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Photo Krzysztof Zuczkowski
Professor
Grzegorz W. Kolodko -- a key architect of Polish reforms -- is a renowned economist and a world expert
on transition and development policy. While Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance (1994-97) he led Poland
to the OECD. Holding the same positions again in 2002-03 he played an important role in Poland's integration
with the European Union. Altogether, while he had been in charge of economic policy, Poland's GDP per
capita increased by one third. In 1989 he was participating in the historical Polish Round Table, which
led to the first post-communist government in East Central Europe. In 1989-91 he was the member of Economic
Council of the Government. A graduate and Ph.D. of Warsaw School of Economics (SGH),
he is currently Director of TIGER - Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research (www.tiger.edu.pl)
and professor at the Kozminski University (ALK). The
United Nations, IMF and the World Bank have sought Professor Kolodko expertise. He has accepted invitations
for visiting professorships at Yale, UCLA and the University of Rochester, New York, as well as research
fellowships and lectures at academic institutions and organizations worldwide. He is the author of 40 books and over 300 articles and research papers that are published in 25 languages around the globe, of which a majority is available in English.
Professor Kolodko is a marathon runner and world traveler who has explored over 140 countries. |
