Grzegorz Kolodko
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Grzegorz W. Kołodko - a key architect of Polish economic reforms, professor of economics
Economics
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, economist specializing in development economy, system reforms and public finances, currently heading a think-tank TIGER, Transformation, Integration and Globalizaction Economic Research, at Kozminski University.

He took part in Polish Round Table. He held positions of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance four times between 1994 and 2003, under four different Prime Ministers
Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
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. He was a consultant for the International Monetary Fund
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, the World Bank
World Bank
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, United Nations
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 and OECD.

He has authored 40 books and over 400 scientific articles in the area of economics. His publications were translated into over 25 languages. He graduated from Warsaw School of Economics
Warsaw School of Economics
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. He received a scholarship from Fulbright Program
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 during his appointment at University of Illinois
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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. Prior to his appointment at Kozminski University
Kozminski University
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 in 2000, he had various lecturing positions at schools including Warsaw School of Economics
Warsaw School of Economics
Warsaw School of Economics is the oldest economic university in Poland.The Warsaw School of Economics was founded in 1906 as a private school under the name August Zieliński Private Trade Courses for Men. On 30 July 1919 it became a separate legal entity and was granted the status of an...

, Yale University
Yale University
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, UCLA and University of Rochester
University of Rochester
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. Kołodko was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Polonia Restituta
Polonia Restituta
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 order
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 by the President of Poland Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Aleksander Kwasniewski
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 and was a multiple winner of special prizes by Poland's Minister of Education and Science. He's been awarded honorary degree
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s from eight foreign universities. Professor Kołodko is a marathon runner and a globetrotter (has explored over 140 countries).

For his contribution to the transformation of the Polish economy, in 1997 Kołodko received from the President of the Republic the award of Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

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