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Gerard Caprio Jr. is a Professor of Economics at Williams College, specializing in financial economics and financial systems. He is also Chair of the Center for Development Economics there. From 1998 to 2006, he was director for policy in the World Bank's Financial Sector vice presidency and head of financial-sector research. Past positions include vice president and head of Global Economics at JP Morgan, economist at the Federal Reserve Board and the International Monetary Fund, and adjunct professor at George Washington University. Caprio has written extensively on financial-sector policy, financial reform and banking crises in developing countries, including more than 50 articles and nine books, the most recent of which is Rethinking Bank Regulation: Till Angels Govern, with James Barth and Ross Levine. He co-authored a World Bank policy rsearch report, Finance for Growth: Policy Choices in a Volatile World, with Patrick Honohan. He is also co-editor of the Journal of Financial Stability. Caprio received a bachelor's degree from Williams College and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan.

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How Can We Really Help the World's Poor?

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