Brian Pinto is Chief Economist, Emerging Markets, at GLG Partners LP. Previously, he worked at the World Bank for almost 30 years, where his focus was predominantly on transition economics, sovereign debt, and economic growth. He lived in Poland at the start of its momentous reforms (1990-92) as well as in Russia, witnessing first-hand its 1998 crisis and subsequent recovery (1998-2001). His publications, inspired by live country experiences, have appeared in the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, the Economic Journal, Journal of International Economics, The Review of Economic Studies, and other professional journals. A book he edited jointly with Joshua Aizenman, Managing Economic Volatility and Crises: A Practitioner's Guide, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2005. Brian holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and degrees from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and Loyola College, Madras University, India.