Senior Public Sector Specialist / World Bank

Urška Zrinski is a Senior Public Sector Specialist at the World Bank, Latin America and the Caribbean, Governance Global Practice. Her work focuses on strengthening climate resilience and gender responsiveness of public financial management (PFM) systems in the Caribbean. Before, she was with the Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) Secretariat, where she led the development of the PEFA framework for assessing the gender responsiveness of PFM systems. Prior to joining the Secretariat, she was Chief Program Officer at the Center of Excellence in Finance, leading knowledge and learning programs for public finance officials in Southeast and Eastern Europe. Urška holds a PhD from the University of Ljubljana and a master’s degree from King’s College London, University of London.