Kamiljon Akramov joined IFPRI's Development Strategy & Governance Division in September 2006 as a postdoctoral fellow. He conducts research on governance and development policy issues using applied econometric analysis. His focus is on determinants of aid to agriculture, decentralization and efficiency of service delivery in transition and developing countries.

Prior to joining IFPRI, Dr. Akramov was a Doctoral Fellow at Pardee RAND Graduate School (where he obtained his Ph.D in Policy Analysis), a consultant for ADB on governance and regional cooperation, and Director of the Monetary Policy Research Center at the Central Bank of Uzbekistan. He also has a Master’s Degree in Development Economics from Williams College, USA.

• Kyrgyzstan
• Uzbekistan
• Pakistan
• Ghana
• Nigeria
• Central Asia
• Asia
• South Asia

• Economic Dimensions of Security in Central Asia
  2007. Mahnovski, Sergej;T. Akramov, Kamiljon; Karasik, Theodore W. RAND Corporation, Santa Monica.
• North Korean Paradoxes: Circumstances, Costs and Consequences of Korean Unification
  2005. Wolf, Jr., Charles; Akramov, Kamiljon. RAND Corporation, Santa Monica.
• Choosing and Using Performance Criteria: The Case of Foreign Aid
  2005. Klitgaard, Robert; Fedderke, Johannes; Akramov, Kamil. In High-Performance Government: Structure, Leadership, Incentives. Klitgaard, Robert; Light, Paul C. ed. RAND Corporation, Santa Monica
• Voices and Votes - Does Political Decentralization Work for the Poor and for Women? Empirical Evidence from the 2005 Local Government Elections in Pakistan
  2007. Akramov, Kamiljon; Birner, Regina; Qureshi, Sarfraz Khan; Kahn, Hassan Bilal. The Pakistan Development Review, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 1345-1360.