Achim D. Schmillen
Practice Leader for Human Development
for Indonesia and Timor-Leste, The World Bank
Achim D. Schmillen is the World Bank’s
Practice Leader for Human Development for Indonesia and Timor-Leste, where he
coordinates the Bank’s engagements on education, health, nutrition, social protection and jobs. Achim joined the World Bank in 2013
through the Young Professionals Program and from 2014 to 2020 was affiliated
with the Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice. He has led numerous
advisory, knowledge and operational projects across
East, South-East and South Asia, including the World Bank’s first Human Capital
Development Policy Loan in East Asia.
Achim is the co-author and editor of
several influential books and reports, including Migrating to Opportunity:
Overcoming Barriers to Labor Mobility in South-East Asia, Managing Coal Mine
Closure: Achieving a Just Transition for All, and Balancing Workers’ Protection
and Labor Market Flexibility in China. His research has also been published in
preeminent peer-reviewed journals, such as the Journal of Comparative
Economics, the Journal of Economic Geography and the
Journal of Development Studies.
A frequent speaker at events organized
by international organizations, governments, the private sector
and academia, Achim has headed World Bank delegations to multiple G20 and APEC
Senior Officials’ Meetings, and his commentary has been featured in leading
media outlets across Asia. Achim has a PhD in economics, and before joining the
World Bank he held appointments with the University of California Los Angeles,
America’s National Bureau of Economic Research, and the research institute of
Germany’s Federal Employment Agency, among others. He is based in Jakarta,
Indonesia.