David Dollar
David Dollar, a US national, worked for five years as the World Bank’s Country Director for China and Mongolia in the East Asia and Pacific Region. In July 2009, after 20 years at the Bank, he started a new position representing the United States Treasury in Beijing. (Read his farewell blog post here.)
Before becoming Country Director, Mr. Dollar worked as Director for the development research department of the World Bank, overseeing the Bank’s research on the investment climate and growth. He co-authored World Bank reports on Globalization, Growth, and Poverty and Assessing Aid. His earlier work focused on aid and growth, and the determinants of the success and failure of reform programs supported by structural adjustment lending. He has been a key World Bank spokesperson on investment climate, globalization, and the effectiveness of aid.
Mr. Dollar joined the Bank in 1989 as an Economist in the Asia Region. He worked as the country economist for Vietnam through 1995. He advised the economic leaders of that country during a period of stabilization and transition to a market economy, and prepared the first World Bank country assistance strategies to support that transition.
Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Dollar was on the faculty of the Department of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles; he has published widely in the areas of productivity growth, technology transfer, and development in East Asia. As a professor, he spent a semester teaching at the Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing. He has a PhD in economics from New York University and a B.A. in Chinese history and language from Dartmouth College.
- 07/02/09 Zai jian – Goodbye – See you again: a look back on China's progress upon leaving the World Bank
- 06/23/09 Making rural life a little less vulnerable for Mongolian herders
- 05/20/09 Can China become the engine for world economic growth?
- 05/18/09 Call for a green China: permanent improvement, with room for more
- 04/08/09 Remarkable progress, remaining vulnerability among China's poor
- 03/17/09 Reading tea leaves for signs of China's recovery
- 03/12/09 Discussing China's new growth model: the role of consumption
- 02/16/09 Mongolia: Stretching your legs as far as the blanket allows
- 01/22/09 China’s 4th quarter GDP: glass half full?
- 01/13/09 Considering China's options in weakening global economy
- 12/23/08 China’s reform: 'Change the system, open the door'
- 12/19/08 30 years after China’s reform, students have more opportunities
- 12/09/08 On exchange rates, think multilaterally
- 11/30/08 How can China use its foreign reserves to help?
- 11/19/08 Sustaining growth: China’s need for a new growth model
- 11/17/08 In time of economic crisis, influential thinkers contemplate future
- 11/12/08 China's stimulus plan also aims to improve quality of life
- 11/06/08 Anxiety and hope in Guangdong, China
- 10/29/08 Financial crisis could provide Mongolia opportunity for reform
- 10/22/08 China ideas marketplace uses entrepreneurial spirit to tackle social issues
- 10/20/08 China’s growth surprises on the downside
- 10/15/08 Financial turmoil could threaten poverty reduction gains
- 10/09/08 Melting glaciers redistribute Asia's water
- 09/22/08 China’s domestic market the target for European firms in the short and long run
- 09/15/08 Beijing’s Paralympics shine a light on the need for support for people living with disability
- Response to Cleaner Greener China
- Recession an opportunity for economic transition
- Quarterly growth progression
- Quarter-on-quarter growth
- Progress on new growth model
- Leading sectors
- Devaluation stimulus
- Data and plans
- Crisis is good lesson
- Consumpton
- Confusing data
- Chinese appetite for US assets
- China development
- Benefits for migrant workers
- All good points