Simeon Djankov
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Simeon Djankov is the creator of the Doing Business report, the World Bank's top publication. In his dozen years at the World Bank, he has worked on regional trade agreements in North Africa, enterprise restructuring and privatization in transition economies, corporate governance in East Asia, and regulatory reforms around the world. Dr. Djankov was a principal author of the World Development Report 2002. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and has published over 70 articles in academic journals. He is ranked among the Top 400 Economists in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc.
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[edit] Life in Bulgaria
Born in Sofia, Bulgaria on July 13, 1970. Attended the prestigious language high school in Lovech (1984-89). Twice national champion in field and track. In 1989, passed the entrance exam to the (then) Karl Marx Institute of Economics with the highest scores nationally (and second highest in the history of the institution).
[edit] Work in Georgia
In 1997, Simeon Djankov participated in a World Bank enterprise restructuring project in Georgia. For the next year, the project surveyed most of the manufacturing enterprises in Georgia, identifying those with good export opportunities.
Since 2004, after the Rose Revolution, Simeon Djankov has visited Georgia frequently and worked with the government on reforming the business environment. Zurab Nogaideli, prime minister between 2005 and 2007, won a Reformer of the Year award in 2007. Djankov has worked closely with Kakha Bendukidze, the main architect of Georgia's economic reforms.
[edit] References
Botero, Juan, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio López de Silanes and Andrei Shleifer (2004)The Regulation of Labor, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 119: 1339-1382.
Djankov, Simeon, Rafael La Porta, Florencio López de Silanes and Andrei Shleifer (2002) The Regulation of Entry, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 117: 1-37.
Djankov, Simeon, Rafael La Porta, Florencio López de Silanes and Andrei Shleifer. (2003)Courts, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 118: 453-517.
Djankov, Simeon, Caralee McLiesh and Andrei Shleifer, Private Credit in 129 CountriesJournal of Financial Economics, May 2007.
Bertrand, Marianne, Simeon Djankov, Rema Hanna and Sendhil Mullainathan, Obtaining a Driver's License in India: An Experimental Approach in Studying CorruptionQuarterly Journal of Economics, November 2007.
