Rabah Arezki is Director of Research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research and Faculty Affiliate at Harvard Kennedy School. He previously served as Chief Economist and Vice President at the African Development Bank, Chief Economist for the Middle East and North Africa at the World Bank, and Chief of the Commodities Unit in the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund. His research focuses on development, energy and natural resources, international economics, and development finance.
He has advised the European Commission, the IMF, the World Bank, the United Nations, and governments around the world, and has contributed extensively to policy debates through publications in Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, Project Syndicate, Foreign Policy, Barron’s, Le Monde, Jeune Afrique, and other international outlets. His academic work has appeared in leading academic journals, including the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, The Economic Journal, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Development Economics, and Nature. He holds a PhD in Economics from the European University Institute.