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Executive Director

Johannes F. Linn

Johannes F. Linn

Executive Director, Wolfensohn Center for Development
Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development

A former World Bank vice president for Europe and Central Asia, Johannes Linn is the executive director of the Wolfensohn Center for Development, and 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

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