Quentin Wodon

Dr. Quentin Wodon is an Editor at The World Bank.
He is a Lead Economist of Education Global Practice.
His previous roles include managing the unit on values and development, serving as Lead Poverty Specialist for Africa, and working as Economist/Senior Economist for Latin America.
Before joining the World Bank, Dr. Wodon taught with tenure at the University of Namur.
He has also taught at American University and Georgetown University.
He has more than 500 publications and his research has been covered by major news outlets.
He has served as Associate Editor for journals and as President of two economics associations (the Society of Government Economists and the Association for Social Economics).
Dr. Wodon also conducted market research as Laureate of the Prize of Belgium’s Secretary for Foreign Trade.
He worked next as Assistant Brand Manager for Procter & Gamble.
Almost 30 years ago, he shifted career and joined ATD Fourth World, a non-profit working with the extreme poor.
Dr. Wodon holds four PhDs in Economics, Environmental Science, Health Sciences, and Theology.
He also completed Business Engineering studies at Université Catholique de Louvain.