Joy Phumaphi

Joy Phumaphi is vice president of the Human Development Network at the World Bank, responsible for the Bank's programs in Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP), Education, and Social Protection. A Botswana national, she began public service in Botswana as a local government auditor. She went on to serve in the Botswanan Parliament and as a representative to the Southern African Development Community. She entered the cabinet with responsibility for lands and housing and developed the first national housing policy. Phumaphi subsequently served as Minister for Health, where she restructured the ministry to make it more focused on results, oversaw revision of the Public Health Act, and put into action a multi-sectoral plan to combat HIV/AIDS. She subsequently joined the World Health Organization as Assistant Director General for Family and Community Health, a position she held until her current role at the World Bank.