Mohammad Aman Farahi is an economist with over a decade of experience in international development and public finance. He has served in key roles as the Director of Public Investment Management at the Ministry of Finance, country economist with the World Bank, and senior economist with the United Nations Development Program in Afghanistan.

He holds a master’s degree from the Barcelona School of Economics and a second master’s degree from Duke University specializing in Public Financial Management.

Aman has contributed to several publicly available policy and analytical notes, including the World Bank's Development Updates for Afghanistan 2015-2017, the Fiduciary assessment for the Ministry of Finance 2019, Afghanistan’s National Budget 2018 and 2019, the European Union Budget Support Operation third-party review 2020, and recent articles with the NYU.

Aman is currently a part-time consultant with both the IFC and the World Bank in Washington D.C. doing economic analysis of development projects.