Ms. Sakoda is a Senior Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Specialist at Global Unit for Climate and Disaster Risk Management of the World Bank. She leads a global work "Building Regulation for Resilience" which promote resilient, green and inclusive built environments through regulatory and institutional reforms as well as capacity building. She brings solid operational experience in post-disaster and post-conflict reconstruction, disaster preparedness, climate change adaptation, and urban development through a decade of field experience in Africa, South and East Asia, and the Pacific. Prior to joining the Bank, she worked with UNHCR, UNDP, UN-Habitat, and JICA in South Sudan, Indonesia and Mongolia, where she gained diverse field experiences on climate and disaster resilience. Ms. Sakoda holds a Master's degree in Architectural Engineering from Kyoto Institute of Technology in Japan.