page_title: Simeon Dyankov
section_title: Work in Georgia
hierarchical_section_title: Simeon Dyankov / World Bank / Work in Georgia
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Widoki z twierdzy Narikala. Tbilisi, Gruzja. English: The views from the Narikala fortress. Tbilisi, Georgia. Русский: Вид из крепости Нарикала. Тбилиси, Грузия.
context_page_description: Simeon Dyankov is a Bulgarian economist. From 2009 to 2013, he was the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Bulgaria in the government of Boyko Borisov. Prior to his cabinet appointment, Simeon Dyankov was a Chief economist of the finance and private sector vice-presidency of the World Bank. He was an associate editor of the Journal of Comparative Economics from 2004 to 2009. Dyankov was a chairman of the board of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
  In 2013 he was appointed rector of the New Economic School in Moscow, a title he held until July 2015. He is a Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, on leave for public service. Since November 2015, Dyankov is research fellow of the Financial Markets Group at the London School of Economics.
  Simeon Dyankov is listed as the most-published Bulgarian economist. In 2017–2018, he directed the World Development Report at the World Bank. Since 2018, Simeon Dyankov is Director, Development Economics at the World Bank.
context_section_description: In 1997, Simeon Dyankov participated in a World Bank enterprise restructuring project in Georgia. For the next year, the project surveyed most of the manufacturing enterprises in Georgia, identifying those with good export opportunities. Since 2004, after the Rose Revolution, Simeon Dyankov has visited Georgia frequently and worked with the government on reforming the business environment. Zurab Nogaideli, prime minister between 2005 and 2007, won a Reformer of the Year award in 2007. Dyankov worked closely with Kakha Bendukidze, the main architect of Georgia's economic reforms.
caption: Tbilisi, Georgia
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