Bledi Celiku is a Senior Economist in the Macroeconomics, Trade & Investment Global Practice in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC). He is currently the country economist for the World Bank’s Peru program. Previously he worked for the World Bank as a country economist for the Chile and Iraq program and on strategic and analytical issues for fragile and conflict-affected countries. Prior to joining the World Bank he taught economics at Christopher Newport University.
He works on areas linked to economic growth & diversification, macroeconomic & fiscal policy, public expenditure management and political economy. He recently published “Breaking Out of Fragility: A Country Economic Memorandum for Diversification and Growth in Iraq”. He was also an author on a WB-UN flagship report entitled: “Pathways for Peace: Inclusive Approaches to Preventing Violent Conflict” and worked on forced displacement issues as well. Bledi holds a PhD in Economics from Georgetown University and a BA in Economics and Computer Science from the American University in Bulgaria.