Larry Hannah

Lead Economist, The World Bank (Retired)

Mr. Hannah has 35 years of experience in international development spanning multiple countries in every region of the world. He has had responsibility for the study of a wide range of development problems, designing solutions and preparing and managing the implementation of projects. As an economist Mr. Hannah has been the analyst and the author of numerous reports and publications and makes presentations regularly on these topics.

Substantively, Mr. Hannah has worked on problems related to the economic prospects of developing nations. His main focus has been on urban development where he specialized in housing policy and housing finance, slum upgrading, urban land markets, regulatory economics, municipal finance, sub-national fiscal policy and cultural heritage. He has a special interest in finance and credit market development both for housing and local government.

Mr. Hannah was formerly Lead Economist for the World Bank. During his 28 years as an economist there he held a series of positions that engaged him in country-level economic work as well as policy advice and projects on urban development issues around the globe. Previously, Mr. Hannah was Senior Programme Officer for the International Development Research Centre (IDRC-Canada) where he was responsible for development and appraisal of research projects on economics throughout the developing world. Mr. Hannah has also held the positions of Visiting Scholar or Fellow at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (Dacca) and the Korea Development Institute (Seoul).