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 potpredsednik banke zadužen za Bliski istok i Severnu Afriku, a kasnije i potpredsednik vašingtonske Mreže za smanjenje siromaštva i ekonomski menadžment, institucije pri Svetskoj banci, koordinirao je podršku banke mirovnom procesu na Balkanu i na Bliskom Istoku i bio odgovoran za razvoj novih strategija za smanjenje stope siromaštva.