Musharraf Cyan
Senior Research Associate (Affiliated)- Biography
Dr. Musharraf Cyan is an Affiliated Senior Research Associate with the International Center of Public Policy at the Andrew Young School Public Policy of the Georgia State University and consultant on evaluation, intergovernmental fiscal relations, fiscal federalism, and state and local finance.
He worked 20 years in the areas of public services, fiscal decentralization, tax reform and development planning, recently moving his research into public health with a focus on designing and assessing the efficacy of solutions to address achievement lags in health outcomes for underserved populations.
Cyan’s research interests are global health, innovations in service delivery, development economics and public sector reform. He has consulted for organizations including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and United Nations and has worked as a local administrator and chief economist in Pakistan. He has also worked on public sector reform and policy in Nepal, Egypt, Macedonia, Nigeria and Rwanda.
Cyan also holds a degree in medicine from King Edward Medical University, Pakistan, and a master’s degree from University College, London.