David Grigorian is an Economist at an international financial institution based in Washington, DC. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland at College Park (2001), MA in Economics from the Central European University (1995), M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from the American University of Armenia (1994), and M.Sc. equivalent in Systems Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Yerevan (1992). As part of his 20-year career in Washington, he had worked on countries in Europe and Central Asia, Middle East, Carribean, and East Asia. Dr. Grigorian specializes in macroeconomics, finance, and development and has published on a wide range of issues including growth and institutions, prices and fiscal policy, remittances, capital markets, and banking.