Expertise
Political economy of development; Economic adjustment and market reform; Post-socialist transition; Business environment in developing countries
- Language Fluency:
- Czech
- Spanish
Background
Current Positions
Associate Professor of International Development, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Past Positions
Assistant Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; Senior Private Sector Development Specialist, Development Economics Group, the World Bank; Private Sector Development Specialist, Private Sector Development Department, the World Bank; Masaryk Fellow, Charles University (Prague); Analyst, Behavioral Sciences Department, CACI-Federal
Education
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1996; M.A., Harvard University, 1992; B.A., University of California, Irvine, 1988
"The best hope for the world's poor lies in the ability of private aid givers—foundations, charities, and philanthropies—to transform the current system of foreign aid, and to develop partnerships with the public sector, to advance the common good."