.Peter Ellis is the Manager for the World Bank’s Urban Development, Resilience and Land Unit in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region. Prior to this, he was Global Lead for Sustainable City Infrastructure and Services and Lead Economist for the Africa Urban and Disaster Risk Management Unit. Previously, he focused on the South Asia Region and was also based in Jakarta, Indonesia as coordinator for the urban and local government program. His area of expertise covers local governance, decentralization, urban development, municipal finance, and housing markets.
Before joining the World Bank, he worked as a Senior Economist at Standard & Poor’s. He holds degrees in environmental and geographical sciences, economics and urban studies from the University of Cape Town, South Africa and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.