Economist
CurrentCurrent work: Fiscal Affairs Department (FAD)Country assignments: Vietnam, Madagascar and Burundi; focus on fiscal sector issues and SDGs.Research and operational work on fiscal rules, corruption, revenue mobilization, SOEs, public investment, and links between fiscal behavior and the economy.Previous work: Middle East and Central Asia Department (MCD) Country assignments: West Bank and Gaza and Iraq; focus on real, monetary and fiscal sector issues; forecasting, monetary policy in a dollarized economy and fixed exchange rate regime, aid dependency, public and private investment initiatives, conflict impact assessments, and fiscal decentralization.