Tarek Ghani is a nonresident fellow in the Center for Sustainable Development, housed within the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution. Ghani is an assistant professor of strategy at Washington University in St. Louis and a former chief economist of the International Crisis Group. His research explores frictions that impede private economic transactions and public state capacity in both developing countries and the United States. His writings on political economy, development, and security issues have appeared in top academic journals including the American Economic Review, AEJ: Micro, AEJ: Policy, Journal of Politics, Management Science, and Review of Economics & Statistics.
Ghani is affiliated with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, LSE’s International Growth Centre, Princeton’s Empirical Studies of Conflict Project, and the Wharton Impact, Value, and Sustainable Business Initiative. He has worked with the Center for Global Development, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Humanity United, the United States Institute of Peace, and the World Bank. He holds a doctoral degree from University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Science from Stanford University.
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Current Positions
- Assistant Professor, Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis
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Past Positions
- Senior Economic Adviser, International Crisis Group (2018-2019, 2021-2022)
- Chief Economist and Future of Conflict Program Director, International Crisis Group (2020-2021)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University (2015-2016)
- Consultant, United States Institute of Peace (2014-2016)
- Investment Manager, Humanity United (2006-2009)
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Education
- Ph.D. (2015) and M.S. (2012) in Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley
- B.S. in Symbolic Systems, Stanford University (2004)