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Nonresident Senior Fellow

William Easterly

William Easterly

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development

A former World Bank economist, William Easterly is an expert on international development, long-run economic growth and the effectiveness of foreign aid. He has worked in most areas of the developing world and is also a professor of economics at New York University.



Expertise

Determinants of long-run economic growth; Effectiveness of foreign aid

Background

Current Positions
Professor of Economics at New York University, joint with Africa House (January 2003-present); Co-Director of NYU's Development Research Institute; Associate editor, Quarterly Journal of Economics, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Comparative Economics; Non-resident Fellow of the Center for Global Development

Past Positions
Institute for International Economics and Center for Global Development (2001-03); Research Economist, The World Bank (1985-2001); Teaching Assistant and Consultant to government of Jamaica, MIT (1984-85, 1983); Research Fellow, El Colegio de Mexico (1983-84); Economist for Latin American Service, Data Resources, Inc. (1980-81)

Education

Ph.D. in Economics, MIT, 1985; BA, Bowling Green State University, 1979

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