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Devarajan, Shantayanan

Development Economics
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Public economics, Trade policy, Natural resources and the environment, General equilibrium modeling
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Last updated: July 11, 2023
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Shanta Devarajan is the Senior Director for Development Economics (DEC) at the World Bank.  Previously, he was the Chief Economist of the World Bank’s Middle East and North Africa Region. Since joining the World Bank in 1991, he has been a Principal Economist and Research Manager for Public Economics in the Development Research Group, and the Chief Economist of the Human Development Network, the South Asia Region and Africa Region. He was a director of the World Development Report 2004, Making Services Work for Poor People. Before 1991, he was on the faculty of Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. A member of the Overseas Development Institute’s Board of Trustees, and the author or co-author of more than 100 publications, Mr. Devarajan’s research covers public economics, trade policy, natural resources and the environment, and general equilibrium modeling of developing countries. Born in Sri Lanka, Mr. Devarajan received his B.A. in mathematics from Princeton University and his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley. Shanta's latest blog posts can be found on his blog, Future Development. Please check out the Development Economics page for more info.  
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