Marianne Fay

Marianne Fay is an American economist and writer. She specializes in infrastructure, development, and climate change.

Education[]

Marianne Fay received a PhD in Economics from Columbia University in 1994, with a dissertation on "Infrastructure, Income Distribution and Growth".^[1]

Career[]

Fay is an researches economics and global climate change.^[2][3] She serves as Chief Economist for the Sustainable Development Vice Presidency at the World Bank, where she previously served as Chief Economist for Climate Change.^[4] While working with the World Bank, she has led a number of reports and authored multiple articles on the topics of infrastructure, urbanization, and climate change. She regularly lectures at conferences.^[5][6][7][8]

Fay has long-maintained that,— "Climate change represents a direct and immediate threat to poverty alleviation.”^[9] In speaking with the Rwanda's The New Times in 2009, she noted,— “Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are disproportionately affected by climate change... They need scaled-up financial and technological support to help vulnerable people adapt to climate change, while also meeting urgent energy needs.”^[10]

In 2010, Fay co-directed the World Development Report on Development and Climate Change, and has contributed to a number of additional World Development Reports.^[11][12] In 2012, she became a founding member of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform, led by the Global Green Growth Institute, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OCED), the United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, and the World Bank.^[13] Fay spoke to reporters on the heels of a World Bank report release in 2017 about the need for Latin America to future-proof its infrastructure.^[14] She is currently a member of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform's Steering Committee.^[15]

Selected works[]

• Rethinking Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean. 2017, ISBN 978-1-4648-1101-2^[16][17]
• Shock Waves. 2016, ISBN 978-1-4648-0673-5^[18][19]
• Decarbonizing Development. 2015, ISBN 978-1-4648-0479-3^[20][21]
• Adapting to Climate Change in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. 2010, ISBN 978-0-8213-8131-1^[22][23]
• Current Debates on Infrastructure Policy. World Bank Publications, 2009.^[24]

Working papers[]

• Funding and financing infrastructure: the joint-use of public and private finance. Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank, 2018.^[25]
• Rising incomes and inequality of access to infrastructure among Latin American households. Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank, 2017.^[26]
• Climate change and poverty -- an analytical framework. Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank, 2014.^[27]
• Green industrial policies: when and how. Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank, 2013.^[28]
• From Growth to Green Growth - a Framework. NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, 2012.^[29]
• Financing greener and climate-resilient infrastructure in developing countries - challenges and opportunities. EIB Papers from European Investment Bank, Economics Department, 2010.^[30]
• Adapting to Climate Change in ECA. World Bank Other Operational Studies from The World Bank, 2009.^[31]
• Death of distance? Economic implications of infrastructure improvement in Russia. EIB Papers from European Investment Bank, Economics Department, 2008.^[32]
• Current debates on infrastructure policy. Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank, 2007.^[33]
• Product market regulation in Bulgaria: a comparison with OECD Countries. Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank, 2007.^[34]

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