Roger Gorham

Roger Gorham

Senior Transport Economist and Urban Development Specialist

Roger Gorham is a senior transport economist and urban development specialist with the World Bank, with over 25 years of experience in urban transport, land-use, air quality, and climate change. He currently works in the Middle East and North Africa region but has worked extensively in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin American and the Caribbean.  He has a longstanding and keen interest in improving motor vehicle stocks in developing countries and was lead author of the report Motorization Management for Development in 2022. 

Prior to joining the World Bank, Mr. Gorham worked as a transport, climate change, and air quality specialist with the US Environmental Protection Agency and has also been a consultant for a range of international and private sector organizations, including the International Energy Agency, the International Transport Forum, and the Inter-American Development Bank, among others.

Mr. Gorham holds a Master of City Planning and Master of Transportation from the University of California at Berkeley.  He currently lives in Amman with his family.