About the Authors
Daniel Cotlear is Lead Economist of the Health, Nutrition, and Population Unit in the Human Development Network of the World Bank. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Oxford University, a Master’s degree from Cambridge University, and a Bachelor’s degree from the Catholic University of Peru. Prior to his current appointment, he was the Lead Economist at the World Bank’s Human Development Department for the Latin America and the Caribbean Region. At the World Bank, he has also served as Sector Leader for Human Development, covering the Andean countries; as health economist for Latin America; as macroeconomist in the Central America Department; and as Agricultural Economist in the Southern and Eastern Africa Department. Before joining the Bank, he was an advisor at the Ministry of Agriculture of Peru, a university lecturer, and author of several publications, including a book on poverty reduction in the Peruvian Sierra. Carol Graham is Senior Fellow and Charles Robinson Chair at the Brookings Institution and College Park Professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. From 2002 to 2004, she served as a Vice President at Brookings. She has also served as Special Advisor to the Vice President of the Inter-American Development Bank, as a Visiting xxiii