Experience

World Data Lab

• Austria
• Market Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Economist and Co-Founder

  • 2014 - Present



The Brookings Institution

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Senior Fellow, Center for Sustainable Development

  • Jan 2007 - Present

  - Focus on SDGs, development finance, multilateral development banks, the global middle class - Lead Author for Independent Expert Group report to the G20 Finance Ministers on strengthening MDBs - Focus on SDGs, development finance, multilateral development banks, the global middle class - Lead Author for Independent Expert Group report to the G20 Finance Ministers on strengthening MDBs



The World Bank

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chief Economist and Director, Economics and Finance, East Asia

  • 1999 - 2007

  - Focus on East Asian economic recovery after the Asian financial crisis and on policies to avoid the middle income trap. - Led group responsible for World Bank’s lending and analytical work for poverty reduction, economic management, and private sector development.

• Director, Economic Policy

  • 1997 - 1999

• Economist

  • 1980 - 1997

  - Economist positions in research, Asia and Latin America



Jeff Sachs and Associates

• Senior Partner

  • 1989 - 1990