Renos Vakis, PhD

Renos Vakis, PhD

Lead Economist, the Poverty and Equity Global Practice

Renos is a lead economist with the Poverty and Equity Global Practice where he leads the Mind, Behavior, and Development Unit (eMBeD). As a member of the Living Standards Measurement Study team in the Development Data Group of the World Bank, he conducts experiments to improve household survey measures of behavioral dimensions of well-being. Renos has also taught economics at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.

More information about Renos and eMBeD can be found at the World Bank website.

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