The World Bank Chief Economist (full title: Senior Vice President, Development Economics, and Chief Economist) provides intellectual leadership and direction to the Bank’s overall development strategy and economic research agenda, at global, regional and country levels.

Sl No. Name Duration Nationality
1 Hollis B. Chenery 1972“1982 United States
2 Anne Osborn Krueger 1982“1986 United States
3 Stanley Fischer 1988“1990 USA, Israeli
4 Lawrence Summers 1991“1993 United States
5 Michael Bruno 1993“1996 Israel
       
6 Joseph E. Stiglitz 1997“2000 United States
7 Nicholas Stern 2000“2003 United Kingdom
8 Fran§ois Bourguignon 2003“2007 France
9 Justin Yifu Lin June 2008 “ August2012 Chinese
10 Kaushik Basu September 2012- Present India