Nicholas Stern
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Sir Nicholas (Nick) Stern (born 22 April, 1946) was the Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President of the World Bank from 2000 to 2003 and is now a civil servant and government economic advisor in the UK.
He earned his B.A. in mathematics from Cambridge University and his D.Phil. in economics from Oxford University. He taught from 1986-1993 at the London School of Economics, becoming Professor of Economics, and from 1994 until 1999 was the Chief Economist and Special Counsellor to the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. His research focuses on economic development and growth, including books on Kenya and the Green Revolution in India
He was knighted and recruited by Gordon Brown, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, to work for the British government where, in 2003, he became second permanent secretaray at H.M. Treasury, initially with responsibility for public finances, and head of the Government Economic Service. Having also been Director of Policy and Research for the Commission for Africa, he was, in July 2005, appointed to conduct reviews on the economics of climate change and also of development. He ceased to be a second permanent secretary at the Treasury though he retains the rank; the review team he heads is based in the Cabinet Office.
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