Since 1997 Bradley Babson has studied the North Korean economy and written extensively on economic perspectives on the integration of North Korea into the international community. He presently is a consultant and serves on the Advisory Committee of the National Committee for North Korea, Advisory Council of the Korea Economic Institute of America, and World Economic Forum Council on the Korean Peninsula. Mr. Babson worked for the World Bank for 26 years before retiring in 2000. Since then he has consulted for the World Bank and United Nations, been involved in projects sponsored by various institutes, foundations and universities, and served as Chair of the DPRK Economic Forum at the U.S.-Korea Institute, John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and Distinguished Lecturer in Government at Bowdoin College. Mr. Babson received his BA degree from Williams College in 1972, and MPA degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs at Princeton University.