large, medium and small cities. He has identified, prepared and executed large-scale investment programs for the World Bank targeting urban and rural infrastructure all across the world. Over this time, he has demonstrated that providing attention to details can significantly improve results and deliver services to poor populations.