Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics 2023: Growth and Resilience

Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln is programme director of the macroeconomics and growth programme at the CEPR, chairwoman of the Review of Economic Studies, and elected fellow of the Econometric Society. She received the 2018 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the German Science Foundation, the highest scientific award in Germany, and the 2016 Gossen Prize of the German Economic Association. In 2018, she was also awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant, and in 2010 an ERC Starting Grant. She is a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and of the Franco-German Council of Economic Experts. She holds many affiliations in international research networks.

Doug Gollin is Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at Oxford University. His research focusses on economic development and growth, with particular interests in agriculture and structural transformation. His work brings a general equilibrium perspective to issues such as: sectoral differences in productivity; the impacts of agricultural technologies; the role of transport costs in shaping spatial patterns of development; the importance of small firms and self employment in poor countries; and the macroeconomic effects of disease.

Paul Christian is an Economist in the Development Impact Evaluation unit of the of the World Bank. His research on agriculture and food security programs focuses on targeting and management of irrigation projects. He has led impact evaluations in India, Nepal, Mozambique, Liberia, and Ghana. Dr. Christian holds a PhD and MA in Economics from Brown University, and a BA in Economics from the University of Notre Dame. Prior to joining the impact evaluation unit he worked as a research associate in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University where he helped lead Cornell’s involvement in the Structural Transformation of African Agriculture and Rural Spaces (STAARS) project.

Nona Karalashvili is an Economist at the Enterprise Analysis unit of the World Bank. She has overseen several Enterprise Surveys and other data collection efforts of the team. Before joining the Enterprise Analysis unit, she worked as a research assistant at the University of Maryland, College Park, and in the Development Research Group at the World Bank. Her experience includes work in various key advising positions in the government of Georgia. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a Master's degree in Economics from the Central European University. Her research interests span the fields of economics, psychology, and anthropology, with a focus on institutional economics.

Talip Kilic is a Program Manager at the World Bank Development Data Group and a member of the World Bank Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) team. He was also a core team member for the World Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives.

As an expert in complex household surveys, he manages the LSMS Methodology and Tools Program and serves in an advisory role for LSMS-supported national statistical offices and large-scale household surveys. Talip has also been leading the LSMS+ Project on improving the availability and quality of individual-disaggregated survey data; the LSMS High-Frequency Phone Surveys; the World Bank Knowledge for Change Program-funded programmatic research project “Understanding Trends in Sub-National Differences in Economic Well-Being in Low-Middle Income Countries;” as well as the Gender- and Earth Observation-related methodological research activities supported by the 50x2030 Initiative. Relatedly, he serves as a co-chair of the United Nations Task Team on Earth Observation.

Tatjana Kleineberg is an Economist in the Macroeconomics and Growth team of the World Bank’s Research Department. Her research is at the intersection of Macroeconomics, Inequality, Economic Development, and Urban Economics. She holds a Bachelor from Sciences Po Paris and a PhD in Economics from Yale. Prior to her PhD, she worked at the World Bank’s Research Department (2012-2013) and at the strategy consulting firm Oliver Wyman (2011-2012).