Homi Kharas (born September 1959) is a British economist who has been a senior fellow and deputy director for the global economy and development program at the Brookings Institution since 2005.Brookings Institution, Fellows, URL: http://www.brookings.edu/experts/kharash
Early life and education
Kharas gained his bachelor's degree from King's College, Cambridge in 1975. He gained his PhD in economics from Harvard University in 1980.
Career
World Bank
From 1980, Kharas spent 26 years at the World Bank, serving for seven years as chief economist for the World Bank's East Asia and Pacific regionWorld Bank raises East Asia growth outlook New York Times, April 28, 2005. and as director for poverty reduction and economic management, finance and private sector development. Along with Indermit Gill, he developed the novel concept of 'middle income traps'.
From 1990 to 1991, Kharas was a senior partner with Jeff Sachs and Associates, advising governments in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union on transition.
Brookings Institution
Kharas began his career at the Brookings Institution in 2005 at the Wolfensohn Center for Development, where he pioneered foreign aid reform analyses, measuring the volatility of aid,Kharas (2006), Measuring the volatility of aid, Brookings Working Paper, available at: http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2008/07/aid-volatility-kharas quality of foreign aid,Kharas et al, Quality of Official Development Assistance (QuODA), available at: new players in development, including individuals and foundations, and helped develop the center's strategy along that of the global economy and development program. Kharas is a recognized foreign aid expert and has advised donors, foundations and emerging/developing country governments on best practices in the area.
Kharas is principal investigator of several grants to Brookings, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation sponsored, Ending Rural Hunger and Brookings Blum Roundtable.
He has served as the lead author and executive secretary of the secretariat supporting the High Level Panel, co-chaired by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and David Cameron, advising United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (2012-2013). The report, "A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies through Sustainable Development"United Nations (2013), Post 2015 Development HLPE Report, available at: http://www.post2015hlp.org/the-report/ was presented on May 30, 2013, and served as the basis for Sustainable Development Goals discussions.
He has served as a member on the International Panel Review Committee on Malaysia's economic and governance transformation programs (2012); the post-Busan Advisory Group to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Development Assistance Committee co-chairs (2011); the National Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia (2009–10); and a member of the working group for the Commission on Growth and Development, chaired by Professor A. Michael Spence (2007–10).Commission on Growth and Development, available at: http://go.worldbank.org/LS3NIIIJF0 He was a non-resident fellow of the OECD Development Centre (2009). In June 2021, he was appointed to the World Bank–International Monetary Fund High-Level Advisory Group (HLAG) on Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery and Growth, co-chaired by Mari Pangestu, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, and Nicholas Stern.World Bank, IMF Launch High-Level Advisory Group on Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery and Growth International Monetary Fund, press release of June 15, 2021.
Publications
Kharas has published articles, book chapters and opinion pieces on global development policy, global trends, the global food crisis, international organizations, the G20, the DAC and private philanthropy.
Books
2010: Delivering Aid Differently (Brookings Institution Press) 2011: Catalyzing Development: A New Vision for Aid (Brookings Press) 2012: After the Spring: Economic Transitions in the Arab World (Oxford University Press) 2013: Getting to Scale: How to Bring Development Solutions to Millions of Poor People (Brookings Press) 2015: The Last Mile in Ending Extreme Poverty (Brookings Press)
References
External links Brookings Institution: http://www.brookings.edu/experts/kharash High Level Panel on Post-2015 Development, United Nations, available at: http://www.post2015hlp.org/the-report/ World Bank Speak Out Expert Bio Commission on Growth and Development Expert Bio Wolfensohn Center for Development Measuring the volatility of aid: http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2008/07/aid-volatility-kharas Quality of Development Assistance: https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083120/http://www.brookings.edu/about/programs/global/quoda UN HLP Secretariat: http://www.post2015hlp.org/category/secretariat/