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David Knight is the Lead Country Economist for Indonesia and Timor Leste, based in Jakarta. Prior to this role, he served as Program Leader and Lead Economist for the five Central Asian economies, and before that as Lead Economist for Russia. He has also held positions covering Turkey, Timor-Leste, and the Pacific Islands. David has led research on a range of topics related to macroeconomics, poverty reduction, fiscal management and trade and has publications in a range of areas such as public financial management, aid effectiveness, balance of payments issues, and global value chains.

Prior to joining the Bank, David was a graduate economist and economic advisor in the UK government, holding portfolios in HM Revenue and Customs on international taxation, property tax, environmental taxation and Computable General Equilibrium modelling and in HM Treasury, where he was part of the Performance and Reform Unit (formerly known as the Prime Minister¡¯s Delivery Unit). He also worked in the Sierra Leonean Ministry of Finance and Economic Development as an economist and Overseas Development Institute fellow.

David holds an undergraduate degree in economics from LSE and a master¡¯s degree in economics from the University of Melbourne. He is a British-Australian dual national.