Paul Benson

Paul Benson is the Senior Director of the Public Finance Research Cluster at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. In this role, he oversees three collaborative centers: the International Center for Public Policy (ICePP), the Center for State and Local Finance (CSLF) and the Fiscal Research Center (FRC).

Benson brings 27 years of experience in developing and managing sponsored research, executive training, and technical assistance for domestic and international partners in the field of public finance. He has led a wide range of multimillion-dollar economic, technical assistance, and training initiatives across six regions—Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean Islands, and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

His work has been conducted on behalf of major international organizations, including the Asian Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the United States Agency for International Development, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank, and various foreign governments.