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Regarded as a leading expert, researcher, and adviser to countries on governance and development, Mr. Kaufmann, with his team, has pioneered new approaches to analyze country governance as well as survey methodologies and indicators for good governance and anti-corruption programs around the world. He heads the work on Global Governance and Anti-Corruption, and previously held positions at the World Bank which include managing a team on Finance, Regulation and Governance, heading capacity building for Latin America, and also serving as Lead Economist both in economies in transition as well as in the Bank's research department.  He is also a member of the World Economic Forum (DAVOS) faculty.

In the early nineties, he was the first Chief of Mission of the World Bank to Ukraine, and then he was a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University prior to resuming his carreer at the World Bank. His research on economic development, governance, the unofficial economy, macro-economics, investment, corruption, privatization, and urban and labor economics has been published in leading journals.  Mr. Kaufmann is also frequent keynote speaker on governance and development issues in major fora; he is a guest expert in major media programs, and his work is frequently featured in international media and policy circles.

A Chilean national, Daniel Kaufmann received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics at Harvard, and a B.A. in Economics and Statistics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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