The World Bank Chief Economist (full title: Senior Vice President, Development Economics, and Chief Economist) provides intellectual leadership and direction to the Bank’s overall development strategy and economic research agenda, at global, regional and country levels.
| Sl No. | Name | Duration | Nationality |
| 1 | Hollis B. Chenery | 1972“1982 | United States |
| 2 | Anne Osborn Krueger | 1982“1986 | United States |
| 3 | Stanley Fischer | 1988“1990 | USA, Israeli |
| 4 | Lawrence Summers | 1991“1993 | United States |
| 5 | Michael Bruno | 1993“1996 | Israel |
| 6 | Joseph E. Stiglitz | 1997“2000 | United States |
| 7 | Nicholas Stern | 2000“2003 | United Kingdom |
| 8 | Fran§ois Bourguignon | 2003“2007 | France |
| 9 | Justin Yifu Lin | June 2008 “ August2012 | Chinese |
| 10 | Kaushik Basu | September 2012- Present | India |
