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Indermit Gill

Indermit Gill

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics - World Bank

Indermit Gill is a nonresident senior fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution. He is also chief economist and senior vice president for development economics at the World Bank and a visiting professor at the Kautilya School of Public Policy in Hyderabad, India.

Gill worked at the World Bank from 1993 to 2016, where he held a number of leadership positions including director for development policy in the Office of the Chief Economist, chief economist for Europe and Central Asia, and staff director for the 2009 World Development Report on Economic Geography. Before that, he was economic adviser in the East Asia and Pacific Region office and lead economist for human development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Gill holds a Ph.D. and A.M. in economics from the University of Chicago, an M.A. from the Delhi School of Economics, and a B.A. (with honors) in economics from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi.

Indermit Gill is a nonresident senior fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution. He is also chief economist and senior vice president for development economics at the World Bank and a visiting professor at the Kautilya School of Public Policy in Hyderabad, India.

Gill worked at the World Bank from 1993 to 2016, where he held a number of leadership positions including director for development policy in the Office of the Chief Economist, chief economist for Europe and Central Asia, and staff director for the 2009 World Development Report on Economic Geography. Before that, he was economic adviser in the East Asia and Pacific Region office and lead economist for human development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Gill holds a Ph.D. and A.M. in economics from the University of Chicago, an M.A. from the Delhi School of Economics, and a B.A. (with honors) in economics from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi.

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