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'''Johannes F. Linn''' is Executive Director of the Wolfensohn Center<ref>[http://www.brookings.edu/experts/linnj.aspx Linn's expert page at the Brookings Institution]</ref> for Development and Senior Fellow of the Global Economy and Development program at the [[Brookings Institution]]. |
'''Johannes F. Linn''' is Executive Director of the Wolfensohn Center<ref>[http://www.brookings.edu/experts/linnj.aspx Linn's expert page at the Brookings Institution] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706155847/http://www.brookings.edu/experts/linnj.aspx |date=2008-07-06 }}</ref> for Development and Senior Fellow of the Global Economy and Development program at the [[Brookings Institution]]. |
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Linn studied law at the [[Free University of Berlin|Free University]], Berlin, Germany. He received his training as an economist at [[Oxford University]], England (BA, 1968), and at [[Cornell University]], USA (PhD, 1972). |
Linn studied law at the [[Free University of Berlin|Free University]], Berlin, Germany. He received his training as an economist at [[Oxford University]], England (BA, 1968), and at [[Cornell University]], USA (PhD, 1972). |
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In 1978, Linn briefly left the Bank for the University of Munster, Germany as a visiting scholar. He returned to the Bank’s East Asia Region to serve as Country Economist and Senior Economic Advisor. In 1988, he published, with Amarendra Bhattacharya, a study entitled “Trade and Industrial Policy in the Developing Countries of East Asia” (World Bank Discussion Paper No. 27).<ref>[https://ideas.repec.org/p/fth/wobadi/27.html Trade And Industrial Policies In The Developing Countries Of East Asia]</ref> Between 1988 and 1991, he served as Senior Economic Advisor in the Bank’s Development Economics Staff, as the Director of its International Economics Department and as Director of its Country Economics Department. He was appointed Vice President for Financial Policy and Resource Mobilization in 1991 and became Vice President for Europe and Central Asia in 1996.<ref>[http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/eca/eca.nsf/66d6f5004ed085ca852567d10011a8b8/fefd7148d7b402c485256c45004ae420?OpenDocument World Bank ECA Expert Bio]</ref> A collection of his speeches from this period were published under the title Transition Years – Reflections on Economic Reform and Social Change in Europe and Central Asia.<ref name="books.google.com">[https://books.google.com/books?id=HwfnHAAACAAJ&dq=Transition+Years+%E2%80%93+Reflections+on+Economic+Reform+and+Social+Change+in+Europe+and+Central+Asia Transition Years: Reflections on Economic Reform and Social Change in Europe]</ref> |
In 1978, Linn briefly left the Bank for the University of Munster, Germany as a visiting scholar. He returned to the Bank’s East Asia Region to serve as Country Economist and Senior Economic Advisor. In 1988, he published, with Amarendra Bhattacharya, a study entitled “Trade and Industrial Policy in the Developing Countries of East Asia” (World Bank Discussion Paper No. 27).<ref>[https://ideas.repec.org/p/fth/wobadi/27.html Trade And Industrial Policies In The Developing Countries Of East Asia]</ref> Between 1988 and 1991, he served as Senior Economic Advisor in the Bank’s Development Economics Staff, as the Director of its International Economics Department and as Director of its Country Economics Department. He was appointed Vice President for Financial Policy and Resource Mobilization in 1991 and became Vice President for Europe and Central Asia in 1996.<ref>[http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/eca/eca.nsf/66d6f5004ed085ca852567d10011a8b8/fefd7148d7b402c485256c45004ae420?OpenDocument World Bank ECA Expert Bio]</ref> A collection of his speeches from this period were published under the title Transition Years – Reflections on Economic Reform and Social Change in Europe and Central Asia.<ref name="books.google.com">[https://books.google.com/books?id=HwfnHAAACAAJ&dq=Transition+Years+%E2%80%93+Reflections+on+Economic+Reform+and+Social+Change+in+Europe+and+Central+Asia Transition Years: Reflections on Economic Reform and Social Change in Europe]</ref> |
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From September 2003 to June 2006, Linn was a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Since July 2005, Linn has served as Executive Director for the Wolfensohn Center at Brookings. In this capacity he has been engaging himself in research and advisory work regarding issues of [[global governance]],<ref>[http://www.brookings.edu/topics/global-governance.aspx Linn's and other Brookings experts' work on Global Governance]</ref> transition in Central and South-East Europe,<ref>[http://www.brookings.edu/topics/central-asia.aspx Linn's and other Brookings experts' work on the Central Asia]</ref> the CIS and Turkey, on transatlantic relations, and on cultural heritage preservation. Since beginning at Brookings he has also served as Project Leader and Lead Author for the UNDP Central Asia Human Development Report<ref name="books.google.com"/> and has edited, with Colin Bradford, Global Governance Reform: Breaking the Stalemate.<ref>[http://www.brookings.edu/press/Books/2007/globalgovernancereform.aspx Global Governance Reform: Breaking the Stalemate]</ref> |
