Jeffrey Stuart Hammer. Personal: 318 Wallace Hall Birthdate: November 3, 1953

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Jeffrey Stuart Hammer Address: Personal: 318 Wallace Hall Birthdate: November 3, 1953 Princeton University Citizenship: U.S Princeton, NJ Married, two children Education: Ph.D., Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979 B.A. (High Honors), Economics, Swarthmore College, 1975 Employment: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ: Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor of Economic Development and Lecturer in Public and International Affairs Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, The World Bank, Washington D.C.: Lead Economist South Asia, Social Development Unit, New Delhi, India Policy Research Department, East Asia and Pacific Chief Economist s office, Population, Health and Nutrition Department, Agriculture and Rural Development Department, Country Policy Department, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD: Visiting Professor of Economics, Spring Terms 1998, 1999 University of California, San Diego: Assistant Professor of Economics, July 1979-September Consultancies: World Bank; Google Foundation; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; RAND Corporation; Government of Pakistan (Planning Division) Honors, National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, Scholarships, Phi Beta Kappa, 1975 Fellowships and WHO Global Advisory Committee on Health Research, Professional Activities: Institute of Medicine, Committee on Malaria Prevention and Control, Standing Committee, WHO Tropical Disease Research Programme, WHO Study Group on Financing Health Care, December 1991 Advisory Council, Achieving the Millenium Development Goals, Global Development Network, Evaluator, Rustaveli Foundation for Georgian Studies, Humanities and Social Sciences, Tblisi 2009 Advisory Council, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan American Economic Association Editorial Committee: World Bank Research Observer, World Bank Economic Review Publications:

2 Jeffrey S. Hammer Curriculum Vitae Refereed Journals Short But Not Sweet: Recall Effects and Short Duration Morbidity in India, (with Jishnu Das and Carolina Paramo- Sanchez), Journal of Development Economics, forthcoming The Quality of Medical Advice in Low-Income Countries, (with Jishnu Das and Kenneth Leonard), Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 22, no. 2, Spring 2008 Propinquity Matters: How Better Health, Urbanization and Income Grew Together, , (with William McGreevey, Arnab Acharya and Landis MacKellar), Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy, vol. XV, Number 3, Fall 2008 Money for Nothing: The Dire Straits of Indian Health Care (with Jishnu Das), Journal of Development Economics, v. 83, no. 1, pp. 1-36, May Location, Location, Location: Residence, wealth and the quality of medical care in Delhi, India (with Jishnu Das), Health Affairs, v. 26, no. 3, pp , March Why Are Teachers Absent?: Probing Service Delivery in Peruvian Primary Schools (with Lorena Alcazar, Michael Kremer, Nazmul Chaudhury, Karthik Muralidharan and F. Halsey Rogers), International Journal of Education Research, v. 45, no. 3, pp , Missing in Action: Teachers and Health Worker Absence in Developing Countries (with Michael Kremer, Nazmul Chaudhury, Karthik Muralidharan and F. Halsey Rogers), Journal of Economic Perspectives, v. 20, no. 1, Sping Teacher Absenteeism in India: A Snapshot (with Michael Kremer, Nazmul Chaudhury, Karthik Muralidharan and F. Halsey Rogers) Journal of the European Economics Association, Reprinted in The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India, Primary Education: Issues and Perspectives, New Delhi, "Tax/subsidy policies toward vector-borne infectious diseases" (with M. Gersovitz), Journal of Public Economics, v.89 (2005) Which Doctor?: Combining Vignettes and Item Response Theory to Measure Doctor Quality, (with Jishnu Das), Journal of Development Economics, v. 78 (2005) Ghost Doctors: Absenteeism in Rural Bangladeshi Health Facilities (with Nazmul Chaudhury), The World Bank Economic Review v. 18, no. 3, 2004 The Economical Control of Infectious Disease (with Mark Gersovitz), Economic Journal, 114, January Infectious Diseases, Public Policy and the Marriage of Economics and Epidemiology (with M. Gersovitz), The World Bank Research Observer, vol. 18, no.2, Fall Weak Links in the Chain II: A Prescription for Health Policy in Poor Countries (with D. Filmer and L. Pritchett), World Bank Research Observer, Spring "Designing incentives for rural health care providers in developing countries" (with W. Jack), Journal of Development Economics, 69, 2002.

