Marc Robinson

Marc Robinson

Partner

PFM Results Consulting, Switzerland

Dr. Marc Robinson is the author of Bigger Government: The Future of Government Expenditure in Advanced Countries, which was rated as one of the best economics books of 2020 by the Financial Times. He is a public financial management consultant specializing and has advised over thirty countries, on all continents and at all stages of development, on budgeting reforms. Marc has written extensively on budgeting issues, including influential publications on performance budgeting, fiscal policy, medium-term budgeting and spending review. In his earlier career, Marc was a senior civil servant, a professor of economics, and a staff economist at the International Monetary Fund. He is a member of the OECD's Advisory Panel on Budgeting and Public Expenditures, and a member of the Advisory Group on Public Finance of the Overseas Development Institute. He lives in Switzerland, and is a Swiss and Australian dual national. He holds a PhD from the Australian National University, a master's in economics from the University of Melbourne, and a BA (first class honors) from the University of Sydney. His website and blog are at www.pfmresults.com.