Georgetown Public Policy Institute
Ian Bannon is the Manager of the Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Unit in the World Bank. He is an economist by training, with studies in the University of Chile in Santiago and Sydney University in Australia. He has had an extensive career in the World Bank, having worked in South Asia, Africa and Latin America. In his previous assignment he worked as Lead Economist for Central America, where he was actively involved in post-conflict reconstruction and supporting PRSP processes in Nicaragua and Honduras. Recent publications include: Natural Resources and Violent Conflict: Options and Actions, co-authored and co-edited with Paul Collier; and Gender, Conflict, and Development, co-authored with Tsjeard Bouta and Georg Frerks.
Ian Bannon is the Manager of the Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Unit in the World Bank. He is an economist by training, with studies in the University of Chile in Santiago and Sydney University in Australia. He has had an extensive career in the World Bank, having worked in South Asia, Africa and Latin America. In his previous assignment he worked as Lead Economist for Central America, where he was actively involved in post-conflict reconstruction and supporting PRSP processes in Nicaragua and Honduras. Recent publications include: Natural Resources and Violent Conflict: Options and Actions, co-authored and co-edited with Paul Collier; and Gender, Conflict, and Development, co-authored with Tsjeard Bouta and Georg Frerks.