About the Editors and Authors
publications and is a frequent speaker at international conferences and to visiting government delegations to the World Bank. She co-chairs the Decentralization and Subnational Regional Economics Thematic Group, a Bank-wide network, and is a member of the World Bank Group Urban and Transport Sector Boards. Previously, she led policy dialogue and lending operations in countries in the Bank’s Africa and South Asia Regional Vice Presidencies. Ms. Liu holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a B.A. in economics from Fudan University, Shanghai. Trine Lunde is an Economist in the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) Network in the World Bank, where she coordinates the Bank’s Gender Action Plan: Gender as Smart Economics. Her work focuses on gender issues in employment and health, poverty dynamics, and ethnic dimensions of poverty. Prior to joining the Bank, she worked as a management consultant in the private sector and as a consultant for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Ms. Lunde holds a Ph.D. in international economics and development from The Johns Hopkins University and an M.Sc. in management from the École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris (HEC Paris). Nick Manning is one of the leaders of the Public Sector Performance Global Expert Team of the World Bank and an Adviser in the Public Sector and Governance Group. Until March 2010, Mr. Manning was the Sector Manager for the Public Sector and Governance Unit in the World Bank for the Latin America and the Caribbean Region. Previously, he was the Head of the Public Sector Management and Performance Division at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Lead Public Sector Management Specialist for South Asia in the World Bank, Adviser on public management to the Commonwealth Secretariat, and Senior Technical Adviser to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Lebanon. He began his public sector career in local government in the United Kingdom and, before moving to international advisory work, was Head of Strategic Planning for an inner-London Borough. Mr. Manning is Adviser to the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management; a member of the editorial board of the Public Management Review; and Visiting Professor at the Herbert Simon Institute for Public Policy, Administration, and Management. He authored an extensive range of governance publications that cover
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