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Dr Elizabeth M. King leads the Judging Panel for the Yidan Prize for Education Research. She is currently a Non-resident Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institution, Commissioner of 3ie, Global Board Member of Room to Read, Managing Editor of the Journal of Development Effectiveness, Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University, Visiting Professor at the University of the Philippines School of Economics, and Technical Adviser to Echidna Giving.

At the World Bank, where she spent most of her professional career, as global director for education, she was the senior spokesperson and professional head for policy and strategic issues related to education, acting vice-president for human development, and research manager for human development sectors. She has published journal articles, books, and book chapters on development topics such as poverty, education, labor markets, the care economy, and gender inequality. She has operational and policy experience in several developing countries worldwide. She received her PhD in Economics from Yale University.