Shanta Devarajan
Shanta Devarajan is the Senior Director for Development Economics (DEC) and the acting World Bank Group Chief Economist.
Previously, he was the Chief Economist of the World Bank’s Middle East and North Africa Region. Since joining the World Bank in 1991, he has been a Principal Economist and Research Manager for Public Economics in the Development Research Group, and the Chief Economist of the Human Development Network, the South Asia Region and Africa Region. He was a director of the World Development Report 2004, Making Services Work for Poor People. Before 1991, he was on the faculty of Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. The author or co-author of over 100 publications, Mr. Devarajan’s research covers public economics, trade policy, natural resources and the environment, and general equilibrium modeling of developing countries. Born in Sri Lanka, Mr. Devarajan received his B.A. in mathematics from Princeton University and his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
Shanta's latest blog posts can also be found on his blog, Future Development.
- Patrick v. Shanta, Round 2
- Natural Resources and the Washington Consensus
- Comments on “Wax, Gold and Accountability in Ethiopia”
- Wax, gold and accountability in Ethiopia
- Oxfam and Quiet Corruption
- Africa as a BRIC
- Varieties of African successes
- Raising the Volume on 'Quiet Corruption'
- Exposer la « corruption discrète » au grand jour
- More cell phones than toilets
- Africa and the Millennium Development Goals
- Social media as an accountability tool
- Lumps of coal or a boost to development?
- Economics and science meet in early childhood development
- Right analysis, wrong conclusion?
- L’UEMOA à Quinze Ans
- Teachers and politics
- Are African women having too many babies?
- The three most important challenges and opportunities for the decade ahead
- My top three and Bono's top ten
- Peace and War in South Sudan
- Climate Change as a Development Opportunity
- What Can Sri Lanka and Africa Learn from Each Other?
- Domestic demand, net exports and Africa’s growth
- Aid and Corruption
- Unnecessary treatment and systems
- Thanks for your comment. Like
- Teachers and learning outcomes
- Teacher resistance and learning goals
- Public v private
- Low teachers' wages
- Lessons from research
- Learning outcomes and de-politicization of education
- International community
- Informal to formal
- Income effects and subsidies
- Growth and climate change
- Execution deficit and cash tranfers
- Equity in drug prices
- Disentangling the multiple factors
- Chronic illness v. communicable diseases