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Homi Kharas

Senior Fellow and Deputy Director for the Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institution

Homi Kharas is a senior fellow and deputy director for the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution. Formerly a chief economist in the East Asia and Pacific Region of the World Bank, Kharas currently studies policies and trends influencing developing countries, including aid to poor countries, the emergence of a middle class, the food crisis and global governance and the G20. His most recent co-authored books are Getting to Scale (Brookings Press, 2013), After the Spring: Economic Transitions in the Arab World (Oxford University Press, 2012), Catalyzing Development: A New Vision for Aid (Brookings Press, 2011), and The Last Mile in Ending Extreme Poverty (Brookings Press, 2015). He served as the lead author and executive secretary of the secretariat supporting the High Level Panel, co-chaired by President Sirleaf, President Yudhoyono and Prime Minister Cameron, advising the U.N. Secretary General on the post-2015 development agenda (2012-2013).

September 25, 2016

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