Jeni Klugman is the Director of Human Development Report Office, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).  Before joining UNDP, Jeni had a diverse career at the World Bank, focusing in particular on low income countries in Africa, Europe and Asia.  Outside of the World Bank, Jeni has also worked as a consultant with UNICEF, the ADB in Manila and the World Institute Development Economic Research at UNU.

She has had a large number of books, paper and reports published, on topics ranging from poverty reduction strategies and labour markets to health reform, education and decentralization.  Jeni holds a PhD in Economics from the Australian National University. She also has an M.Sc in Development Economics, as well as a graduate law degree, from Oxford University where she was a Rhodes Scholar.