Farrukh Umarov joined the Doing Business team in January 2018 and currently works on the Dealing with Construction Permits indicator. Prior to joining the World Bank Group, Mr. Umarov worked for Start-Up Nation Central, a non-profit organization, in Tel Aviv, and co-founded a technology skill-building organization in Tajikistan. He also worked for the UN Migration Agency in Tajikistan. Mr. Umarov holds a Master of Public Policy degree from the University of Oxford and a bachelor’s degree in International and Comparative Politics from the American University of Central Asia. He speaks Tajik (Dari/Farsi), Russian, and is conversant in Spanish.