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Nonresident Senior Fellow

Johannes F. Linn

Johannes F. Linn

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development

A former World Bank vice president for Europe and Central Asia, Johannes Linn was the director of the Wolfensohn Center for Development from 2005-2010. His research focuses on international development and global governance issues.



Expertise

Development; Global governance; Central and Eastern European transition; Transatlantic economic relations

  • Language Fluency:
  • German

Background

Past Positions
Vice President, Europe and Central Asia, the World Bank; Vice President, Financial Policy and Resource Mobilization, the World Bank; Director, Country Policy Department and International Economics Department, the World Bank; Senior Economic Advisor to Vice President and Chief Economist, the World Bank; Staff Director, World Development Report, 1988, the World Bank; Senior Departmental Economist, East Asia and Pacific Region, The World Bank; Senior Country Economist, Thailand Country Division, the World Bank; Lecturer, Department of Economics, Cornell University

Education

Ph.D., Cornell University, 1972; B.A., Oxford University, 1968

"We now believe that the G8 should dissolve, since the G-20 is in full swing. This offers an opportunity to break out of pre-formed, traditional alliances and enter a more fluid and flexible process of discussion, negotiation and bargaining."


Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioIt’s Time to Scale Up Success in DevelopmentOctober 21, 2011KfW Entwicklungsbank
Save to My PortfolioIMF Leadership Succession – Time for a Real ChangeMay 17, 2011Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioScaling Up the Fight Against Rural PovertyOctober 26, 2010Global Working Papers
Save to My PortfolioThe U.N.'s Millennium Development GoalsSeptember 16, 2010Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioUrban Poverty in Developing Countries: A Scoping Study for Future ResearchJune 2010Wolfensohn Center for Development Working Papers
Save to My PortfolioAn American Opportunity in KyrgyzstanApril 14, 2010Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioThe April 2009 London G-20 Summit in RetrospectApril 05, 2010The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioAround the Halls: 20 Years After the Berlin Wall FellNovember 09, 2009Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioG-20 Summit: Recovering from the CrisisSeptember 2009G-20 Summit Report
Save to My PortfolioIs the G-20 Summit a Step Toward a New Global Economic Order?September 2009Brookings Policy Brief Series
Save to My PortfolioAid Coordination on the Ground: Are Joint Country Assistance Strategies the Answer?July 2009Wolfensohn Center for Development Working Papers

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