As vice-president for the Middle East and North Africa Region and later as vice-president for the Washington-based institution's Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network, he co-ordinated Bank support for the peace process in the Balkans and the Middle East and was responsible for developing new poverty reduction strategies.
Kao potpredsjednik banke zadužen za Bliski istok i Sjevernu Afriku, a kasnije i potpredsjednik washingtonske Mreže za smanjenje siromaštva i ekonomski menadžment, institucije Svjetske banke, koordinirao je potporu banke mirovnom procesu na Balkanu i Bliskom Istoku, te bio odgovoran za razvitak novih strategija za smanjenje stope siromaštva.