Expertise
Development economics; Growth; Macroeconomics; International Trade; Public Finance and Public debt; Competitiveness; Regional cooperation; Subnational development; Poverty alleviation; Finance for development; East Asia
- Language Fluency:
- Spanish
- French
Background
Past Positions
Chief Economist, East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank, Washington D.C.; Director, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank, Washington D.C.; Director, Economic Policy, World Bank, Washington D.C.; Senior Partner, Jeff Sachs and Associates
Education
Ph.D. Harvard University, 1980; M.A. (1978), B.A. (1975), Cambridge University
". . . At the end of the day, this is not a problem of a global food shortage. This is really a problem of distribution. This is a problem of people who don't have enough money to buy food. So we have to look at it as something which, in the long term, both increases the supply of food and increases jobs and wages for people so that they can afford the food."