Caroline Freund: Senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics

Caroline Freund, nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, is dean of the University of California San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy. Previously she was director of trade, competition and investment climate at the World Bank. She was also chief economist for the Middle East and North Africa at the World Bank, after working for nearly a decade in the international trade unit of the research department, and has worked in the research departments of the International Monetary Fund and the international finance division of the Federal Reserve Board. Freund’s research examines international trade, trade policy, and economic growth.  She is the author of Rich People Poor Countries: The Rise of Emerging Market Tycoons and their M ...