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Encyclopedia > Anne Krueger

Anne O. Krueger has been the First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund since September 1, 2001.


Before coming to the Fund, Ms. Krueger was the Herald L. and Caroline L. Ritch Professor in Humanities and Sciences in the Department of Economics at Stanford University. She was also the founding Director of Stanford's Center for Research on Economic Development and Policy Reform; and a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution. Ms Krueger had previously taught at the University of Minnesota and Duke University and, from 1982 to 1986, was the World Bank's Vice President for Economics and Research. She received her undergraduate degree from Oberlin College and her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin.


Ms. Krueger is a Distinguished Fellow and past President of the American Economic Association, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. A recipient of a number of economic prizes and awards, she has published extensively on policy reform in developing countries, the role of multilateral institutions in the international economy, and the political economy of trade policy. Recent books edited by Ms. Krueger include

  • Reforming India's Economic, Financial and Fiscal Policies (2003: with Sajjid Z. Chinoy);
  • Latin American Macroeconomic Reform: The Second Stage (2003: with Jose Antonio Gonzales, Vittorio Corbo and Aaron Tornell);
  • Economic Policy Reform and the Indian Economy (2003);
  • A new approach to sovereign debt restructuring (2002);
  • Economic Policy Reform: The Second Stage (2000), and
  • The WTO as an International Organization (2000).

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Anne O. Krueger: Information from Answers.com (393 words)
Krueger was the Herald L. and Caroline L. Ritch Professor in Humanities and Sciences in the Department of Economics at Stanford University.
Ms Krueger had previously taught at the University of Minnesota and Duke University and, from 1982 to 1986, was the World Bank's Vice President for Economics and Research.
Krueger is a Distinguished Fellow and past President of the American Economic Association, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Economics Professor Anne Krueger named to key job at IMF : 6/01 (541 words)
Krueger, who was in Washington at the time of the announcement, will work with Köhler as second in command at the capital-based fund, which provides financial support to countries in monetary distress and seeks to promote stable economic growth globally.
A specialist in financial institutions and international trade, Krueger holds several positions at Stanford: She is the Herald L. and Caroline L. Ritch Professor in Humanities and Sciences in the Department of Economics, director of the Center for Research on Economic Development and Policy Reform (CREDPR) and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.
Krueger holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in economics from the University of Wisconsin and a B.A. from Oberlin College.
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