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 Aaditya Mattoo is Research Manager, Trade and Integration, at the World Bank. He specializes in trade policy analysis and the operation of the WTO, and... Read more » |  Adam Wagstaff is Research Manager of the Human Development and Public Services team in the Development Research Group. He holds a DPhil in economic... Read more » |
 Aleem Walji is the Practice Manager of World Bank Institute’s Innovation Team. He oversees the Development Marketplace program which provides socia... Read more » |  Aminur Rahman is currently working as a Senior Investment Policy Officer in the Investment Climate Department of the World Bank Group. Previously he... Read more » |
 Ana Revenga is the Director of Poverty Reduction and Equity group at the World Bank. Concurrently, she is Co-Director of the 2012 World Development... Read more » |  Andrew Beath is a Young Professional in the World Bank's Office of the Chief Economist for East Asia and the Pacific. Prior to joining the World Bank in... Read more » |
 Anna Reva is an operations officer at the World Bank’s Poverty Reduction and Equity Department. She has done research on innovation, climate change and... Read more » |  Annette De Kleine Feige, is a Senior Economist for the Development Prospects Group (DECPG). She is lead author of the Weekly Brief and contributes to... Read more » |
 Aparajita Goyal is an economist at the World Bank. Her research focuses on microeconomic issues of development, with a particular emphasis on... Read more » |  Asli Demirgüç-Kunt is the Director of Research in the World Bank. After joining the Bank in 1989 as a Young Economist, she has held different posit... Read more » |
 Asli Gurkan is a Social Development Specialist at the Social Development Department, the World Bank. Her specialization and interest areas are... Read more » |
 Benjamin Taylor is a trade specialist for the World Bank’s Development Economics Research Group. In this capacity, his research focuses on trade costs... Read more » |  Bob Rijkers is a Young Professional in the Office of the Chief Economist of the Middle East and North Africa region. Prior to joining MENA, he spent two... Read more » |
 Célestin Monga, a Cameroonian national, is Economic Advisor to the World Bank Senior Vice President and Chief Economist. In his 13-year career in the... Read more » |  Chad P. Bown is a Senior Economist in the World Bank’s Development Research Group, Trade and International Integration (DECTI), in Washington, DC. Bown... Read more » |
 Claudia Sepúlveda is Senior Economist in the Development Economics Vice Presidency at the World Bank. She has held positions in different units of... Read more » |
 Delfin Go is Lead Economist in the World Bank's Development Prospects Group and the main author of the 2010 and 2011 Global Monitoring Reports. He was... Read more » |
 Eddy Perez is a Lead Sanitation Specialist with the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) of the World Bank. Perez has a BS in Civil Engineering from the... Read more » |  Ejaz Ghani taught Economics at Oxford University and Delhi University. He studied Economics in Delhi University, Jawahar Lal Nehru University, and... Read more » |
 Emanuela Galasso is a senior economist in the Poverty and Inequality Unit of the Development Research Group. Her main research is on social... Read more » |  Eric Swanson is senior adviser in the World Bank's Development Data Group. For many years he was the managing editor of the World Development Indicators... Read more » |
 Forhad Shilpi holds a joint appointment as a Senior Economist in the Development Economics Research Group and South Asia Sustainable Development unit... Read more » |  Francesca has worked on governance, integrity and corruption since the beginning of her career working at the Center of Institutional Reform... Read more » |
Francisco Ceballos is a Consultant for the World Bank's Research group. Previously based in Buenos Aires and Johannesburg, he has contributed in... Read more » |
 Ghazala Mansuri is a lead economist in the Poverty Reduction and Equity Group of the World Bank. Her research spans four broad areas: rural land, labor... Read more » |  Gladys Lopez-Acevedo is a Senior Economist in the World Bank Poverty Reduction and Equity Unit. Her research interests include poverty, labor markets,... Read more » |
 GOVINDA TIMILSINA is a Senior Research Economist in the Research Department at the World Bank, Washington, DC. He has more than 17 years experience... Read more » |
