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 Allen Dennis is a Senior Economist with the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG) at the World Bank, where he contributes to weekly briefs, work... Read more » |  Andrew is Manager of the Global Macroeconomic Trends Team of the Development Prospects Group at the World Bank. He is also the lead author and task... 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 » |
 Betty Dow is an Information Officer with the Global Macroeconomic Trends Team of the Development Prospects Group at the World Bank. She is... 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 » |  Cristina Savescu is an economist in the Global Macroeconomic Trends Team of the Development Prospects Group at the World Bank. She is responsible for... Read more » |
 Damir is an economist in the Global Macroeconomic Trends Team of the Development Prospects Group (DECPG) at the World Bank. He carries out analysis and... Read more » |  David Horowitz is an Information Analyst with the Development Prospects Group. He helps to coordinate the technical aspects of the blog, and ... 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 » |  Dilek Aykut is a specialist on international capital flows to developing countries. She contributes to the department's two annual flagship... Read more » |
 Dilip Ratha is Manager, Migration and Remittances Unit and CEO, Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) in the Development... Read more » |
 The Economic Monitoring Team is responsible for the Prospects Daily and the Prospects Weekly. The Prospe... Read more » |
 Hans Timmer is Director of the Development Prospects Group at The World Bank. He is a... Read more » |
 Indira Chand is a Communication Consultant with the Prospects Group in the Development Economics Vice Presidency at the World Bank. Prior to that, she... Read more » |  Israel Osorio Rodarte is currently a consultant at the World Bank's Development Prospects Group. As part of the Infrastructure and Modeling Team, his... Read more » |
Jacqueline is a consultant economist for the Development Prospects Group, contributing to the work programs of the International Finance, Emerging... Read more » |  Jamus Lim is currently a senior economist at the World Bank. He was educated at the University of Calif... Read more » |
 John Baffes is a Senior Economist with the Development Prospects Group. His responsibilities include commodity market monitoring and price... Read more » |
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 Lúcio Vinhas de Souza was until August 2010 the Head of the Russia Desk at the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG-ECFIN) of... Read more » |
 Mansoor Dailami is Manager of the Emerging Global Trends Team of the Development Prospects Group at the World Bank. He is responsible for the... 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 » |
 Mick has been with the World Bank for more than 20 years where he has worked in analysis and forecasting of developments for global and developing... Read more » |
 Nadia Islam Spivak is an Extended Consultant with the Development Prospects Group. As part of the Short Term Monitoring and Forecasting team, she ... Read more » |
 Richard Fix is the Senior Communications Officer in the World Bank’s Data Group. He and his team manage the group’s website and the distribution of... Read more » |
 Sanket Mohapatra is an economist with the Development Prospects Group at the World Bank. His research interests include inte... Read more » |  Sergio Kurlat is a consultant economist with the Development Prospects Group. He was a co-author of the 2009 issue of the Global Development Finance... Read more » |
 Theo Janse van Rensburg contributes to the department’s annual flagship publication, Global Economic Prospects, as the main author of the... Read more » |
 Yueqing is currently working as an Extended Consultant at the World Bank’s Development Prospects Group. As part of the Emerging Trends... Read more » |