Martin Raiser

Martin Raiser is the Country Director for Brazil of the World Bank. He holds degrees in Economics and Economic History from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences, and a doctorate degree in Economics from the University of Kiel. He worked for the Kiel Institute of World Economics and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, where he was Director of Country Strategy and Editor of the Transition Report. Since joining the World Bank he has held positions as the Country Manager in Uzbekistan, Economic Advisor in Ukraine and Country Director for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, and as Country Director for Turkey.