AUTHOR
Nicholas Stern
Professor in Economics and Government & Chair
Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change, London School of
Economics and Political Science
Mr. Stern is the IG Patel Chair and Chairman of the Grantham
Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, and
Director of the India Observatory at the London School of Economics
and Political Science. As Baron Stern of Brentford, he is a member
of the UK House of Lords. He was Chief Economist and Senior Vice
President of the World Bank from 2000-2003, head of the UK
Government Economic Service from 2003-2007, and head of the Stern
Review on the Economics of Climate Change from 2005-2007. His career
from 1970 to 1994 was as an academic economist, including teaching
and research positions in MIT. His research and publications have
focused on the economics of climate change, economic development and
growth, economic theory, tax reform, public policy, and the role of
state and economies in transition.
CHAIR
Hartwig Schafer
Director, Strategy and Operations, Sustainable Development Network,
World Bank
Mr. Schafer, a German national, has worked for over 18 years in
professional and managerial positions in the World Bank and the
European Commission. He is currently Director of Strategy and
Operations in the Sustainable Development (SDN) Network Vice
Presidency. Previously, Mr. Schafer held the position of Director
for Operations and Strategy in the Africa Regional Vice President's
Office overseeing the implementation of the Africa Action Plan,
which focused on scaling up development impact across the
Sub-Saharan Africa. He also has served as Country Director for
Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe and was Chief Administrative Officer for
the Africa Region.
DISCUSSANT
Marianne Fay
Co-Director, World Development Report 2010, World Bank
Ms. Fay is the co-director of the World Development Report 2010 on
climate change. Prior to this, she was a Lead Economist in the
Office of the Chief Economist for Eastern Europe and Central Asia,
where she worked on infrastructure and more recently, adaptation to
climate change. She previously was the Lead Economist for the
Finance, Infrastructure, and Private Sector Development Department
of the Latin America and the Caribbean Region at the World Bank.
She has also worked on energy and urbanization in Sub-Saharan
Africa. Her research has mostly focused on the role of
infrastructure and urbanization in development, and more recently on
urban poverty issues. She is the author of a number of articles on
these topics and has recently published books on The Urban Poor in
Latin America and Infrastructure in Latin America.
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