Current Director

Nicholas C. Hope
(650) 723-3978
nhope@stanford.edu

Director, August 2007 -
Acting Director, August 2001 - October 2002
Deputy Director, September 1998 - July 2007
China Program Director 1998 – Present

Relevant Work History:
Employed at World Bank 1977 - 2000. Positions included:

• Director, Office of the Vice President, Europe and Central Asia, 1997 - 2000;
• Country Director, China & Mongolia, 1994 - 1997;
• Director, World Bank Resident Staff in Indonesia, 1990 - 1994;
• Division Chief, Industry and Energy Operations, Asia Country Department V, 1987 - 1990;
• Member, Policy, Planning and Research (PPR) Task Force for Reorganizing the World Bank, 1987;
• Division Chief, East Asia Industrial Development and Finance Division, 1986 - 1987;
• Division Chief, External Debt Division, Economic Analysis and Projections Department, 1980 - 1986;
• Member, World Development Report 1980, Core Team, 1979 - 1980;
• Economist, Programming and Budgeting Department, 1977 - 1979;

Lecturer in Economics, Monash University, 1971 - 1976

Degrees and Awards:
Ph. D., Princeton University, B. Phil., Oxford University, Undergraduate degrees from the University of Tasmania and Oxford University, Tasmanian Rhodes Scholarship, Research Fellowship from the Brookings Institution (Washington, D.C.)

Research Interests:
East Asian Economies, especially China and Indonesia.

Current Research:
Private enterprise development in China. Progress of reform in China, especially in the financial sector.

Teaching Interests:
Development of Asian economies. Role and effectiveness of international financial institutions. Thesis supervision of students working in those areas.