Željko Bogetić is lead economist for macroeconomics, trade, and investment at the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region at the World Bank. He currently leads analytical and advisory work and economic teams on macroeconomic and structural reform issues focused on Egypt, Yemen, and Djibouti. He also leads a program of analytical and advisory activities on macroeconomic policy and climate change in the MENA region. Previously, he served as the Bank’s lead economist and thematic coordinator for economic policy in the World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group, as well as the Bank’s lead economist and economic policy coordinator for Western Balkans, Russian Federation, South Africa and SACU countries, and several West African countries. Željko has served at the Bank and the IMF for three decades in a variety of economist and leadership roles in all world regions. He has been publishing books and articles, frequently presenting papers on a range of topics such as the macroeconomic stabilization, macro-fiscal policy and climate change, tax policy, public finance reforms, geospatial analysis of development projects, currency reform, dollarization, and infrastructure productivity and growth. He holds Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in economics from the University of Connecticut.