Caroline Freund
World Bank
Caroline Freund is the Chief Economist in the Middle East and North Africa Region of the World Bank. She has also worked at the IMF and the Federal Reserve Board. Her research focuses on economic growth, international trade, and international finance. She is the author of numerous academic and policy papers on international trade, development, and current account adjustment. Her work has appeared in journals such as the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics and the Journal of International Economics. She is on the board of the Economic Research Forum headquartered in Cairo, the Gender Economic Research and Policy Analysis, and on the editorial board of the World Bank Economic Review and a member of the Center for Economic Policy Research. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University.
Articles by Caroline Freund:
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The growth effects of democratisation: New evidence
24 January 2013, 11616 reads
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Regional trade agreements: Blessing or burden?
2 June 2010, 17973 reads
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What is holding back African exports?
11 December 2009, 12242 reads
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The trade response to global downturns
27 November 2009, 9569 reads
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Explaining the trade collapse
3 July 2009, 15929 reads
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Should trade multilateralists fear regionalism?
25 July 2008, 9793 reads
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