Policy SpecialistsPolicy specialists have acquired practical experience in leading positions in international organizations, NGOs, or private corporations. In addition, all have a track record of leading publications in economics. Policy Specialists - Spring 2011
| José García-Montalvo
Professor, UPF and Barcelona GSE and Director of the UPF Department of Economics and Business ITFD Policy Specialist: 2010, 2011
Consultant for the OECD, the Interamerican Development Bank and the World Bank. Author of eleven books including From the Housing Boom to the Financial Collapse. | 
| Ephraim Kleiman
Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem ITFD Policy Specialist: 2011 A specialist on trade and the economics of inflation, Ephraim Kleiman has also written extensively on the economics of the Arab-Israeli peace process. He served as the senior economic advisor for theIsraeli economic delegation to the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations in Paris, 1993-94. |  | Eduardo Levy-Yeyati
Chief Economist for Latin America, Barclays Capital ITFD Policy Specialist: 2009, 2010, 2011 A former Financial Sector Advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean at the World Bank, he is on leave from Universidad Di Tella in Buenos Aires. He has also served as the Chief Economist at the Central Bank of Argentina. Levy-Yeyati is mainly interested in macroeconomic volatility in emerging economies, the implications of financial dollarization, and the economics of exchange rate regimes. |
Policy Specialists - previous years | Bradford DeLong
Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley ITFD Policy Specialist: 2009 A former Deputy Secretary at the US Treasury Department during the Mexican crisis, he is a frequent commentator on economic policy. His academic work has focused on the origins of unstable asset prices, the origins of market power in investment banking, and the evolution of living standards over the long run. |  | Simon Evenett Professor at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and Director of the International Trade and Economics Program at the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR, London) ITFD Policy Specialist: 2009, 2010 A specialist on development and trade issues with an emphasis on bilateral and regional agreements, he has previously worked for the World Bank and as an advisor to the French Ministry for Trade. |  | Simon Johnson Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Sloan School of Management, MIT ITFD Policy Specialist: 2009 From 2007 to 2008, he served as the IMF Chief Economist. A specialist in transition economies and the role of institutions in economic change, he has served with US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and as a consultant for Brattle Group. | 
| Xavier Sala-i-Martin
Professor of Economics, Columbia University and visiting professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra ITFD Policy Specialist: 2009 Prof. Sala-i-Martin is the founder of "Umbele: A Future for Africa," a non-profit organization that promotes economic development in Africa, as well as of the nonprofit organization "CEOs Without Borders." He is also a senior economic advisor to the World Economic Forum. |
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