Cecile Niang

Cecile Niang is a Lead Economist in the Finance Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice of the World Bank. Prior to this, Cecile was a Program Leader in the World Bank Caribbean Management Unit over 2014-2018, leading the World Bank’s work on supporting growth in the region.  Prior to her appointment in the Caribbean, Cecile was a Country Sector Coordinator and Senior Economist in the World Bank’s Finance and Private Sector Development department in South Asia and Africa. She has 20 years of experience in international private sector development, project management, strategy and policy.

Over the past fifteen years at the World Bank, Cecile has specialized on telecom, ICT and energy market and infrastructure development, investment climate reforms, financial inclusion, financial resilience, competitive industries and innovation. She has wide ranging operational experience in policy and regulatory reforms and financing of public private partnerships.

Cecile holds graduate degrees in economics, business administration and information Systems from Columbia University, Paris Dauphine and Telecom Ecole de Management.