Kamiljon Akramov joined IFPRI’s Development Strategy & Governance Division in September 2006 as a postdoctoral fellow. He conducts research on governance and development policy issues using applied econometric analysis. His focus is on determinants of aid to agriculture, decentralization and efficiency of service delivery in transition and developing countries.

Prior to joining IFPRI, Dr. Akramov was a Doctoral Fellow at Pardee RAND Graduate School (where he obtained his Ph.D in Policy Analysis), a consultant for ADB on governance and regional cooperation, and Director of the Monetary Policy Research Center at the Central Bank of Uzbekistan. He also has a Master’s Degree in Development Economics from Williams College, USA.