Vinod Thomas

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Vinod Thomas
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Independent Evaluation
Asian Development Bank
In office
August 2011 –August 2016
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Born(1949-08-05)5 August 1949
Thiruvananthapuram, India
Alma mater Mar Ivanios College
St. Stephen's College, Delhi
Western Michigan University
University of Chicago

Vinod Thomas was director general of Independent Evaluation at the World Bank and at Asian Development Bank. [1]

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He was the director-general and senior vice-president of the Independent Evaluation Group at the World Bank Group. [2] [3] [ non-primary source needed ] He was formerly country director for Brazil and vice-president, a position that he held from October 2001 to July 2005. Prior to that, he was vice-president of the World Bank Institute. He joined the World Bank in 1976 and held several positions, including chief economist for the East Asia and Pacific region, director for the World Development Report, chief of trade policy and principal economist for Colombia, and economist for Bangladesh.

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  2. ↑ "Vinod Thomas profile". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 November 2013.[ failed verification ]
  3. ↑ Ad La De Felicie (October 2011). Vinod Thomas. Salv. ISBN   978-613-7-99479-5.
  4. ↑ lkyspp.nus.edu.sg https://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/our-people/faculty/vinod-thomas . Retrieved 26 September 2019.Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ Vinod Thomas; Ajay Chhibber; Mansoor Dailami, eds. (1995). Restructuring Economies in Distress: Policy Reform and the World Bank. World Bank Publications. p. 566. ISBN   978-0-19-521109-2.
  6. ↑ Best Practices in Trade Policy Reform. World Bank. 1991. p. 226. ISBN   9780195208719.
  7. ↑ World Development Report 1991 : The Challenge of Development. World Bank. 1991. p. 306. ISBN   978-0-19-520868-9.
  8. ↑ Sustaining Rapid Development in East Asia and the Pacific. World Bank. 1993. p. 144. ISBN   0-8213-2386-5.
  9. ↑ Lessons of East Asia: An Overview of Country Experience. World Bank. 1996. p. 36. ISBN   978-0821326077.
  10. ↑ The Quality of Growth. World Bank Publications. 2000. p. 298. ISBN   978-0195215939.
  11. ↑ From Inside Brazil : Development in a Land of Contrasts. Stanford Economics and Finance. 2006. p. 224. ISBN   978-0804755313.
  12. ↑ Multilateral Banks and the Development Process: Vital Links in the Results Chain. Transaction Publishers. 2011. p. 179. ISBN   978-1412847674.
  13. ↑ Climate Change and Natural Disasters: Transforming Economies and Policies for a Sustainable Future. Transaction Publishers. 2017. p. 182. ISBN   978-1-4128-6440-4.
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