Jürgen René Blum

Mr. Jürgen René Blum is a Senior Public Sector Specialist at The World Bank.
His recent work focuses on the governance-growth nexus in East Asian countries, especially China.
Mr. Blum contributed to World Development Report 2017: Governance and the Law and has worked on the political economy of public management reform in Africa and East Asia.
His past work focused on public employment and institutional reform, especially in fragile countries.
Mr. Blum co-founded the World Bank’s impact evaluation initiative on governance (ieGovern), with a focus on public procurement reform.
Before joining the World Bank, he worked at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on a policy dialogue between Arab and OECD countries on public management reform.
He holds a master’s degree in public policy from the Harvard University Kennedy School and a diploma in international studies of economics, politics, and languages from Passau University.