Until his appointment as Minister of Economy, Planning and Cooperation in Senegal in April 2019, Mr. Amadou Hott was the Vice President of the African Development Bank’s Power, Energy, Green Growth and Climate Change Complex, since November 2016, and has 20 years of experience in areas such as structured finance, sovereign wealth funds management, investment banking, infrastructure and the…
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Lilia Razlog is a Senior Debt Specialist in the Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management Global Practice of the World Bank. She is a leading expert in Debt Management Performance Assessment (DeMPA) evaluations, conducted by the World Bank as part of the Debt Management Facility technical assistance program, funded through a multi-donor trust fund. The program assists low and lower-middle income…
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Paul Gruenwald is the Global Chief Economist at S&P Global Ratings based in New York. He leads the economic research agenda and serves as the primary spokesperson on macro-economic matters for the company. Before joining S&P Global Ratings in 2013, Paul spent almost five years at the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) as the Asia Pacific Chief Economist, where he was…
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Paul Brenton is Lead Economist in the Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice of the World Bank. He focuses on analytical and operation work on trade and regional integration. He is currently working on issues including small-scale cross-border trade in Africa, trade and climate change and regional integration in the Horn of Africa. He recently co-authored the World Bank report on…
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Susan M. Lund is IFC’s Vice President for Economics and Private Sector Development. She leads a large staff of economists that provide economic analysis to support IFC investments, including macroeconomic outlooks, country risk assessments, and country private sector diagnostics. She is also responsible for the Anticipated Impact Measurement and Monitoring framework (AIMM) to assess the…
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Fulbert Tchana Tchana, , is a World Bank Senior Economist. Since joining the Bank in 2013, he has worked on analytical, advisory, capacity building, and lending operations in the Middle East and Africa, supporting clients in the areas of economic modeling, growth and productivity analytics, economic and trade diversification, oil revenue management, subsidies reform and regional integration. Prior to joining the Bank, he…
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James Sampi, a Peruvian national, joined the World Bank’s Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice in the Latin America and Caribbean region in 2016. He has worked on lending and analytical activities at the regional and country levels in Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic. His work is focused on growth and macro-structural policies. Prior to joining the…
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Elliott Harris of Trinidad and Tobago as Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and Chief Economist, effective 2 April 2018. Mr. Harris brings over 25 years of international experience in the fields of international economics and development policy analysis,…
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Simon is an economist with 15 years of experience working for governments, international organizations (World Bank) and NGOs in Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America and South Asia. He focuses on fiscal policy, economic growth, energy and climate change. Simon holds a Masters from University of Paris I and a PhD from University of Bath. He is based in Washington, D.C..
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Srinivas Gurazada (Srini), an Indian national with three decades of experience working on governance and public financial management around the world, is the Head of PEFA Secretariat and the Global Lead Public Financial Management. Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability ( www.pefa.org ) initiative, a partnership of nine development partners, is housed in the World Bank. PEFA is regarded…
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