Biographical Information
Carl Dahlman, World Bank
Carl Dahlman, a Colombian, is Program Manager, Knowledge for Development in the World Bank Institute of the World Bank since 1999. He was Staff Director of the World Development Report 1998/99 Knowledge for Development . Prior to that he was the Bank's Resident Representative then Financial Sector Leader in Mexico for three years. Prior to going to Mexico he was the Manager of the Strategy and Policy Division of the Private Sector Development Department, and before that, Chief for the Industry Development Division in the Industry and Energy Department of the World Bank. He has written extensively on technical change and technology strategy in developing countries. His most recent published books are: China and the Knowledge Economy: Seizing the 21st Century (October, 2001), and Korea and the Knowledge-Based Economy: Making the Transition (2000). He hold a Ph.D. in economics from Yale University and a BA in international relations and economics from the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University.