3 Jeffrey S. Hammer Curriculum Vitae Weak Links in the Chain: A Diagnosis of Health Policy in Poor Countries (with D. Filmer and L. Pritchett), World Bank Research Observer, August "Prices and Protocols in Public Health Care", World Bank Economic Review, September Economic Analysis for Health Projects, World Bank Research Observer, February, Ends and Means in Public Health Policy in Developing Countries (with P. Berman), Health Policy, 32, Reprinted in Health Sector Reform in Developing Countries: Making Health Development Sustainable, P. Berman (ed.), Cambridge, Harvard University Press, "The Economics of Malaria Control", World Bank Research Observer, V. 8, No. 1, January Reprinted in From the World Bank s Journals: Selected Readings, The World Bank, Reprinted in Arnold C. Harberger and Glenn P. Jenkins (eds.) Cost-Benefit Analysis, Surrey, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, "To Prescribe or Not to Prescribe: On the Regulation of Pharmaceuticals in Developing Countries", Social Science and Medicine V. 34, No. 9, "Modelling Agricultural Growth Multipliers" (with S. Haggblade and P. Hazell), American Journal of Agricultural Economics, May "The Diagnostic Drawing Series: A Systematic Approach to Art Therapy Evaluation and Research" (with B. Cohen and S. Singer), Arts in Psychotherapy, Vol. 15 (1988). "The Demographic Transition and Aggregate Savings in Less Developed Countries" Journal of Economic Development Vol. 12 (1987). "Multimarket Analysis of Agricultural Price Policies in an Operational Context: The Case of Cyprus" (with A. Braverman and A. Gron), World Bank Economic Review Vol. I (1987). "Wheat and Maize Price Policies in Hungary: Tradeoffs Between Foreign Exchange and Government Revenue" (with A. Braverman and J. Morduch), Agricultural Economics Vol. I (1987). "Economic Analysis of Agricultural Pricing Policies in Brazil: The Wheat and Soybean Case" (with A. Braverman and A.S. Brandao), Revista Brasileira de Economica Vol. 41 (1987). "Subsistence First: Farm Allocation Decisions in Senegal" Journal of Development Economics Vol. 23 (1986). "Children and Savings in Less Developed Countries" Journal of Development Economics Vol. 23 (1986). "Population Growth and Savings in LDC's" World Development, Vol. 14, No. 5 (1986). "Optimal Growth and Income Distribution" Metroeconomica, February Book Chapters Quality of Health Care (with Jishnu Das) in Kaushik Basu (ed.) The Oxford Companion to Economics in India, Oxford and New Delhi, Oxford University Press, Chronic Illness (with Jishnu Das) in Kaushik Basu (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Economics in India, Oxford and New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2007.

