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Margaret Polski is a
political economist and management consultant who specializes in growth
and change. She has over twenty years experience leading transformation
initiatives in business, government, and civic sectors. Her research
interests include innovation, growth, and regulation. Ms. Polski has a
Ph.D. from Indiana University, an M.P.A. from the Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard University, and a B.E.S. from the University of
Minnesota. In addition to her affiliation with IDS, she is a Vice
President and founding member of the Diel Group, Inc., a management
consulting firm based in New York, and an Executive Fellow at the
Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University.
Publications
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Polski, Margaret.
2003. The Invisible Hands of U.S. Banking Reform: Private Action and
Public Guarantees. The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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The AICGS New
Economy Study Group Team. 2002. “The New Economy in Germany and the
United States: Policy Challenges and Solutions. American Institute
for Contemporary German Studies Economic Studies Working Paper 27.
Washington, D.C.: AICGS. |
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Polski, Margaret.
2001. “Growth and Change in the New Economy: Opportunities and
Challenges.” In Audretsch, D. and Welfens, P.J.J., Eds. The New
Economy and Economic Growth in Europe and the U.S. Heidelberg:
Springer-Verlag. |
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Dongier, Philippe,
Julie Van Domelan, Elinor Ostrom, Andrea Ryan, Wendy Wakeman,
Anthony Bebbinton, Sabina Alire, Talib Esmail, and Margaret Polski.
2000. “Community Driven Development.” In The Poverty Reduction
Sourcebook, Chapter 9. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank. |
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Gerrard, Christopher
D. and Margaret Polski. 1998. Local Actions, Better Lives:
Decentralizing Rural Infrastructure Services. The Economic
Development Institute of the World Bank. Washington, D.C. |
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_____. 1998. Seizing
the Opportunity, Meeting the Challenge: Institutional Reform for
Sustainable Rural Infrastructure. The Economic Development Institute
of the World Bank. Washington, D.C. |
Work in Progress
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“The Institutional
Economics of Biodiversity, Biological Materials, and Bioprospecting.”
Paper prepared for the Second International Workshop: Governance of
Biodiversity as a Global Public Good: bioprospection, intellectual
property rights, and traditional knowledge, held at Louvain-la-Neuve,
5th and 6th February 2004. |
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“Beyond Clusters:
Regional Economic Development.” Paper presented at Centre ATOM,
University of Paris, Sorbonne, March 19, 2002. |
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“Measuring
Transaction Costs and Institutional Change in the U.S. Commercial
Banking Industry.” Institute for Development Strategies Discussion
Paper ISSN 01-3. January, 2001. |
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“Sustaining
Innovation and Growth in Research-Intensive Industries: Early Stage
Finance Issues & Approaches.” Discussion paper prepared for the
Board on Science, Engineering, Technology, and Economic Policy,
National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington,
D.C. August 2000. |
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“An Institutional
Framework for Policy Analysis and Design.” With Elinor Ostrom.
Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis Working Paper No.
W98-27. June 15, 1999. |
Little Known Facts about Margaret:
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Used to jump out of
airplanes … for fun. |
| Can skate backward. |
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Rarely eats dinner
before 9:00 p.m. |
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