Chief Economist of the World Bank

The chief economist of the World Bank (full title: Senior Vice President for Development Economics and Chief Economist of the World Bank Group) is the senior economist at the World Bank Group, tasked with providing intellectual leadership and direction to the bank's overall international development strategy and economic research agenda, at global, regional and country levels.

As a member of the bank's senior management team, the person advises the president and bank's management on economic issues.

List of chief economists of the World Bank NameCountryTermHollis B. Chenery1972–1982Anne Osborn Krueger1982–1986Stanley Fischer1988–1990Larry Summers1991–1993Michael Bruno1993–1996Joseph StiglitzFebruary 1997 – February 2000Nicholas SternJuly 2000 – 2003François Bourguignon2003–2007Justin Yifu LinJune 2008 – June 2012Martin RavallionJune 2012 – October 2012Kaushik BasuOctober 2012 – October 2016Paul RomerOctober 2016 – 24 January 2018Shanta Devarajan24 January 2018 – 26 November 2018Penny Goldberg26 November 2018 – 1 March 2020Aart Kraay1 March 2020 – 15 June 2020Carmen Reinhart15 June 2020 – 30 June 2022Aart Kraay30 June 2022 – 1 September 2022Indermit Gill1 September 2022 – 16 September 2026Michael Kremer16 September 2026 – present

See also Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund

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