Leora Klapper

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Leora F. Klapper[1][2] is an American economist who currently works as a lead economist at the World Bank in the Finance and Private Sector research team as part of the Development Research group.[3] Klapper has held government jobs in Washington, DC and Jerusalem, Israel in the Bank of Israel, as well as having held private sector jobs for Peter L. Bernstein and the Salomon Brothers firm in New York.[1][3]

Awards[change | change source]

In 2018, Klapper received the Accion Edward W. Claugus Award for exceptional leadership and innovation in financial inclusion.[4]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Leora Klapper". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  2. Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli; Klapper, Leora; Singer, Dorothe; Ansar, Saniya; Hess, Jake (2018). The Global Findex Database. Washington, DC.: The World Bank.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Leora Klapper". World Bank. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  4. "Leora Klapper to Receive Accion's Edward W. Claugus Award for Leadership and Innovation in Financial Inclusion | Accion". www.accion.org. Archived from the original on 2019-03-24. Retrieved 2019-03-24.