Douglas Diamond
Independent Consultant

Dr. Diamond has spent 14 years as a full-time independent consultant specializing in housing and housing finance issues in developing countries. He has worked in all parts of the world, including extensively in European countries transitioning from Communism, including Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, and Ukraine, in Africa (Ghana, South Africa, Tanzania), Asia (India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Vietnam), the Middle East (Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Gaza/West Bank), Latin America (Brazil, Chile, Suriname) and the Caribbean (Barbados).

His expertise derives from this wide range of experience in developing countries and from long involvement in all aspects of U.S. housing research, including as a policy analyst at HUD and professor of Economics. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago. His e-mail address is DDiam3228@aol.com.