Dr. Neil McCulloch, is an economist and a Director of The Policy Practice – a UK-based consultancy focussed on political economy analysis.  His main area of focus is on the political economy of fossil fuel subsidy reform. He has worked on subsidy reform in many countries, including: Indonesia, India, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Nigeria, and Zambia. He was previously the Lead Economist for the Australian aid agency in Indonesia, a senior economist in the World Bank and a Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies in the UK.