Ayhan Kose
Ayhan Kose
M. Ayhan Kose
Director, Development Prospects Group
Ayhan Kose is Director of the World Bank Group's Development Prospects Group. In this capacity, he leads the World Bank Group's work on global macroeconomic outlook and forecasts as well as financial flows and commodity markets. Under his management, the Development Prospects Group produces the Bank's flagship report, Global Economic Prospects, in addition to other monitoring publications.
Mr. Kose has written extensively on international macroeconomics and finance. Many of his articles have been published in leading academic journals, such as the American Economic Review, International Economic Review, Journal of International Economics, Review of Economic Dynamics, Journal of Development Economics, and Economic Policy. He has also written articles for a number of policy-oriented publications, including the IMF's World Economic Outlook, Finance & Development, Foreign Policy, Euromoney Emerging Markets Handbook, and VoxEU. His research has been featured in prominent media outlets, such as The Economist, New York Times, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Bloomberg, and other international and regional newspapers. He is on the editorial boards of several academic journals, and was the founding Co-Editor of the IMF Economic Review and Editor of the IMF Research Bulletin.
Mr. Kose taught at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business and INSEAD, and was formerly Assistant Professor at Brandeis International Business School. He has a Ph.D. in economics from the Tippie College of Business of the University of Iowa and a B.S. in industrial engineering from Bilkent University. A native of Turkey, Mr. Kose was born and raised in Istanbul.