Salman Anees Soz is an international development expert and an economic and political commentator. He is a former World Bank Group staff member with experience across a range of economic development issues in many countries around the world. He is a consultant adviser to many World Bank teams. He contributes op-eds to numerous media outlets including The Indian Express, Times of India, Hindustan Times, The Hindu, Economic Times, Mint, Huffington Post, and Quartz. He is also a contributor to the Hudson Institute, a Washington, DC think tank. He holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from Yale University (New Haven) and a Master's degree in Economics Northeastern University (Boston). He received a BA (Hons.) in Economics from St. Stephen's College (Delhi), where he was the elected President of the Students' Union Society in 1992-93.

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HIGHLIGHTS
MBA: Yale University, New Haven, CT.
MA Economics: Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
BA (Honours) Economics: St. Stephen's College, Delhi (India)
Assignments: Scores of projects, studies, research activities in countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Africa, Middle East and North Africa and Asia-Pacific.
Research: World Bank Group, Washington, D.C.
Consulting: Independent consultant to international institutions.
Memberships: American Economic Association (AEA); Academy of Political Science (APS)

RECENT WORK
India's Economy in Flux
Hudson Institute - Completed
Iraq Country Partnership Framework
World Bank - Ongoing
Strengthening support for situations of Fragility, conflict and violence
World Bank - Ongoing 
Role of Green Infrastructure in Flood Risk Management
World Bank - Completed
Disaster Risk Management in the Almaty-Bishkek Corridor Initiative
Asian Development Bank - Completed