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Simeon Djankov (Bulgarian: Симеон Дянков, Simeon Dyankov; born 13 July 1970) is a Bulgarian economist. From 2009 to 2013, he was the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Bulgaria in the government of Boyko Borisov.
Prior to his cabinet appointment, Simeon Djankov was a Chief economist of the finance and private sector vice-presidency of the World Bank. He was an associate editor of the Journal of Comparative Economics from 2004 to 2009. Djankov was a chairman of the board of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
In 2013 he was appointed rector of the New Economic School in Moscow. He is also a member of the World Bank's Knowledge and Advisory Council, and a Visiting Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Since November 2015, Dr Djankov is visiting professor at the London School of Economics.
Djankov comes from an old line of political leaders. Among his predecessors was Radi Popmihov, a revolutionary for Bulgarian freedom from Ottoman rule who established revolutionary committee in Novo Selo in 1872, alongside Vasil Levski. During the April Uprising in 1876, Popmihov was imprisoned together with Zahari Stoyanov and later hanged. Radi Popmihov's time in prison is described in one of the significant historical books of Stoyanov, Memoirs of the Bulgarian Uprisings, in the chapter on Turnovo.
Simeon Djankov on his new book 'Inside the Euro crisis', interviewed by wiiw scientific director Michael Landesmann. Simeon Djankov is Rector of the New Economic School in Russia and a visiting lecturer at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and visiting fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. He was deputy prime minister and minister of finance of Bulgaria from 2009 to 2013. The interview was conducted in the course of a seminar at wiiw with the same title, held on 23rd June 2014 at the premises of the wiiw.
About this Event 01 Apr 2011 @ 11:00 About the Speaker: Simeon Djankov is the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Bulgaria. Prior to his election in July 2009, Mr Djankov was Chief Economist For Finance and Private Sector Affairs at the World Bank from 1995. During this time he participated in various programs of the Bank on privatization, corporate governance and regional reforms in North Africa, East Asia and elsewhere. He was the creator of the World Bank's annual Doing Business Report, the top-selling publication of the World Bank Group, and was the principal author of the Bank's World Development Report 2002. Simeon Djankov is ranked among the 100 most cited economists in the world. He was an associate editor of the Journal of Comparative Economics from 2004 to 2009 an...
Full event: http://www.cato.org/events/problem-europes-austerity-debate Featuring Simeon Djankov, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Bulgaria, Creator and former lead author of Doing Business (World Bank); and Anders Aslund, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics; moderated by Ian Vasquez, Director, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute. Top officials in the U.S. government, the International Monetary Fund, and the European Union blame Europe's ills on fiscal austerity and advise Europeans to pursue stimulus spending or delay spending cuts. Simeon Djankov and Anders Aslund will show how the evidence counters that prevailing view. Countries that have reined in their spending are growing briskly while the profligate founder. Aslund ...
On Feb.22 at 7 p.m. the Kyiv School of Economics is hosting a public lecture of Simeon Djankov, former Deputy Prime Minister and former Minister of finance of Bulgaria. The topic of the lecture is “Successes and failures of reforms in Bulgaria. What’s in it for Ukraine?” More details: http://www.kse.org.ua/en/about/kse-news/?newsid=1357
Bulgarian Finance Minister Simeon Djankov discusses how Bulgaria can achieve European average levels of income in the face of the ongoing euro area crisis and competition from neighboring states. He spoke at the Peterson Institute for International Economics on February 14, 2013.
Simeon Djankov, former deputy prime minister and minister of finance of Bulgaria, presents the book Did the EU Fix Eastern Europe's Transition Economies which he is one of the authors of
Simeon Djankov at Free University of Tbilisi Inside the Euro Crisis: An Eyewitness Account
Andrii Suslenko interviews Dr. Simeon Djankov on Ukraine's economy state and more! - Is Ukraine an attractive country for investments today? - What are the key reforms that need to be implemented in Ukraine? - Is Russia going bankrupt in October 2016? - Brexit and Grexit as a threat to European economy