 Ha Minh Nguyen is an Economist in the Macroeconomics and Growth Team of the Development Research Group. He joined the Bank in July 2009 as a Young... Read more » |  HANS LOFGREN is a Senior Economist in the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG). He is the key developer of MAMS (Maquette for MDG [Millennium... Read more » |
 Hans Timmer is Director of the Development Prospects Group at The World Bank. He is a... Read more » |  Helene, a French national, brings 14 years of experience in producing policy and research analyses on a range of Health System and Health Financing... Read more » |
 Hinh T. Dinh is currently a Lead Economist in the Office of the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank in Washington DC.... Read more » | Hussain Samad is a consultant with the World Bank in the Development Research Group (Agricultural and Rural Development). He holds a MS in... Read more » |
 Ibrahim Levent is a senior information officer at the World Bank and leads the Financial Data team of the Development Data Group. He oversees the... Read more » |  Indhira Santos is an Economist at the Europe and Central Asia Region at the World Bank. She works in the Human Development Department on labor market... Read more » |
 Ioannis N Kessides is a Lead Economist in the World Bank's Development Research Group. His areas of specialization are competition, regulatory, and... Read more » |
Jamele Rigolini is a Senior Economist in the World Bank’s Office of the Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean. His areas of expertise... Read more » |  Jean-Jacques is the Manager of the Research Services unit in the Development Economics Vice Presidency, at the World Bank. He has worked at the World... Read more » |
 Jody Zall Kusek has published and worked in the area of results based management for much of her career. She currently works for the World Bank where... Read more » |  John S.Wilson is a Lead Economist in the Development Economics Research Group of the World Bank. Mr. Wilson currently directs research on trade costs... Read more » |
 Jon Strand , a Norwegian national, is a senior economist in the World Bank Development Research Group's Environment and Energy Team in Washington, D.C.... Read more » |  Jos Verbeek, is a lead economist at the World Bank and leads the work on the Global Monitoring Report. He is an economist with expertise in country... Read more » |
 José Alejandro Quijada is part of the Global Monitoring Report team, Development Economics Prospects Group at the World Bank. He works on issues related... Read more » |  Justin Yifu Lin is the former World Bank Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, Development Economics. In his capacity, Mr. Lin guided the Bank... Read more » |
 Kaushik Basu became Senior Vice President for Development Economics and World Bank Chief Economist on October 1, 2012. Prior to that, he was Chief... Read more » |  Kinnon Scott is a Senior Economist in the Poverty and Inequality Unit within the World Bank's Research Group. She has been involved in the Living... Read more » |
 Kirk Hamilton is a Lead Economist in the Development Research Group of The World Bank and co-author of The Changing Wealth of Nations (World Bank... Read more » |  Klaus Deininger is a Lead Economist in the rural development group of the Development Economics Group. His areas of research focus on income and asset... Read more » |
 Leora Klapper is a Lead Economist in the Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Research Unit, at the World Bank. Since joining the Bank... Read more » |  Lidia Ceriani is short term consultant at ECA-PREM, World Bank. A Ph.D graduate in Public Economics from the University of Pavia, she has been lecturer... Read more » |
 Lire Ersado is a Senior Economist with the Human Development Unit of the Middle East and North Africa Region (MNA), the World Bank. Currently he manages... Read more » | Editors, Let's Talk Development Read more » |
 Luc Christiaensen is a Senior Economist in the Development Research Group of the World Bank. He takes a keen interest in issues related to poverty... Read more » |
 Margaret Grosh is the Lead Economist for Human Development in the Latin American and Caribbean Region and co- leader for the Safety Nets Global Exp... Read more » |  Margaux J. Hall is a consultant in the Justice Reform Group of the World Bank Legal Vice Presidency based in Sierra Leone. Her work focuses on just... Read more » |
