Espen Beer Prydz is an Economist working on measurement of poverty and inequality with the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳¡¯s Development Data Group, based at the Center for Development Data in Rome. He has previously worked with the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ in Cambodia, South Sudan and Indonesia on poverty, social protection and economic policy.
Prior to joining the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, Espen did research on poverty, labor markets and gender with the OECD Development Centre and The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab. He is a Norwegian national and holds an M.P.A. in International Development (M.P.A./I.D.) from Harvard University and a B.Sc. from the London School of Economics.