As the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3IE) from February 2015 to February 2020, Mr. Jimenez led the organization’s work in 40 countries, raised funds from government and private donors, and advocated globally for evidence use in decision-making.
Prior to that, he headed the Public Sector Department of the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) at the World Bank Group (WBG) from 2012 to 2014. He had joined WBG in 1984 to conduct research on public and social policies. He then went on to lead departments in the South Asia, East Asia, and Pacific regions responsible for operations on human development (education, health, nutrition, population, and social protection) and provided strategic direction and management oversight for large lending programs. Prior to that, Mr. Jimenez taught at the economics department of Western University in London, Canada.
Mr. Jimenez has published extensively in peer-reviewed professional journals, books, and reports on economic development, focusing on public policy to improve social and economic outcomes of poor households and individuals. He serves as managing editor of The Journal of Development Effectiveness, and also lectures regularly on the practice of international economic development.
A dual national of the Philippines and Canada, Mr. Jimenez has degrees in economics from Brown University (doctor of philosophy) in the United States, the University of Toronto (master of arts), and McGill University (bachelor of arts) in Canada.
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