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World Congress
1120 Ave of the Americas
7th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Phone 212-869-7567
Fax 212-869-7414
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Joseph E. Stiglitz
SVP - Development Economics & Chief Economist
The World Bank
Mr. Stiglitz is currently on leave from Stanford University serving an appointment to the
World Bank as Senior Vice President for Development Economics and Chief Economist.
Previously, Dr. Stiglitz served as Chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers since
June 1995, and was a member of the Council and an active member of President
Clintons economic team since 1993. Dr. Stiglitz is an eminent expert and pioneer
both in the new branch of information economicswhich has been widely applied
throughout the economics disciplineand in the economics of the public sector. Dr.
Stiglitz helped pioneer pivotal concepts such as theories of adverse selection and moral
hazard, which have now become the standard tools of policy analysts as well as economic
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