Carmen Reinhart

Carmen Reinhart
Chief Economist of the World Bank
In office
15 June 2020 – 30 June 2022
PresidentDavid Malpass
Preceded byAart Kraay (Acting)
Succeeded byAart Kraay (Acting)
Personal details
Born (1955-10-07) 7 October 1955 (age 68)
Havana, Cuba
EducationMiami Dade College
Florida International University (BA)
Columbia University (MA, PhD)
Academic career
InstitutionHarvard Kennedy School
FieldInternational economics
Doctoral
advisor
Robert Mundell[1]
AwardsKing Juan Carlos Prize in Economics (2018)
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Carmen M. Reinhart (née Castellanos, born October 7, 1955) is a Cuban-American economist and the Minos A. Zombanakis Professor of the International Financial System at Harvard Kennedy School.[2] Previously, she was the Dennis Weatherstone Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics[3] and Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for International Economics at the University of Maryland.[4] She is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research, Founding Contributor of VoxEU,[5] and a member of Council on Foreign Relations. She is also a member of American Economic Association, Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association,[6] and the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy. She became the subject of general news coverage when mathematical errors were found in a research paper she co-authored.[7]

On May 20, 2020, Reinhart was appointed World Bank Chief Economist, starting on June 15, 2020.[8]

According to Research Papers in Economics (RePec), Reinhart is ranked among the top economists worldwide, based on publications and scholarly citations. She has testified before Congress and is listed among Foreign Policy's Top 100 Global Thinkers, Thomson Reuters' The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds, and Bloomberg Markets Most Influential 50 in Finance. In December 2018, Reinhart received the King Juan Carlos Prize in Economics and Nabe's Adam Smith Award.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Warsh was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Professor Carmen Reinhart Joins Harvard Kennedy School Faculty" (Press release). Harvard Kennedy School. July 5, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  3. ^ "Carmen M. Reinhart". Peterson Institute for International Economics. Archived from the original on March 25, 2013. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  4. ^ "Carmen M. Reinhart homepage". University of Maryland. Archived from the original on July 9, 2010. Retrieved July 3, 2010.
  5. ^ "vox". VoxEU.org. Archived from the original on September 21, 2009. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
  6. ^ "Welcome! Bienvenidos! Bem-vindos!". Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA). Archived from the original on September 1, 2009. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
  7. ^ Alexander, Ruth (April 19, 2013). "Reinhart, Rogoff... and Herndon: The student who caught out the profs". BBC News. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
  8. ^ "Carmen Reinhart Appointed as World Bank Group Chief Economist". World Bank. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.

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