John Nash

I joined the World Bank in 1986, and since January 2007, have been Lead Economist in the Sustainable Development Department in the Latin America and Caribbean Region. I work on rural development, environment, social development, energy, infrastructure, urban development and water supply.  My biggest project over the last year and a half or so has been co-editing (with Augusto de la Torre and Pablo Fajnzylber) LAC’s flagship report on climate change, “Low Carbon, High Growth:  Latin American Responses to Climate Change”. (Read the overview)

Between 1983 and 1988, I held various positions at the US Federal Trade Commission, and before that, was assistant professor of economics at Texas A&M University. My educational background is an MSc and PhD in economics from the University of Chicago and a BS in economics from Texas A&M University. I have published on topics such as WTO negotiations and the implications for developing countries; trade policy in Latin America, Africa, South Asia, and transition economies; agricultural policy adjustment; agricultural price policy; commodity price stabilization; and capital mobility.

I’m married, with a 21-year-old daughter who’s into creative writing and a 17-year-old son who’s into baseball and being a teenager to the max. I love to ski in the winter and scuba in the summer.