Branko Milanovic

Branko Milanovic serves as Visiting Presidential Professor and LIS Senior Scholar at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), a position he assumed in 2014 after previously working as Lead Economist in the World Bank's research department.

His research centers on global income inequality, poverty dynamics, and the socioeconomic impacts of globalization. Milanovic pioneered methodologies for measuring worldwide income distribution, analyzing both historical trends and contemporary disparities through empirical frameworks that integrate national accounts with household survey data. His influential book The Haves and the Have-nots: A Brief and Idiosyncratic History of Global Inequality (2010) synthesizes these themes through comparative historical analysis.

He actively contributes to the Inequality: Measurement, Interpretation, and Policy (MIP) research network at CUNY, focusing on interdisciplinary approaches to economic disparity.