Jacques van der Gaag is a senior fellow in the Center for Universal Education. He researches the economics of global education, the economics of poverty, the economic consequences of HIV/AIDS and international health care financing. He is an economics professor at the University of Amsterdam.
Experience
Current Positions
- Professor of Development Economics, University of Amsterdam
- Director, Amsterdam Institute for International Development
Past Positions
- Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business (founder of University of Amsterdam Business School)
- Chief Economist, Human Development Network, the World Bank
- Chief Human Resources Division, Latin America and the Caribbean, the World Bank
- Chief Welfare and Human Resources Division, the World Bank
- Visiting Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison