page_title: Simeon Dyankov
section_title: Harvard Kennedy School
hierarchical_section_title: Simeon Dyankov / Academic life / Harvard Kennedy School
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: After leaving the government of Boyko Borisov, Simeon Dyankov joined the Harvard Kennedy School as visiting faculty. His teaching is focused on the politics of development. During his time at Harvard, Dyankov edited a special issue of the Journal of Comparative Economics on the 25th anniversary from the start of transition in Eastern Europe. Jointly with Anders Aslund at the Atlantic Council, he also co-authored a book on the transformation from communism. The book contains chapters by Leszek Balcerowicz on Poland, Vaclav Klaus on the Czech Republic, Lajos Bokros on Hungary, Ivan Miklos on Slovakia, and Mart Laar on Estonia.
caption: Memorial Hall, Harvard University
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