Expertise
Economics of poverty; Structural adjustment; Labor markets; Health and education economics; Social policy
Background
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