Chris Heitzig

I am a development economist focused on structural transformation, Africa, and often the intersection of the two. I am an economist whose research focuses on globalization and how it affects developing countries. I'm doing a PhD in Economics at the Institute of Development Studies and working concurrently for the World Bank on implementing social protection programs and running impact evaluations measuring their effects. Before joining the World Bank, I spent more than three years at the Brookings Institution, where I managed a $1.5 million grant funding research into youth employment and structural transformation in Africa.

I have lived and worked on four continents, and has consulted for the United Nations, the FCDO, Stanford University, Dartmouth College, the International Finance Corporation, Oxfam, ActionAid and MarketShare Associates. I hold an MPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford and a BA in economics from Saint John’s University. My PhD is supervised by Amrita Saha, Jing Gu, and Sambit Bhattacharyya.