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Former Top IMF Official Anne O. Krueger Joins SAIS Economics Faculty

The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) has appointed Anne O. Krueger as a professor of international economics.

Krueger, who will join SAIS this spring, most recently held the International Monetary Fund*s No. 2 leadership position as first deputy managing director from 09/2001 to 08/2006.

As a professor in the SAIS International Economics Program, she will start teaching courses in the fall, covering such topics as international trade, finance and economic development.

*We are honored that Professor Krueger has chosen to make SAIS her home-to enjoy the collegiality of our faculty, the curiosity of our students and the wonderful opportunities for collaboration on research with our neighbors on Massachusetts Avenue, including the Council on Foreign Relations, Brookings Institution and Peterson Institute for International Economics. SAIS graduates are known for their excellent training in international economics and Professor Krueger will add luster to that high reputation,* said SAIS Dean Jessica P. Einhorn.

Krueger*s distinguished career in academia and policy has spanned more than five decades. Prior to the IMF, she was the Herald L. and Caroline L. Ritch Professor in Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University*s Economics Department. She also was the founding director of Stanford*s Center for Research on Economic Development and Policy Reform and a Hoover Institution senior fellow.

Previously, Krueger taught at the University of Minnesota and Duke University and held visiting professorships at numerous other universities around the world. From 1982 to 1986, she was the World Bank*s vice president for economics and research. She is a distinguished fellow and past president of the American Economics Association; a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society; and a senior research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

A recipient of a number of economic prizes and awards, she has published extensively on international trade theory and policy, policy reform in developing countries, the role of multilateral institutions in the international economy and the political economy of trade policy. Recent books edited or co-edited by Krueger include Reforming India*s Economic, Financial and Fiscal Policies (2003), Latin American Macroeconomic Reform: The Second Stage (2003), and Economic Policy Reform and the Indian Economy (2003).

Krueger received her bachelor*s degree in economics from Oberlin College and her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin.

SAIS is one of the country*s leading graduate schools devoted to the study of international relations. Located along Embassy Row in Washington*s Dupont Circle area, the school enrolls more than 450 full-time graduate students and mid-career professionals and has trained more than 13,000 alumni in all aspects of international affairs.

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Sunday, February 11, 2007
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