Homi Kharas

Homi Kharas is Senior Fellow at the Wolfensohn Center for Development, housed in the Global Economy and Development program, at the Brookings Institution. His work at Brookings focuses on developing and leading projects on aid and aid agency effectiveness.

Before starting work at Brookings, Mr. Kharas contributed nearly 3 decades of his career to the World Bank. He began in 1980 as an economist in the Research Department, studying developing country debt and borrowing strategies. He went on to serve as Principal Economist in Malaysia and the Philippines. From 1993-1997 Mr. Kharas served as Lead Economist and Country Operations Chief in Brazil. He rose to become Director of Economic Policy for the PREM Network in 1997. In 1999 he became Chief Economist and Director of Economics and Finance for East Asia and the Pacific. He held this role until 2007, when he began his career at the Brookings Institution. [ [http://discuss.worldbank.org/content/expert/detail/4059 World Bank Speak Out Expert Bio] ]

For two years, 1989-1991, Mr. Kharas was Senior Partner at Jeff Sachs and Associates, where he advised governments in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, and the Soviet Union on transition issues. [ [http://www.growthcommission.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=53 Commission on Growth and Development Expert Bio] ]

He holds a Ph. D. in Economics from Harvard University.

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* [http://www.brookings.edu/experts/kharash.aspx Kharas's expert page at the Brookings Institution]
* [http://www.brookings.edu/wolfensohn.aspx The Wolfensohn Center at the Brookings Institution]
* [http://www.brookings.edu/topics/foreign-aid.aspx Kharas's and other Brookings experts' work on Foreign Aid]
* [http://www.brookings.edu/topics/global-food-crisis.aspx Kharas's and other Brookings experts' work on the Global Food Crisis]