Anand Seth (on leave) began his career with grassroots, community-based rural development in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka, and later in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria. He has held a variety of positions at the World Bank: He was Chief of Agriculture and Rural Development for West Africa (1986-1991), and Division Chief Environment for Eastern Europe and Middle East Regions (1992-97), where he helped transitional economies of Eastern Europe deal with Communism's environmental legacy. He has worked to make the Middle East conscious of its environmental challenges.
