Kyla Wethli is an economist with expertise in macroeconomic policy and analysis, and a member of the core team for the World Development Report 2014. Before joining the WDR team, she was an economic attaché to the British Embassy in Washington, DC. Prior to that, she worked as an economic assistant at Her Majesty’s Treasury in London, focusing on global economic developments. Kyla has a BSc in Government and Economics and an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.