Marianne Fay | |
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Nationality | American |
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Alma mater | Columbia University |
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Discipline | Economics |
Marianne Fay is an American economist and writer. She specializes in infrastructure,development,and climate change.
Marianne Fay received a PhD in economics from Columbia University in 1994,with a dissertation on "Infrastructure,Income Distribution and Growth". [1]
Fay is an researches economics and global climate change. [2] [3] She serves as Chief Economist for the Sustainable Development Vice Presidency at the World Bank,where she previously served as Chief Economist for Climate Change. [4] While working with the World Bank,she has led a number of reports and authored multiple articles on the topics of infrastructure,urbanization,and climate change. She regularly lectures at conferences. [5] [6] [7] [8]
Fay has long-maintained that,—"Climate change represents a direct and immediate threat to poverty alleviation.” [9] In speaking with the Rwanda's The New Times in 2009,she noted,—“Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are disproportionately affected by climate change... They need scaled-up financial and technological support to help vulnerable people adapt to climate change,while also meeting urgent energy needs.” [10]
In 2010,Fay co-directed the World Development Report on Development and Climate Change,and has contributed to a number of additional World Development Reports. [11] [12] In 2012,she became a founding member of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform,led by the Global Green Growth Institute,the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OCED),the United Nations Environment Programme,United Nations Industrial Development Organization,and the World Bank. [13] Fay spoke to reporters on the heels of a World Bank report release in 2017 about the need for Latin America to future-proof its infrastructure. [14] She is currently a member of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform's Steering Committee. [15]
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