Hai-Anh H. Dang is an Economist in the Analytics and Tools Unit, Development Data Group, World Bank. He has contributed to more than 60 World Bank's projects and flagship reports covering different countries around the world. His main research is on international development, poverty, inequality, human development topics, and methodology to construct synthetic (pseudo) panel data from cross sections. He has published in various development journals, including Economic Development and Cultural Change, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Development Studies, World Bank Economic Review, World Development, and chapters with books published by leading academic publishers. He also serves as a co-editor of Review of Development Economics and on the editorial boards of other journals. He received his Ph.D. in Applied Economics from University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Hai-Anh Dang joined IZA as a Research Fellow in October 2019.