Expertise
Development economics; development assistance; growth; industrial economics and policy; international trade; poverty; migration; Africa; East Asia; the Middle East; North Africa
- Language Fluency:
- Spanish
Background
Current Positions
Advisor, The African Development Bank, Tunis; Advisor, Global Development Network, New Delhi
Past Positions
Chief Economist, Africa Region, The World Bank; Director, Poverty Reduction, The World Bank; Director, Economic Policy, The World Bank; Chief Economist and Director, Economic and Social Development, Middle East and North Africa Region, The World Bank
Education
Ph.D., Oxford University, 1975; B.A., Stanford University, 1971
"The [financial] crisis also presents African governments with an opportunity to strengthen structural reforms. The resource rich economies can use the crisis as an opportunity to put into place better practices in the management of natural resource revenues."