4 Jeffrey S. Hammer Curriculum Vitae Scenes from a Marriage: An Economist s View of Social Capital (with Lant Pritchett), in A. Bebbington, M. Woolcock, S. Guggenheim and E. Olson (eds.) The Search for Empowerment: Social Capital as Idea and Practice at the World Bank, Kumarian Press, The Design of Incentives for Health Care Providers in Developing Countries: Contracts, competition and cost control (with William G. Jack), in Audibert, M. and J. Mathonnat (eds.) Health Financing Systems in Low Income African and Asian Countries, Paris, Karthala Publishers, Primary Health Care in Poor Countries: Rethinking Health Policy (with D. Filmer and L. Pritchett) in Audibert, M. and J. Mathonnat (eds.) Health Financing Systems in Low Income African and Asian Countries, Paris, Karthala Publishers, "Public Expenditures and Risk Reduction" (with S. Devarajan) in S. Devarajan and F.H.Rogers, eds., World Bank Economists Forum, Washington, D.C., World Bank, Strategies for Pricing Publicly Provided Health Services (with P. Gertler), in G. Scheiber and D. Chollet (eds), Health Reform in Developing Countries, World Bank, "The Distributional Impact of Social Sector Expenditures in Malaysia" (with I. Nabi and J. Cercone) in Public Spending and the Poor: Theory and Evidence, D. van de Walle and K. Nead (eds.), Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, Malaria (with J.A. Najera and B.H. Liese) in Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, D.T. Jamison, W.H. Mosley, A.R. Measham and J.L. Bobadilla (eds.), New York, Oxford University Press, (1994). "How to Analyze the Brazilian Price Band Proposals" (with A. Braverman, R. Kanbur et. al) in The Economics of Rural Organization: Theory, Practice and Policy, K. Hoff, A. Braverman and J.E. Stiglitz (eds.), New York, Oxford University Press, "Agricultural Trade Liberalization: Developing Country Response" (with O. Knudsen) in Agricultural Trade Liberalization: Implications for Developing Countries, I. Goldin and O. Knudsen (eds.) OECD and World Bank, "Multimarket Analysis of Agricultural Pricing Policies in Korea" (with C.Y. Ahn and A. Braverman), in The Theory of Taxation for Developing Countries, D. Newbery and N. Stern (eds.), Oxford University Press, "An Analysis of Alternative Agricultural Pricing Policies for Senegal" (with A. Braverman), Agricultural Household Models: Extensions, Applications, and Policy I.J. Singh, L. Squire and J. Strauss (eds.), Johns Hopkins University Press, Books World Development Report 2004: Making Services Work for Poor People, (with WDR team), New York, Oxford University Press, Evaluation of Recent Changes in the Financing of Health Services, Report of a WHO Study Group, WHO Technical Report Series No. 829, Geneva, Commodity Price Stabilization and Price Reform: An Approach to the Evaluation of the Brazilian Price Band Proposals (with A. Braverman,R. Kanbur, A.S.P. Brandão, M.d.R. Lopes, A. Tan) Washington, D.C., World Bank, 1992.

5 Jeffrey S. Hammer Curriculum Vitae Malaria: Obstacles and Opportunities with the Committee for the Study on Malaria Prevention and Control, Division of International Health, Institute of Medicine, Washington, D.C., National Academy Press, Other Published Articles Opinion articles in the Financial Express (India) Carbon tax versus cheap talk, November 25, 2009 The economics of going places Let them come, October 13, 2009 You get what you pay for and it s not much, September 8, 2009 One size chappal doesn t fit all, August 19, 2009 What not to do in tackling swine flu, August 10, 2009 Good cities need less government, July 28, 2009 It s the wrong medicine, Minister, July 9, 2009 The healthcare debate, in Bharat, July 6, 2009 Understanding Government Failures in Public Health Services (with Yamini Aiyar and Salimah Samji), Economic and Political Weekly, October, Bottoms Up: To the role of Panchayati Raj Institutions in health and health services (with Yamini Aiyar and Salimah Samji), in Government of India, Ministry of Panchayati Raj Workshop of Writers and Thinkers on Local Governance and Panchayati Raj, New Delhi, June, Teacher Absence and Incentives in Primary Education: Results from a National Teacher Tracking Survey in Ecuador. (with F. Halsey Rogers, F., Jose Lopez-Calix, Nazmul Chaudhury, Nancy Cordoba, and MichaelKremer)<< ugust pdf>> The merits of decentralization in the health sector, March 29, 2004, gateway.org/governance/sdm Strained Mercy: The Quality of Medical Care in Delhi (with Jishnu Das), Economic and Political Weekly, v. XXXIX, No. 9. February 28 March 5, Health Research and Decision Making in B. McA. Sayers, Health Assessment: Complexity, Trends and Opportunities, Report of the Subcommittee on Health Measurement, WHO Global Advisory Committee on Health Research, March, The Public Economics of Education, October 1996, "Economics and Malaria: Disease Impact and Policy Rationale" World Health Organization CTD/MCM/IM/WP/ "Computer Models for Agricultural Policy Analysis" (with A. Braverman), Finance and Development, June Pakistani Standards for Pre-School Child Feeding and Growth (with Mushtaq A. Khan and Lowell Lynch), Government Printing Office, Government of Pakistan, World Bank Staff Working Papers (not otherwise published)