 Maria Ana works at the office of the Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean, the World Bank on issues of economic mobility, inequality of... Read more » |  Maria Soledad Martinez Peria is a Senior Economist in the Finance and Private Sector Development Team of the Development Economics Research Group at... Read more » |
 Mark Dutz is leading the work program on innovation and growth in the Economic Policy and Debt Department of the World Bank’s Poverty Reduction and... Read more » |  Dr. Maros Ivanic is economist with the Agriculture and Rural Development team of the Development Economics Research Group at the World Bank where he... Read more » |
 Martin Melecky is Senior Financial Economist for Financial and Private Sector Development in the World Bank Group. He is currently the Task Team Leader... Read more » |  His previous assignments include a one-year spell with the Chief Economist office in South Asia region, and from July to December 2010 he served as the... Read more » |
 Mary Hallward-Driemeier, a Canadian national, is Lead Economist for Financial and Private Sector Development in the World Bank Group. Since joining... Read more » |  Massimiliano Calì is a trade economist in the World Bank’s International Trade Department. His current and recent work focuses on trade in fragile... Read more » |
 Matt Hobson is a Coordinator for the Ethiopia's PSNP's Donor Coordination tem, in collaboration with the WDR 2014 team. Read more » |  Merrell is Senior Communications Officer in the World Bank’s Development Economics Vice Presidency, a job she has held since 2007. She has worked a... Read more » |
 Michael Toman (Mike) is Lead Economist on Climate Change in the Development Research Group and Manager of the Energy and Environment Team. His current... Read more » |  Michael Woolcock is Lead Social Development Specialist in the Development Research Group at the World Bank, where he has worked since 1998. His work... Read more » |
 Mohini Datt is a trade policy analyst with the international trade department of the World Bank, where she has written on trade protectionism and recent... Read more » |
 Neil Fantom is a Manager at the World Bank in Washington DC. He leads the World Bank’s Open Data initiative, and oversees the publication of World... Read more » |  Norman Loayza is currently the Director of the upcoming World Development Report 2014. Prio to this, he was a lead economist in the research department... Read more » |
 Olga joined the World Bank in 1983 through the Young Professionals program, as a macroeconomist. She led policy reform operations and analytical wo... Read more » |
 Paolo Verme is Senior Poverty Specialist in the MENA region. A Ph.D. graduate of the London School of Economics, he was Visiting Professor of Public... Read more » |  Peter Holland is a Senior Education Specialist at the World Bank, and the Task Team Leader in Argentina, Mexico and Uruguay. Peter has been working... Read more » |
 Philip Keefer is a Lead Research Economist in the Development Research Group of the World Bank. Since receiving his PhD in Economics from Washington... Read more » |  Phillippe Leite is Economist at the Human Development Network. Before joining the network team, he worked for the Development Research Group on... Read more » |
 Prasanna Lal Das, is Senior Program Officer, Office of the Controller, World Bank. He is a content strategist and KM practitioner with experience in... Read more » |
 Raka Banerjee is a Project Coordinator in the Development Research Group of the World Bank. As a member of the LSMS-ISA team, she provides project... Read more » |  Rasmus is a development economist with a passion for poverty and natural resources and how they interface. He has published extensively in academic... Read more » |
 Rita Costa holds a Master in Public Policy from the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy and a BA in Economics from Universidade Nova... Read more » |  Rong Qian is a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland. She is currently working at the World Bank, Growth and Macroeconomics Group. Her... Read more » |
 Saurabh works in the Economic Policy unit, South Asia Poverty Reduction Economic Management (PREM) Network, World Bank in Washington, D.C. He has worked... Read more » |  SERGIO SCHMUKLER is Lead Economist in the Development Research Group of the World Bank. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of California at... Read more » |
 Shahid Khandker is currently Lead Economist in the Agriculture and Rural Development Unit of the Development Research Group. He was formerly... Read more » |  Shahrokh Fardoust is currently Director, Operations and Strategy, in Development Economics Vice Presidency, at the World Bank. Prior to his curren... Read more » |
