Lant Pritchett

Lant Pritchett (born 1959) is an American developmental economist. He worked for the World Bank from 1988 to 2000 and from 2004 to 2007. From 2000 to 2004 he was a lecturer in public policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is currently a professor of the practice of economic development at the Kennedy School of Government.