Gregory C. Dahl

Gregory Dahl is author of "One World, One People: How Globalization is Shaping Our Future" (Wilmette, IL: Bahá’í Publishing, June 2007).

After studying economics at Harvard, he pursued a 27-year career as an economist and senior official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). With the IMF he worked with top-level government officials in different areas of the globe to try to resolve economic problems and promote development. He has lived in Haďti, Sierra Leone, Bulgaria and Madagascar as the resident representative of the IMF, and has had first-hand experience with the practical dilemmas faced by leaders as well as their human and often moral shortcomings in dealing with those dilemmas. He is a lifelong member of the Bahá’í Faith. He has traveled in over 100 countries and now lives in the Czech Republic with his family.