 Shaida Badiee, an Iranian national, directs the unit that produces the Bank's statistical products, with her work focused on economic information a... Read more » |  SHAOHUA CHEN is a Senior Statistician in the Development Economics Research Group of the World Bank. She manages the Global Poverty database and all... Read more » |
 Soren Gigler is leading the Mapping for Results Initiative at the World Bank Institute. He is a political economist and since the end of the 1990s has... Read more » |  Stéphane Hallegatte is senior economist with the World Bank and Météo-France. His work includes macroeconomic dynamics and green growth strategies,... Read more » |
 Stuti Khemani is a Senior Economist in the Development Research Group and the Africa region’s Chief Economist’s office of the World Bank. Her area... Read more » |  Sulekha Patel is the team leader of the Socio-Demographic team in the World Bank's Development Data Group. She has worked extensively with UN partners... Read more » |
 It has been a long and unforeseeable journey, and now I find my professional vista intersecting with the global challenges of our times. Born and raised... Read more » |
 Ms. Manuelyan Atinc is the Vice President for Human Development Network, which leads the organization’s work on health, education, social protectio... Read more » |  Tariq Khokhar is the World Bank's Open Data Evangelist. His interests lie where technology, transparency, poverty and data meet. He guides the World... Read more » |
 Tatiana Didier is a Research Economist in the World Bank’s Office of the Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean. She obtained a Ph.D. in... Read more » |  Tazeen Hasan is a Legal Specialist in the Office of the Chief Economist of the World Bank. She is currently working on a multiregional initiative... Read more » |
 Tim is an Open Data Specialist at the World Bank, where he supports ongoing efforts to expand and improve the Bank's portfolio of open data products,... Read more » |
 Umar Serajuddin is an economist at the Poverty and Gender group in the MENA region of the World Bank. His work focuses on poverty and inequality... Read more » |  Ursula Casabonne is an Operations Analyst in the World Bank's Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network. She previously worked in the... Read more » |
 Vamsee Kanchi is a Communications Officer with the Operations and Strategy group in the Development Economics unit of the World Bank. Vamsee worke... Read more » |  Vandana Chandra is a senior economist in the World Bank’s Africa Finance and Private Sector, and DEC Operations and Strategy Departments. Most of ... Read more » |
 VARUN GAURI is Senior Economist with the Development Research Group of the World Bank. His research draws on theories and methods form economics,... Read more » |  Dr. Vijayendra Rao is a Lead Economist in the Development Research Group of the World Bank. He integrates his training in economics with theories and... Read more » |
 Vincent Palmade is Lead Economist in the Private and Financial Sector group of the Africa region of the World Bank. Vincent joine... Read more » |  Volker Treichel has been a Lead Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank since December 2010. From... Read more » |
 Will Martin is Research Manager, Agriculture and Rural Development, in the Development Research Group. He obtained his first degrees from... Read more » |  WILLIAM F. MALONEY is Lead Economist in the World Bank’s Development Economics Research Group. He was a Professor of Economics at the University of... Read more » |
 Ximena Del Carpio is a Senior Economist in the World Bank’s East Asia and Pacific Social Protection and Labor unit. Prior to joining this region she... Read more » |  Xubei Luo is an economist in the East Asia and Pacific region’s Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Department. She joined the World Bank as a... Read more » |
 Dr. Yan WANG is Senior Economist in the Growth and Competitiveness unit, World Bank Institute. Yan Wang joined the Bank in 1993 as an Economist in EAPVP... Read more » |  Yevgeniya Savchenko is a Consultant in the Poverty Reduction and Equity Unit at the World Bank. She works on issues related to skills development, labor... Read more » |
 Zia Qureshi is currently Director of Strategy and Operations in the Office of the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank. He has... Read more » |