Tim Kelly

Tim Kelly

Lead ICT Policy Specialist

Tim Kelly is a Lead ICT Policy Specialist with the World Bank’s ICT sector department and infoDev. He led programs on Creating Sustainable Businesses for the Knowledge Economy and eTransform Africa. He was formerly Head of the Strategy and Policy Unit of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and previously worked with the OECD and Logica Consultancy Ltd. He has written or co-authored more than 30 books on the subject of economics of information and communication technologies including the World Bank’s "Building Broadband", ITU’s "Internet Reports" and "World Telecommunication Development Report" and OECD’s "Communications Outlook". He has an MA (Hons) degree in geography and a PhD in industrial economics from Cambridge University.