
Prof. Dr. András Inotai is General Director of the Institute for World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary. The Institute studies medium-term economic development trends in the world and their impact on Hungary, the economic development of the European and Hungarian region, interregional economic cooperation, and successful and failed attempts at economic modernization in various countries and regions.
Dr. Inotai began working at the Institute in 1967 as a research fellow. In 1972, he began teaching at San Marcos University in Lima, Peru, and after a brief return to Hungary, he began working in the World Bank's Trade Policy Division in Washington, D.C. in 1989. In 1991, he returned to Budapest, the Institute, and the challenging Hungarian economy.