Homi Kharas
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director for the Global Economy and Development Program at Brookings
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Homi Kharas is a Senior Fellow and Deputy Director for the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings. Formerly a chief economist in the East Asia and Pacific Region of the World Bank, Kharas currently studies policies and trends influencing developing countries, including aid to poor countries, the emergence of a middle class, the food crisis and global governance and the G20. He has served most recently as the lead author and executive secretary of the secretariat supporting the High Level Panel, co-chaired by President Sirleaf, President Yudhoyono and Prime Minister Cameron, advising the U.N. Secretary General on the post-2015 development agenda.