ÇAĞLAR ÖZDEN is the Deputy Chief Economist for the Middle East and North Africa. Prior, he was a Lead Economist in the Development Research Group and co-director of the 2023 World Development Report, Migrants, Refugees, and Societies. He was the co-author of recent World Bank report Global Skill Partnerships and lead author of the Policy Research Report Moving for Prosperity: Global Migration and Labor Markets. A Turkish national, Çağlar received his undergraduate degrees in economics and industrial engineering from Cornell University and a PhD in economics from Stanford University. He is a fellow of Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration, and the Economic Research Forum. His research explores the nexus of globalization of product and labor markets, government policies, and economic development. He has edited three books and published numerous papers in leading academic journals such as the American Economic Review and the Economic Journal. His current research projects explore the determinants and patterns of global labor mobility, brain drain, internal migration, ageing and demographic trends, and linkages between labor, trade, and foreign direct investment flows.