Homi Kharas is a senior fellow and deputy director for the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution. Formerly a World Bank chief economist, Kharas studies policies and trends influencing developing countries, including aid, the emergence of a middle class, the food crisis, global governance and the G-20. He served as lead author and executive secretary of the secretariat supporting the High Level Panel advising the U.N. Secretary General on the post-2015 agenda.