Francesca Recanatini
Senior Economist, the World Bank

Francesca Recanatini joined the Global Program team at the World Bank Institute in 2001. She coordinates the Governance and Anti-Corruption Diagnostic Capacity Building Initiative in Latin America and Africa. In addition, she serves as a technical advisor in selected governance and public sector operational projects and learning activities for policy makers and practitioners.

Ms. Recanatini joined the World Bank in 1998 and worked in the Research Department and Eastern European region before joining WBI. While at the World Bank, Ms. Recanatini has focused on institutional development in Transition Economies and Developing Countries. She worked on issues relating to market structure and enterprise restructuring in response to institutional changes. She contributed to the World Development Report 2001 (Institutions for Markets) and 2003 (Making Services work for the Poor).

She received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland at College Park. Before joining the World Bank, Ms. Recanatini worked at the Center of Institutional Reforms and Informal Sector (IRIS), focusing on economic restructuring and legal reforms in Central Asia.

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