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Biography
Ruth Levine is a health economist with 15 years of experience working on health and family planning financing issues in Latin America, Eastern Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. At CGD, she leads the Global Health Policy Research Network. Before joining the Center, Ruth designed, supervised, and evaluated health sector loans at the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. Ruth also conducted research on the health sector, and led the World Bank’s knowledge management activities in health economics and finance between 1999 and 2002. Between 1997 and 1999, she served as the advisor on the social sectors in the Office of the Executive Vice President of the Inter-American Development Bank. Ruth has a doctoral degree from Johns Hopkins University, has published on health and family planning finance topics, and is the co-author of the books, The Health of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (World Bank, 2001), Millions Saved: Proven Successes in Global Health (CGD, 2004), which has been on the required reading list at more than 33 schools and universities in the US and abroad; Making Markets for Vaccines: Ideas to Action (CGD, 2005); and When Will We Ever Learn? Improving Lives Through Impact Evaluation (CGD, 2006).
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