The chief economist of the World Bank (full title: Senior Vice President for Development Economics and Chief Economist of the World Bank Group) is the senior economist at the World Bank Group, tasked with providing intellectual leadership and direction to the bank's overall international development strategy and economic research agenda, at global, regional and country levels.[1]
As a member of the bank's senior management team, the person advises the president and bank's management on economic issues.
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List of chief economists of the World Bank
| Name | Country | Term |
|---|---|---|
| Hollis B. Chenery |  United States
|
1972–1982 |
| Anne Osborn Krueger | United States
|
1982–1986 |
| Stanley Fischer | United States
|
1988–1990 |
| Lawrence Summers | United States
|
1991–1993 |
| Michael Bruno |  Israel
|
1993–1996 |
| Joseph Stiglitz | United States
|
February 1997 – February 2000 |
| Nicholas Stern |  United Kingdom
|
July 2000 – 2003 |
| François Bourguignon |  France
|
2003–2007 |
| Justin Yifu Lin |  China
|
June 2008 – June 2012 |
| Martin Ravallion[2] Acting |
 Australia
|
June 2012 – October 2012 |
| Kaushik Basu[3] |  India
|
October 2012 – October 2016 |
| Paul Romer[4] | United States
|
October 2016 – 24 January 2018 |
| Shanta Devarajan[5] Acting |
 Sri Lanka
|
24 January 2018 – 26 November 2018 |
| Penny Goldberg[6][7][8] | United States
|
26 November 2018 – 1 March 2020 |
| Aart Kraay[9][10] Acting |
 Canada
|
1 March 2020 – 15 June 2020 |
| Carmen Reinhart[11] | United States
|
15 June 2020 – 30 June 2022 |
| Aart Kraay Acting |
Canada
|
30 June 2022 – 1 September 2022 |
| Indermit Gill[12] | India
|
1 September 2022 – present |
See also
References
- ^ "Data & Research - World Bank Chief Economist: Justin Yifu Lin". Archived from the original on 2010-03-27. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
- ^ "Data & Research - World Bank Chief Economist: Justin Yifu Lin". Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
- ^ "World Bank Appoints Kaushik Basu Chief Economist". Worldbank.org. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ "Outspoken World Bank chief economist Paul Romer exits". Financial Times. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Shanta Devarajan". worldbank.org. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "Yale's Penny Goldberg appointed chief economist at the World Bank". 26 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "World Bank Group President Appoints Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg as Chief Economist". Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ Lawder, David (5 February 2020). "World Bank Loses Chief Economist in under 15 months". Reuters. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "World Bank Chief Economist announces resignation". CNA. 6 February 2020. Archived from the original on 6 February 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Aart Kraay". World Bank. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "Carmen Reinhart Appointed as World Bank Group Chief Economist". World Bank. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ "World Bank appoints Indermit Gill as new chief economist". 3 October 2022.
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