Nikolas Myint is Global Manager for Social Development. In this role, Nik manages a team that advances social development outcomes across the World Bank portfolio through increased evidence, improved operations and better policies on areas ranging from rebuilding trust after conflict, supporting locally-led climate action, and connecting lessons learned in the implementation of the Bank’s Environmental and Social Framework (ESF).

Nik joined the Bank in 2009 as part of the 2011 World Development Report on Conflict, Security and Development. From 2012 to 2017, Nik was based in Myanmar, where he was part of the Bank’s re-engagement in the country at a time of democratic reforms and helped design and subsequently scale up the Myanmar National Community-Driven Development (CDD) Project, a $550 million program to enhance access to services for poor communities. From 2017 to 2019, he was coordinator of the CDD community of practice, leading the workstream on the use of CDD approaches in settings of fragility, conflict and violence (FCV). From 2020 to 2022, Nik served as Global Lead for Social Cohesion and Resilience, leading global research and working with project teams in FCV contexts.

Before joining the Bank, Nik spent seven years working for the U.N. on humanitarian response and political mediation.

Nik holds a B.A. in Political Science from Middlebury College and an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Chicago.