Igor Paunovic

Igor Paunovic is chief of the Climate and Development Strategy Unit at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Switzerland. A senior economist, his work focuses on global governance, climate change, development strategies, industrial and fiscal policy, South-South cooperation, and regional integration. Igor previously worked on the economic challenges of least developed countries at UNCTAD. Earlier in his career, he served as chief of the Economic Development Unit of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN ECLAC) in Mexico and worked on fiscal issues and structural reforms at UN ECLAC in Santiago, Chile. At the beginning of his career, Igor was an assistant professor of economics at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. Igor a senior economist holds a degree in economics from the University of Zagreb, Croatia, and a degree in economics from The New School for Social Research, New York, USA.