Paul Benson
Senior Director, Public Finance Research Cluster Center for State and Local Finance, Fiscal Research Center, International Center for Public Policy- Biography
Paul Benson is the Senior Director of the Public Finance Research Cluster at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. In this role, he oversees three collaborative centers: the International Center for Public Policy (ICePP), the Center for State and Local Finance (CSLF) and the Fiscal Research Center (FRC). He brings 27 years of experience in the development and management of sponsored research, executive training, and technical assistance for domestic and international partners related to public finance. Benson has overseen a wide spectrum of multimillion-dollar economic, technical assistance, and training projects in developing countries spanning six regions (Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean Islands, and the Commonwealth of Independent States). Clients include the Asian Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the United States Agency for International Development, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank, and various foreign governments.