Philipp Krause

Dr. Philipp Krause is a senior advisor at CABRI (Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative), as well as a visiting professor at Wits University. Prior to this, he served as the Gates Foundation's deputy director for country finance. Philipp led the Foundation’s portfolio of work to strengthen public finance in priority countries, as well as its global policy engagement on issues ranging from DRM to fiscal policy and PFM. Between 2012 and 2016, Philipp built and led the public finance team at the Overseas Development Institute. He previously worked on public finance issues for the World Bank and for Germany’s technical assistance agency GIZ, as well as Mexico’s Social Development Ministry. He has advised more than 25 governments worldwide on strengthening public management, budgeting, and fiscal governance. He has held visiting scholar positions at NYU, the German Development Institute and the University of Maryland. He holds an MA from the University of Potsdam and a PhD from the London School of Economics.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
• Diplom Universität Potsdam

Companies

• Head, Technical Team CABRI - Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative (2020)
• Visiting Professor University of the Witwatersrand (2020)
• Director-at-large African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) (2020)
• Executive Education Faculty Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education (2013)
• Senior Advisor CABRI - Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative (2020 — 2020)
• Institutional Director African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) (2017 — 2020)
• Senior Advisor, Africa Policy and Finance Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (2019 — 2020)
• Deputy Director, Development Policy & Finance Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (2016 — 2019)
• Team Leader, Public Finance Overseas Development Institute (2012 — 2016)

Skills

The most important

• Qualitative Research
• Budgets
• Public Sector

Other

Public Administration, International Relations, Economic Development, Politics, Political Science, Development Economics, Research, Public Finance, Capacity Building, International Development, Policy Analysis, Public Policy