Raymond Gilpin
Associate Vice President, Sustainable Economies Centers
of Innovation
Economies and Conflict | Economic Development | Effectiveness of Foreign
Assistance| External Debt | Informal Markets | Security Sector Reform | Energy and Security |
Maritime Safety and Security | Financial Sector | Corporate Social Responsibility | Governance,
Transparency and Accountability
E-mail: rgilpin@usip.org
Phone:
202-429-4724
Raymond Gilpin directs USIP’s Sustainable Economies Center of Innovation. He leads the Institute’s
work on analyzing complex economic relationships during all stages of conflict (including
prevention, mediation, resolution and post-conflict). Gilpin collates sound practices from
practitioners and experts and designs appropriate capacity-building and reach-back tools for
conflict environments.
Before joining USIP, he served as academic chair for Defense Economics at the Africa Center for
Strategic Studies, National Defense University (2003-2007); where he pioneered work on development
economics and resource management in Africa’s security sector. He was also lead faculty for
Center’s work on energy, maritime security and China. Prior employment includes: director for
International Programs, Intellibridge Corporation (now part of Eurasia Group); senior economist at
the African Development Bank Group; research director at the Central Bank of Sierra Leone; and
economist at the World Bank.
Gilpin holds a doctorate from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. His thesis was on
Macroeconomic Stabilization and Parallel Markets (1993). He also holds an Executive Certificate in
International Finance and Capital Markets from Georgetown University.
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