Expertise
Global economics; emerging markets; development economics; foreign assistance; international institutions; governance
- Language Fluency:
- Turkish
- French
- German
Background
Current Positions
Commission on Growth and Development; Centre for Economic and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM) advisory committee; the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) advisory committee; adviser to the Institut de Prospective Economique du Monde Mèditerranèen (IPEMed)
Past Positions
Head of the United Nations Development Programme (August 2005-February 2009); Member of the Turkish Parliament representing Istanbul (November 2002-June 2005); Minister of Economic Affairs, 57th Government of the Republic of Turkey (March 2001-August 2002); Various World Bank positions including: Division Chief for Industrial and Trade Strategy, Director for the Central Europe Department, Vice President of the World Bank for the Middle East and North Africa Region, Vice President for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management
Education
Ph.D. (1973) Princeton University; B.Sc. (1968), M.Sc. (1970) London School of Economics