Ulrich Bartsch is the Lead Economist in the World Bank’s Ankara office, where he coordinates macroeconomic analysis and dialogue. He directs a small team analyzing and forecasting macroeconomic developments and policies, and provides insights into medium-term development policy issues in the broad area of expertise of the World Bank. Mr. Bartsch joined the World Bank in June 2009 and worked in India and Central Asia before moving to Turkey in November 2014. Before joining the Bank, Mr. Bartsch was an economist in the International Monetary Fund’s Africa and Middle East departments.