Mr. Emmanuel Jimenez's brief bio

 

Emmanuel Jimenez

 

Emmanuel Jimenez, from the Philippines , has held a variety of positions as an economist and manager in the policy, research and operational units of the World Bank.  He is currently Sector Director, Human Development, in the World Bank’s East Asia Region, where he is responsible for managing operational staff working on education and health issues. 

 

Prior to this position, he held a similar position in the Bank’s South Asia Region.  In 2005-06, he also led the team that prepared the World Development Report 2007: Development and the Next Generation.  Before 2000, he served for many years in the Bank’s Development Economics Staff, where he managed staff and also engaged in research on a variety of issues, including education and health finance, the private provision of social services, the economics of transfer programs and urban development. 

 

Before joining the World Bank, Mr. Jimenez was on the faculty of the economics department at the University of Western Ontario in London , Canada .