Sadna Samaranayake

Ms. Sadna Samaranayake is an Economist at The World Bank.
Her work focuses on developing PEI’s country engagement strategy, providing technical guidance to governments and World Bank teams on economic inclusion programming and strategies integrated with livelihoods, social protection, and financial inclusion.
Previously, Ms. Samaranayake was the founding director of BRAC’s UltraPoor Graduation Initiative, where she led delivery of technical assistance, program design, implementation oversight, and knowledge products for several government and multilateral clients on BRAC’s graduation approach.
She earned a master of arts degree with a concentration in international development and social entrepreneurship from New York University.