Kozminski University in Warsaw
ESOF2024 | 12–15 June 2024 | Katowice, Poland
Marcin Piatkowski
Marcin Piątkowski
Position and institutional affiliation
World Bank in Washington DC
BIO
Dr. Marcin Piątkowski is Professor of Economics at Kozminski University in Warsaw and Lead Economist at the World Bank in Washington DC. Prior to that, he was the Chief Economist and Managing Director of PKO BP, the largest bank in Poland, economist in the European Department of the IMF and Advisor to IMF's Executive Director. He also served as Advisor to Poland's Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance.
He holds a Ph.D. and habilitation in Economics from Kozminski University and an M.A. in Finance and Banking summa cum laude from the Warsaw School of Economics. He was a visiting scholar at Harvard University, London Business School and the OECD Development Center. He has published extensively on economic development, innovation and competitiveness. He authored a book on “Europe’s Growth Champion: Insights from the Economic Rise of Poland”, Oxford University Press 2018, which was awarded the top prize of the “Best Book in Economics in 2019” by the Polish Academy of Sciences and the “Best Economic Education Book in 2020” in a competition sponsored by the National Bank of Poland. The book was reviewed by the Financial Times and was endorsed by top global economists and policymakers. His personal website is at www.marcinpiatkowski.com. He tweets at @mmpiatkowski.
Title of the lecture
Europe's Growth Champion. Lessons from Poland's Economic Miracle and the Way Forward
The lecture will focus on (i) explaining why Poland and the rest of Central and Eastern Europe has been economically underdeveloped for most of its history, (ii) analyzing the drivers of Poland’s economic success after 1989, during which it has more than tripled its GDP per capita PPP and became the fastest growing economy in Europe and in the world among countries with a similar level of income, (iii) discussing future challenges and opportunities for Poland’s further development, and (iv) proposing a set of policy recommendations that could help sustain Poland’s economic success and allow it to become one of the economic leaders of Europe.
