Tristan Reed

Tristan Reed is an applied economist at the World Bank's Development Research Group working on questions about industrial organization relevant to economic growth and development. In his recent research, he has studied whether private equity is competitive in emerging markets, why input prices are higher in Africa, and the effects of antitrust enforcement in Mexico. He has done extensive work on the vaccine industry and is a trusted adviser of the G20 High Level Independent Panel on Pandemic Preparedness and Response. Prior to joining the World Bank, he was an associate of McKinsey and Company’s Africa office. A native of California, he holds a PhD in economics from Harvard University and a BA summa cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles.