Name
Indermit Gill
Job Title
Chief Economist & Senior Vice President for Development Economics
Company
World Bank Group
Speaker Bio
Indermit Gill is the World Bank Group’s Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics. Previously, he served as the World Bank’s Vice President for Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions. He led the World Bank's influential 2009 World Development Report on economic geography. His work introduced the “middle-income trap” concept, describing how countries stagnate after reaching a certain level of income. The 2024 World Development Report, prepared under his guidance, highlights strategies for countries to escape this trap by adopting modern technologies and driving innovation.
Indermit has published extensively on key policy issues facing developing countries, including sovereign debt vulnerabilities, green growth and natural-resource wealth, labor markets, and poverty and inequality. He has also taught at Georgetown University, the University of Chicago, and Duke University, and served as a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Global Economy and Development program. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago.
Indermit has published extensively on key policy issues facing developing countries, including sovereign debt vulnerabilities, green growth and natural-resource wealth, labor markets, and poverty and inequality. He has also taught at Georgetown University, the University of Chicago, and Duke University, and served as a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Global Economy and Development program. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago.