Hai-Anh H. Dang is a Senior Economist in the Living Standards and Measurement Unit, Development Data Group, World Bank. His main research is on international development, poverty, inequality, climate change, and data imputation methods. He has published in various journals, including Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Scientific Data, World Development, and chapters with books published by leading academic publishers. He holds fellowship positions with different organizations and universities, including Research Fellow positions with IZA, GLO, visiting Research Fellow position with Indiana University's Paul O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and visiting Senior Fellow positions with London School of Economics and Political Science's International Inequalities Institute, and International School, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. He also serves as a co-editor of Review of Development Economics, on the editorial boards of other journals, and as a referee for more than 50 academic journals. His research is widely disseminated, including being among the top paper downloads on IZA and REPEC. He has contributed to around 70 World Bank's projects and flagship reports covering different countries around the world. He received his Ph.D. in Applied Economics from University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA.

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