Hans Anand Beck is a macro-economist with 25 years of experience working on Economic Development issues, for the World Bank, UK government, and European Commission. He is currently the World Bank Practice Manager for Economic Policy in 13 Countries in West Africa. Prior to that Hans was the World Bank Lead Country Economist for Turkey after working on policy lending and analytics in South and East Asia, Africa and Latin America. He started his career as an Overseas Development Institute Fellow after under- and post graduate degrees from the London School of Economics and Political Science.