Dr. Norman V. Loayza

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Economic growth
Private Sector Development
Competitiveness
Gender
Governance
Growth
Norman Loayza is Director of the Policy Indicators Group at the World Bank. Programs that he leads include Business Ready, Enterprise Surveys, Regulatory Efficiency, Financial Development Indicators, Women, Business and the Law and Worldwide Governance Indicators.

Previously, he was a Lead Economist in the Development Research Group and managed the Asia hub of the Research Group, based in Malaysia. He was director of the World Development Report 2014, Risk and Opportunity: Managing Risk for Development. His research has dealt with various areas of economic and social development, including macroeconomic management, economic growth, microeconomic flexibility, private and public saving, financial depth and stability, natural disasters, and crime and violence. His advisory experience at the World Bank has ranged across different topics in various regions and countries. A few examples include business environment and economic performance in Latin America; informal and formal labor markets in the Middle East and Northern Africa; public infrastructure gaps in Pakistan and Egypt; savings for macroeconomic stability and growth in Sri Lanka, Georgia, and Egypt; and pro-poor growth in Indonesia and Peru. On external service from the World Bank, he was a Senior Economist at the Central Bank of Chile (1999-2000), where he advised on financial and monetary policy. He has edited 10 books and published dozens of papers in professional journals and edited volumes. A Peruvian national, he holds a PhD in economics from Harvard University (1994).