The ECA Academy is organized annually by the Office of the ECA Chief Economist. The ECA Academy competition identifies the best new policy-relevant research from across the World Bank Group on topics of interest to the ECA region. The papers are evaluated based on technical quality, originality, and operational relevance. They represent the best new research relevant to ECA from across the World Bank Group, and they combine a high degree of technical rigor with a commitment to identifying relevant policy advice for Bank clients.
Berk Özler, Development Research Group - Poverty & Inequality
Çiğdem Çelik, Poverty and Equity Global Practice
Scott Cunningham, Baylor University
P. Facundo Cuevas, Poverty and Equity Global Practice
Luca Parisotto, Development Research Group - Poverty & Inequality
Damien de Walque, Development Research Group - Human Development
Adanna Chukwuma, Health, Nutrition & Population Global Practice
Nono Ayivi-Guedehoussou, Office of the Chief Economist, Africa region
Marianna Koshkakaryan, Health, Nutrition & Population Global Practice
Nisan Gorgulu, Office of the Chief Economist, Infrastructure Vice-Presidency
Gulnaz Sharafutdinova, Russia Institute, Kings College London
Jevgenijs Steinbuks, Development Research Group - Sustainability & Infrastructure
Special thanks go to the review committee which this year included: Miriam Bruhn, Roberto N. Fattal Jaef, Kibrom Tafere Hirfrfot, Ivailo Izvorski, Leonardo Iacovone, Michael Lokshin, Alvaro Enrique Pedraza morales, Claudia Ruiz Ortega, Dorothe Singer, Ashley Taylor, Ivan Torre, and Asli Demirguc-Kunt.
Alen Mulabdic, Equitable Growth, Finance & Institutions Practice Group
Michele Ruta, Equitable Growth, Finance & Institutions Practice Group
François de Soyres, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Paula Restrepo, Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice
Luis E. Quintero, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Special thanks go to the review committee which this year included: Mikhail Lokshin, Roumeen Islam, Ivan Torre, Bingjie Hu, Roberto Fattal, Kibrom Tafere, Claudia Ruiz, Alvaro Morales, Daniel Rogger and Asli Demirguc-Kunt.
The Office of the Chief Economist provides guidance on strategic priorities and technical quality of economic analysis in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region.
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