Expertise
Public sector reform; governance; anti-corruption; development; foreign aid; developing countries
- Language Fluency:
- Spanish
- Hebrew
Background
Past Positions
Director, World Bank Institute, 2001 – 2008; Sr. Manager, Regulation, Finance and Governance, World Bank Institute, 1999 – 2001; Lead Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank, 1998 – 1999; Visiting Scholar, Harvard University, 1996 – 1997; Chief of Mission for the World Bank, Kiev, Ukraine, 1992 – 1996; Principal Economist, Post-Socialist Transition Economies, World Bank, 1991 – 1992; Core member & co-author, World Development Report 1991, ‘The Challenge of Development’, World Bank, 1990 – 1991; Sr. Country Economist, Africa Region, World Bank, 1988 – 1990; Economist, Industry and Finance, Africa Region, World Bank, 1984 – 1988; 1976 – 1980 Teaching Fellow and Lecturer, Harvard University
Education
Ph.D. in Economics (1982) and M.A. in Economics, (1979) Harvard University; B.A. in Economics and Statistics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem