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Nicholas van Praag
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Nicholas van Praag was a public policy communications professional. He was a staff member at the World Bank where he managed the communications and advocacy program for the next World Development Report (WDR2011). The report looks at conflict, violence and development. His previous assignment was as Director of External Relations at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. At UNHCR, he was responsible for framing the communications agenda and mobilizing financial support for the agency. He also had oversight of the agency's governance bodies and relations with a range of partners in and outside the UN system. Career Van Praag studied political science and economics at universities in France (Aix-en-Provence), the UK (Keele University) and Italy (Istituto Affari Internazionali). Van Praag began his international career with the European Commission in 1977 and joined UNHCR in 1981 where he served in Geneva, Sudan, and Washington DC. He left the UN in 1986 for the Aga Khan Development Network and moved to the World Bank in 1990 where he held a number of positions including Head of External Affairs in the World Bank's European Office and Manager of External Affairs for Europe and Central Asia. He returned to UNHCR in 2006 on external service from the World Bank. He left his position with no prior official announcement in January 2009. 
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