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My name is Dan Rogger.
I am a Senior Research Economist and the Research Manager for Governance and Institution Building at the World Bank Development Impact Research Department. I co-lead the World Bank's Bureaucracy Lab with Zahid Hasnain of the Global Governance Practice.
My main research agenda revolves around society's capacity to deliver public goods, with a strong focus on developing country governments. I aim to integrate frontier research findings with public policy with the same rigour and focus that I bring to the underlying research.
I am passionate about delivering public goods. I endeavour to support the delivery of public goods at every level of society down to my local community (in the Capitol Hill area of Washington DC).
I was a PhD student at the Economics Department of University College London, and a PhD scholar of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, where I am now an International Research Fellow. I have also been an associate researcher for the Department for International Development, UK. I entered the World Bank on the Young Economist program.
Biography for profiles
Daniel Rogger is the Research Manager for Governance and Institution Building at the World Bank's Development Impact Research Group. He co-leads the Bank’s ‘Bureaucracy Lab’, and manages the ieGovern initiative that runs rigorous impact evaluations inside government organisations. His research focuses on the organisation of the delivery of public goods. Dan did his PhD in Economics at University College London and was a PhD scholar at the Institute for Fiscal Studies where he is now an International Research Fellow.
Letters to my generation
My non-economics interests are first and foremost philosophy. My blog aims to present my beliefs on how to live contemporary life in a philosophical way (or how I have tried to confront some of the challenges I face on an everyday basis). Every other week I aim to write a short piece on a topic of note from the weeks gone by.
The Siamese Crocodile
The 'Siamese Crocodile' or 'Funtunfunefu-Denkyemfunefu' is a Ghanaian Adinkra symbol. As you may have noticed, it appears throughout this web site. Its literal translation is 'the siamese crocodiles have one stomach yet they fight over food when eating'. It closely represents my understanding of how society works. More information on Adinkra culture, symbols, and the Funtunfunefu-Denkyemfunefu is available here.
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