Sebastian Krantz
Consultant @The World Bank Group
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WORK HISTORY
Consultant @The World Bank Group
Washington, DC, US
Digital Vice PresidencyAnalyzing granular digital infrastructure asset and hazard data to quantify connectivity gaps and predict damage risk.Office of the Chief Economist, Europe and Central Asia RegionOptimal spatial policy, geography, and sorting – assessing infrastructure misallocation in the ECA region.CEMAC Regional Infrastructure Sector Assessment ProgramOutputs: Economic modelling of optimal road network investments in the CEMAC region in partial and general equilibrium and evaluation of regional road projects – producing a short paper, spatial dataset, and presentation.Office of the Chief Economist, Africa RegionOutputs: 3 short background papers on “Africa’s Regional and Global Integration” (GVC and RVC analysis, predictors of integration, and economic returns) for report “Integrating Africa Forward: From Threads to Hubs”.
EDUCATION
University College Roosevelt
BA Mathematics, Economics, Development Studies
Kiel University
Ph.D., Quantitative Economics
Geneva Graduate Institute
Master in International Economics, International Economics
ABOUT SEBASTIAN KRANTZ
I\'m an economist, data scientist, and programmer with interest (and research/policy experience) in Africa\'s economic transformation. My recent work focuses on infrastructure and trade/value chains. I use econometric methods and machine learning to generate insights from various kinds of data. I also have practical experience with DSGE, CGE, and quantitative spatial models. I have created several software packages, web applications, and data products using tools like R, Python, SQL, C, C++, Julia, HTML, CSS, and Linux Server.Note: I update this profile infrequently. See https://sebastiankrantz.com/CV.html for more up-to-date info.
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