Johannes F. Linn is Executive Director, Global Economy and Development at The Wolfensohn Center for Development, Brookings Institution. His expertise includes Development; Global governance; Central and Eastern European transition; and Transatlantic economic relations. Dr. Linn’s previous positions include: Vice President, Europe and Central Asia, the World Bank; Vice President, Financial Policy and Resource Mobilization, the World Bank; Director, Country Policy Department and International Economics Department, the World Bank; Senior Economic Advisor to Vice President and Chief Economist, the World Bank; Staff Director, World Development Report, 1988, the World Bank; Senior Departmental Economist, East Asia and Pacific Region, The World Bank; Senior Country Economist, Thailand Country Division, the World Bank; Lecturer, Department of Economics, Cornell University.