Aaditya Mattoo is Chief Economist of the East Asia and Pacific Region of the World Bank.  He specializes in development, trade and international cooperation, and provides policy advice to governments.  Prior to this, he was Co-Director of the World Development Report 2020 on Global Value Chains, and Research Manager, Trade and International Integration. Before he joined the World Bank, he was Economic Counsellor at the World Trade Organization and taught economics at the University of Sussex and Churchill College, Cambridge University.