The World Bank has appointed Pinelopi Goldberg, a Yale professor specialising in the effects of trade liberalisation on developing countries, as its new chief economist.
A Greek and US national, Ms Goldberg has strong academic credentials, including a five-year spell as the first female editor in chief of the prestigious American Economic Review, a position that requires tact and toughness in decisions to accept or reject the articles on which scholarly careers are founded.
Much of her research focuses on the effects of globalisation on income distribution and inequality in emerging economies, making her well-placed to articulate the World Bank’s response to the rising threat of an international trade war.
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