Asad Alam
Regional Director, Equitable Growth, Finance & Institutions Practice, Eastern and Southern Africa Region, World Bank
Asad Alam is the regional director for equitable growth, finance and institutions in the eastern and southern Africa region of the World Bank. He has more than 30 years of experience working on development issues in many countries in sub-saharan Africa, middle east and north Africa, and eastern Europe. He has strong issues in areas of macroeconomic policy, growth and productivity, poverty, inequality, international trade, and labor. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University and a B.Sc. Econ from The London School of Economics and Political Science.
- Growth
- Productivity
- Governance
- Poverty
- Inequality
- Ph.D. in Economics, Columbia University, New York, 1992
- B.Sc. in Economics (First Class Honors), The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, 1987
- Regional Director, Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions, Africa East Region, Washington, DC. 2019-Present
- Chief of Staff, Office of the President, The World Bank Group, Washington, DC. 2018-2019
- Country Director, Egypt, Yemen and Djibouti, Cairo, Egypt, 2015-2018
- Alam, A. and co-authors, 2016, Making it Happen: Selected Case Studies of Institutional Reform in South Africa, Directions in Development, The World Bank.
- Alam, A. and co-authors, 2015, Fighting Corruption in Public Services: Chronicling Georgia’s Reforms, Directions in Development, The World Bank.
- Alam, A., P Mitra and S. Zaidi, ‘Key Factors Affecting Satisfaction with Life in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union’, 2008, World Bank Working Paper No. 162, The World Bank.
Revisiting Macroeconomic Management in Times of Crisis and Beyond
Areas of Interest: Growth Productivity Governance Poverty Inequality Education: Ph.D. in Economics, Columbia University, New York, 1992 B.Sc.... Read More
Mar 26, 2022