Carine Clert

Carine Clert, a French national, is the World Bank Group Country Manager in Bolivia.

Over the course of her more than 20-year career at the World Bank, Carine has led and contributed to operational programs and policy analysis aimed at addressing poverty and social exclusion across multiple regions, including Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.

Her most recent position was Country Manager for El Salvador and Costa Rica, where she led operations in infrastructure and energy, agriculture, tourism, housing, public-private partnerships, and access to finance for MSMEs, working closely with International Finance Corporation (IFC) teams.

Prior to that, she served as Human Development Program Leader for Central African countries (2020), Lead Social Protection and Jobs Specialist for the North Africa region, and Gender Lead for the Global Practice on Social Protection and Jobs. She also held positions in Social Development in the Europe and Central Asia region, in the global office of the Vice President for Sustainable Development and served as Human Development Sector Leader for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Peru.

Carine joined the World Bank in 2000 through the Young Professionals Program, working in Social Development on operations in Latin America and the Caribbean region.

Before joining the World Bank, she advised the Government of Chile on inclusive poverty reduction policies and was a faculty member in Social Policy at the London School of Economics, from which she also holds a PhD in Social Policy.