Phoebe Koundouri (PhD, MPhil, BA) is a Lecturer in the Department of Economics, University of Reading, UK and a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economics/ CSERGE, University College London. She obtained her PhD from the Department of Economics, University of Cambridge. She has published articles in various academic journals and books, in the area of environmental and resource economics, as well as in the broader area of theoretical and applied microeconomics. She has recently coedited a book on The Economics of Water Management in Developing Countries. She has acted as an economic advisor to various international organisations, such as the World Bank, the World Health Organisation and the European Commission, and has given lectures throughout the world.