From September 2003 to June 2006, Linn was a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Since July 2005, Linn has served as Executive Director for the Wolfensohn Center at Brookings. In this capacity he has been engaging himself in research and advisory work regarding issues of [[global governance]],<ref>[http://www.brookings.edu/topics/global-governance.aspx Linn's and other Brookings experts' work on Global Governance] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513140503/http://www.brookings.edu/topics/global-governance.aspx |date=2008-05-13 }}</ref> transition in Central and South-East Europe,<ref>[http://www.brookings.edu/topics/central-asia.aspx Linn's and other Brookings experts' work on the Central Asia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308120308/http://www.brookings.edu/topics/central-asia.aspx |date=2008-03-08 }}</ref> the CIS and Turkey, on transatlantic relations, and on cultural heritage preservation. Since beginning at Brookings he has also served as Project Leader and Lead Author for the UNDP Central Asia Human Development Report<ref name="books.google.com"/> and has edited, with Colin Bradford, Global Governance Reform: Breaking the Stalemate.<ref>[http://www.brookings.edu/press/Books/2007/globalgovernancereform.aspx Global Governance Reform: Breaking the Stalemate]</ref> |
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He is also the Senior Resident Fellow at the [[Emerging Markets Forum]]. |
He is also the Senior Resident Fellow at the [[Emerging Markets Forum]]. |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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* [http://www.brookings.edu/ |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080516202220/http://www.brookings.edu/WOLFENSOHN.ASPX The Wolfensohn Center at the Brookings Institution] |
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* [http://www.emergingmarketsforum.org The Emerging Markets Forum] |
* [http://www.emergingmarketsforum.org The Emerging Markets Forum] |
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Revision as of 22:40, 23 April 2017
Johannes F. Linn is Executive Director of the Wolfensohn Center[1] for Development and Senior Fellow of the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution.
Linn studied law at the Free University, Berlin, Germany. He received his training as an economist at Oxford University, England (BA, 1968), and at Cornell University, USA (PhD, 1972).
Linn is a former World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia. He began his career at the World Bank in 1973 in the research wing focusing on issues of urban development policy. Using his nine years of research for the Bank, he published Cities in the Developing World: Policies for Their Equitable and Efficient Growth[2] and Urban Public Finance in Developing Countries,[3] along with a number of articles on urban development and finance.
In 1978, Linn briefly left the Bank for the University of Munster, Germany as a visiting scholar. He returned to the Bank’s East Asia Region to serve as Country Economist and Senior Economic Advisor. In 1988, he published, with Amarendra Bhattacharya, a study entitled “Trade and Industrial Policy in the Developing Countries of East Asia” (World Bank Discussion Paper No. 27).[4] Between 1988 and 1991, he served as Senior Economic Advisor in the Bank’s Development Economics Staff, as the Director of its International Economics Department and as Director of its Country Economics Department. He was appointed Vice President for Financial Policy and Resource Mobilization in 1991 and became Vice President for Europe and Central Asia in 1996.[5] A collection of his speeches from this period were published under the title Transition Years – Reflections on Economic Reform and Social Change in Europe and Central Asia.[6]
From September 2003 to June 2006, Linn was a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Since July 2005, Linn has served as Executive Director for the Wolfensohn Center at Brookings. In this capacity he has been engaging himself in research and advisory work regarding issues of global governance,[7] transition in Central and South-East Europe,[8] the CIS and Turkey, on transatlantic relations, and on cultural heritage preservation. Since beginning at Brookings he has also served as Project Leader and Lead Author for the UNDP Central Asia Human Development Report[6] and has edited, with Colin Bradford, Global Governance Reform: Breaking the Stalemate.[9]
He is also the Senior Resident Fellow at the Emerging Markets Forum.
References
- ^ Linn's expert page at the Brookings Institution Archived 2008-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cities in the Developing World
- ^ Urban Public Finance in Developing Countries
- ^ Trade And Industrial Policies In The Developing Countries Of East Asia
- ^ World Bank ECA Expert Bio
- ^ a b Transition Years: Reflections on Economic Reform and Social Change in Europe
- ^ Linn's and other Brookings experts' work on Global Governance Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Linn's and other Brookings experts' work on the Central Asia Archived 2008-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Global Governance Reform: Breaking the Stalemate