WRMC Senior Fellow Zara Sarzin is a senior international development specialist with the World Bank and a senior consultant in the Fragility, Conflict and Violence (FCV) Group, where she provides analysis and advice to inform country strategies and operations financed by the IDA Window for Host Communities and Refugees and the FCV Envelope. She also supports the knowledge sharing activities of the UNHCR-World Bank Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement (JDC), including its annual research conference, quarterly digest series, and monthly literature review on forced displacement. Previously, as a Senior Urban Specialist in the Africa region of the World Bank, Zara led the preparation and supervision of multi-stakeholder programs ranging from city development projects to national community-driven development and local government programs to strengthen governance, expand services, address local conflicts, and mitigate the impacts of forced displacement. Zara has contributed to numerous knowledge and analytical products focused on the development dimensions of forced displacement, including the Bank’s flagship report, Forcibly Displaced, and UNHCR’s recently published book, People Forced to Flee: History, Change and Challenge. An actuary by training, Zara holds an MA with Honors from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.