Kemal Derviş

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Vice President and Director, Global Economy and Development | The Edward M. Bernstein Scholar

Kemal Derviş speaks at a Brookings event.

Kemal Derviş is vice president and director of Global Economy and Development. Formerly head of the United Nations Development Programme and Minister of Economic Affairs of Turkey, he focuses on global economics, emerging markets, development and international institutions. | View Full Bio

Experience

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)

Education

  • Ph.D. (1973) Princeton University
  • B.Sc. (1968), M.Sc. (1970) London School of Economics

Language Fluency

  • English
  • German
  • Turkish

Contact

Email Kemal Derviş

202.797.6105 — Brookings Office of Communications

Resources

Topics

Geographies

  • Featured Book

    After the Spring: Economic Perspectives in the Arab World

    February 2012, Magdi Amin, Ragui Assaad, Nazar al-Baharna, Kemal Dervis, Raj M. Desai, Navtej S. Dhillon, Ahmed Galal, Hafez Ghanem, Carol Graham, Daniel Kaufmann, Homi Kharas, John Page, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Katherine Sierra, and Tarik M. Yousef

Recent Activity

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