Jeffery Hammer

Jeff Hammer is the Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor of Economic Development at the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University, where he is affiliated with the Research Program in Development Studies and the Center for Health and Well-being. Prior to that, he was at the World Bank for 25 years where he held various positions related to public economics, the last three in the New Delhi Office. He was a co-author of the World Development Report 2004 “Making Services Work for Poor People”. His current research is on the quality of medical care in developing countries, absenteeism of teachers and health workers, determinants of health status and improving service delivery through better accountability mechanisms. He is also a senior non-resident scholar at the National Council of Applied Economic Research in Delhi.

Dr. Hammer has a PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.