Meet the Team
The Enterprise Analysis Unit of the World Bank is a team of economists and firm-level survey experts drawing on this wealth of firm-level data from developing countries to produce research on the micro-economic foundations of growth. Their findings and recommendations are helping policy makers identify, prioritize and implement reforms of policies and institutions that support efficient private economic activity. Key research topics of the unit include firm performance and heterogeneity, access to finance and financial market imperfections, informality, and export performance.Contact: Enterprise Analysis Unit
IFC - World Bank Group2121 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
MSN F4P-400
Washington DC, 20433 USA
Tel. (202) 473-5795
Fax (202) 974-4384
Email: enterprisesurveys@worldbank.org
Mohammad Amin
Mohammad Amin is a private sector development specialist with the Enterprise Analysis Unit. He joined the team in October 2006. Prior to joining the Enterprise Analysis Unit he served as a consultant with the Development Economics Research Group of The World Bank. His research areas include international trade, international migration, institutional economics and regulation. His most research work focuses on the impact of regulation and competition on the performance of retail stores in India. Mohammad holds a PhD in Economics from Columbia University. His latest research includes: "Computer Usage and Labor Regulation in India’s Retail Stores"; "Are labor regulations driving computer usage in India's retail stores?"; "Competition and Labor Productivity in India’s Retail Stores"; "Labor Regulation and Employment in India's Retail Stores" and "Competition and Demographics in Large Indian Cities".Saugato Datta
Saugato Datta joined the Enterprise Unit in August 2007 after a PhD in Economics at MIT, where he worked on labor-market issues in developing countries as well as on aspects of political economy. He is interested in how political economy, social heterogeneity, and regulatory issues affect firm performance. Currently he is working on the effect of the social background of applicants for jobs in the software and IT-enabled-services industries in India on their probability of being called for interview.Simeon Djankov
Simeon Djankov is the creator of the Doing Business series. In his dozen years at the World Bank, he has worked on regional trade agreements in North Africa, enterprise restructuring and privatization in transition economies, corporate governance in East Asia, and regulatory reforms around the world. Simeon was a principal author of the World Development Report 2002. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and has published over 70 articles in academic journals, including in Quarterly Journal of Economics, American Economic Review, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Public Economics, and Journal of Comparative Economics. Recent and published research by Simeon Djankov... Megan Gerrard
Megan Gerrard joined the Enterprise Analysis Unit in 2007 after working with the World Bank’s Social Safety Net Unit. She currently provides research and administrative support to the group, helping to facilitate smooth office operations. Megan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with special honors in International Affairs from The Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University. She has also studied at The University of Cape Town in South Africa and Suffolk University’s Dakar Center in Senegal. During her undergraduate years, Megan interned with Women for Women International.David Kaplan
David Kaplan is a labor economist who joined the Enterprise Analysis Unit in 2007. His recent areas of research include the effect of business registration procedures on business start-ups, labor-market rigidities, and empirical analyses of labor tribunals. At present he is analyzing the effects of trade on wages as well as the effects of judges and public lawyers on outcomes in labor tribunals. His prior experience includes seven years at the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM) as an assistant professor and two years at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as a research economist. David holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University. His latest research includes: "Entry regulation and business start-ups: Evidence from Mexico"; "Litigation and Settlement: New Evidence from Labor Courts in Mexico"; "What Happens to Wages After Displacement?"; "Firmwide Versus Establishment-Specific Labor Market Practices", "Nominal Wage Rigidities in Mexico: Evidence from Social Security Records"; "Litigation and settlement: new evidence from labor courts in Mexico" and "Mexican employment dynamics: evidence from matched firm-worker data".Veselin Kuntchev
Veselin Kuntchev joined the Enterprise Analysis team in 2006, after three years working for the World Bank. He is working on the design, implementation and monitoring of the enterprise surveys. Prior to joining the World Bank, he worked in the European Central Bank. Veselin holds an undergraduate degree in business administration from Thames Valley University in London and postgraduate degrees in economics from the University of National and World Economy in Sofia and in public and international management from the University of Lecce in Italy.Janina Matuszeski
Janina Matuszeski earned her PhD in Economics from Harvard in 2007, where her specialities included development economics and political economy. She joined the team in 2007. Her current research focuses on access to finance and efforts to aid small and medium-size businesses. Janina is currently principally located in Cambridge Massachusetts, affording her opportunities to collaborate with leading researchers at Havard and MIT. She earned a Bachelor degree in physics and chemistry from Amherst College. From 1998 to 2000, she served as a Water and Sanitation Peace Corps Volunteer in Mali. Her latest research includes designing and testing innovative financial products for small businesses and studying the role of trust in negotiations between business owners and customers.Jorge Rodríguez Meza
Jorge Rodríguez Meza joined the Enterprise Analysis Unit in 2005. Prior to joining the unit, Jorge worked in the areas of access to finance and poverty as Senior Researcher of the Rural Finance Program of the Ohio State University and as a consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank. He is a survey specialist in the unit who currently works in survey implementation and his research interests are access to finance and financial development. He holds a PhD in Economic Development from Ohio State University and a Master’s Degree from Queen Mary and Westfield College of the University of London.Federica Saliola
Federica Saliola joined the Enterprise Analysis Unit in 2007, after working for the World Bank for two years. Her prior experience at the World Bank includes being a consultant for the Development Economics Research group and for the Middle East and North Africa region. She currently works on Enterprise Surveys implementation, development and management, and her research interests are private sector development and firms’ productivity. Federica holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Rome III.Siddharth Sharma
Siddharth Sharma joined the Enterprise Analysis team as a research analyst in 2006. He has worked on capital mobility, deregulation and regional economic growth in India. In recent research, he has looked at how judicial efficiency and creditor rights affect firms' access to finance, and at the relationship between financial development and innovation by firms. He holds a PhD in Economics from Yale University. His latest research includes: "When do creditor rights work?" and "Financial Development and Innovation in Small Firms".