Jonathan Timmis is a Senior Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist for East Asia and the Pacific at the World ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP, where he researches the areas of digitalization and technological change, productivity and globalization. Before joining the ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP, Jonathan worked for the IFC, the OECD Productivity and Business Dynamics Division and as an Overseas Development Institute Fellow in Rwanda.
He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Nottingham and has published in several academic journals including the Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Economic Geography and Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.