Jakob Svensson

Jakob Svensson head shot

J-PAL Affiliated Professor

Professor of Economics

Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University

Jakob Svensson is Director, Professor of Economics at the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholm University. His research interests include corruption, accountability in service delivery programs, and political economy. He received his PhD in Economics from Stockholm University. 

Jakob has served on the review board of J-PAL's Governance Initiative.