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Yoichiro Ishihara

Yoichiro Ishihara

Country Manager for Sudan, Africa

Yoichiro Ishihara is the World ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP Country Manager for Sudan. He is a seasoned macroeconomist with extensive operational expertise, advanced technical skills, and client experience across various regions. He has contributed to the World ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP policy department in Washington, DC, focusing on development effectiveness and results management.

Most recently, Mr. Ishihara served as the World ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP Resident Representative for Lesotho. Before that, he was the Resident Representative and Senior Economist for Bhutan. He has also worked as an economist in Indonesia and as a senior country economist in Afghanistan and Rwanda.

Mr. Ishihara holds a Ph.D. in Development Economics from the Graduate School of International Development at Nagoya University, Japan.

Yoichiro Ishihara
Maseru, Losotho
yishihara@worldbank.org

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
  • Jobs and Development