Geir Lie is an Economist with The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH). He specializes in work on accountability, and finance and economics. Geir joined PMNCH from the Department of Health Systems Governance and Financing at the World Health Organization in Geneva, where his work centered on resource tracking for health. Prior to WHO, Geir was a Senior Analyst for Abt Associates, where he focused on health accounts and costing. Geir has experience as a Coordinator for the Innovation Working Group of the UN Secretary General’s Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health where he analysed areas of innovative approaches responsible for making cost-effective contributions to health care systems around the world. He also worked for the Health, Nutrition, and Population Anchor of the World Bank where he assessed fiscal space for health, analysed the impact of the financial crisis on health expenditures and health outcomes, and examined data on development assistance for reproductive health and nutrition. Geir holds a Master’s degree in Health Economics and a BA in Economics from the University of Oslo.