David McKenzie is Director of the 2027 World Development Report on Jobs, and a Lead Economist in the World Bank’s Development Research Group.  Starting in January 2027, he will be the Edmond D. Villani Chair of Economics at Georgetown University. He received his B.Com.(Hons)/B.A. from the University of Auckland, New Zealand and his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University. Prior to joining the World Bank, he spent four years as an assistant professor of Economics at Stanford University. His main research is on enterprise development, jobs, migration, and methodology for use with developing country data. He has published over 150 articles in journals including the American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Political Economy, Econometrica, AER Insights, Science, PNAS, and all leading development journals. He is currently on the editorial boards of the Journal of Development Economics, the World Bank Economic Review,  and Migration Studies. He is also a co-founder and regular contributor to the Development Impact blog.