Dr. Reza Kibria has over 33 years’ experience in macroeconomic management and fiscal policy working in international agencies, governments and universities. He obtained his BA (First Class Honours) from Oxford University, an M.A. from Queen’s University (Canada), and an MPhil (Economics) and DPhil (Economics) from Oxford University. He began his career as an economist at the IMF in Washington DC (1984-93), working on a range of countries including Romania, Portugal, Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea and Thailand. After leaving the Fund he taught at Dhaka University and did consulting for the World Bank, United Nations and the Asian Development Bank. He was Lead Advisor and Coordinating Author for the World Bank report on governance in Bangladesh, “Government That Works” (1996). He served as Macroeconomic Advisor to the Treasury Department of Papua New Guinea (1996-2000), with responsibility for the macroeconomic framework and policy coordination. He was Principal Economist for PDP Australia (2000-2008), leading technical assistance teams and managing projects. In recent years he has worked on projects in India (Kerala-Supporting Fiscal Reforms), China (Designing Technical Assistance Programs for the Ministry of Finance and the State Authority of Taxation), the U.A.E (Program Budgeting), Kuwait (Budget Reforms), Tanzania (National Employment Creation Program), Indonesia (Local Government Finances) and most recently, Bangladesh (IFMIS – Deepening MTBF –Strengthening Public Expenditure Management Program SPEMP, Ministry of Finance). He was Macro Fiscal Advisor, IMF East Africa Regional Technical Assistance center in Dar es Salaam from April 2009 to January 2011, advising the Governments of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda on macro fiscal issues. He was also an Adjunct Professor at the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance of Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia He is currently IMF Macro Fiscal Advisor, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Cambodia.