Portrait: Jacques van der Gaag

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

Education

  • Ph.D., Leiden University

Contact

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Resources

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