6 Jeffrey S. Hammer Curriculum Vitae The Effects of a Fee-Waiver Program on Health Care Utilization among the Poor: Evidence from Armenia (with Nazmul Chaudhury and Edmundo Murrugarra) Policy Research Working Paper 2952, East Asia s Environment: Principles and Priorities for Action (with S. Shetty) World Bank Discussion Paper 287, Malaria: New Patterns and Perspectives (with J.A. Najera and B.H. Liese), World Bank Technical Paper Number 183, "Costs and Benefits of Agricultural Price Stabilization in Brazil" (with A. Braverman, R. Kanbur, A.S.P. Brandão, M. d.r. Lopes and A. Tan) WPS 564, December "A Multimarket Model for Turkish Agriculture" (with A. Tan), Working Papers, No. 285, October Reducing Input Subsidies to Livestock Producers in Cyprus: An Economic Analysis" (with A. Braverman and E. Jorgenson), No "Alternative Agricultural Pricing Policies in the Republic of Korea" (with C.Y. Ahn and A. Braverman), No Selected Papers/ Presentations (not elsewhere published) Is there a doctor in the house?, Centre for Policy Research, Delhi, India, June, 2009 First things first: Infectious disease and the poor in India in the 1990 s, (with Atul Pokharel), The World Bank ABCDE conference, Capetown, South Africa, June 2008 Divided we stand: the promise of decentralization for better governance in Bangladesh (with Junaid Ahmad) Center for International Development, Harvard University, July 2007 Experiments with the Total Sanitation Campaign in Maharashtra, (with Nazmul Chaudhury and Soma Ghosh Moulik) World Bank s Water Week Conference, February Public Health Care Provider Absence in India (with Michael Kremer, Nazmul Chaudhury, Karthik Muralidharan and F. Halsey Rogers), Conference on Health Systems, Population Health and Development in India and China sponsored by the Harvard Business School and School of Public Health, New Delhi, March Chronic Illness, Information and Behavior Change: An example from India (with Jishnu Das), presented at Health India Conference, December 2006 Social Infrastructure, NBER/NCAER Annual conference, Neemrana, Rajasthan, January Health Policy in India: Thinking Outside of the Box(es), presented at the Indian Institute of Policy Analysis, Planning Commission of the Government of India and the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, September 2005 through June Service Delivery in Bihar: a few facts Conference on Governance and Growth, Government of Bihar, June Evaluation of the Total Sanitation Campaign in Maharashtra: From Community Mobilization to Healthy Children (with Nazmul Chaudhury) Government of Maharashtra Conference on Water and Sanitation, May, 2005 Roll Call: Teacher Absence in Bangladesh (with Chaudhury, Kremer, Muralidharan and Rogers), June 2004.

7 Jeffrey S. Hammer Curriculum Vitae Absent Medical Personnel: The cases of India and Bangladesh Global Development Network Conference, New Delhi, January 2004 Life and Death among the Poorest (with Maria Eugenia Bonilla-Chacin), World Bank Economists Forum, Public Expenditures in a Market Context (with Timothy Besley), World Bank, Selected Contributions to World Bank Reports India: Rural Governments and Service Delivery, (Health and health care; overview), Report IN, July Pakistan: Punjab Economic Report: Towards a Medium Term Development Strategy (service delivery), Report PK, March 2005 India: Sustaining Reform, Reducing Poverty (Human Development), Report IN, July, India- Maharashtra: Reorienting Government to Facilitate Growth and Reduce Poverty. Chapter 5: Social Sectors, the opportunity cost of public funds, Report IN, October, Brazil - Public Expenditures for Poverty Alleviation in Northeast Brazil: Promoting Growth and Improving Services, Report No BR, June 2001.Task Manager, Chapter 1 (Poverty Update and Land Reform), Chapter 3 (Health and Education), Chapter 4 (Pensions), Chapter 5 (Conclusions) Zambia- Public Expenditure Review: Public Expenditure, Growth and Poverty a Synthesis. Report No , September Thailand Social and Structural Review. Beyond the Crisis: Structural Reform for Stable Growth. Report No TH, January, Chapter 2- Lessons of the Crisis for Poverty Alleviation Programs. Reducing Poverty In India: Options for More Effective Public Services, A World Bank Country Study, 1998, Chapter 3. Poverty, Health Status and Health Policy to Reduce Poverty. India, Karnataka: Economic Reforms for Sustained Growth, Report No , December 1997, Chapter 3 (Health and Education). Papua New Guinea:. Delivering Public Services. Report No PNG, August Chapter 5 Improving Resource Allocation in Education.