Expertise
Developing countries; Globalization; Global poverty/foreign assistance; International economics; International organizations; Latin America; Trade
Background
Past Positions
Adviser to the Global Economy Track of the Helsinki Process on Globalization and Democracy; Research Professor of Economics and International Relations at American University; Chief Economist, United States Agency for International Development; Head of Research of the Development Centre of the OECD; Senior Staff of the Strategic Planning Unit of the World Bank; Associate Professor in the Practice of International Economics and Management at the School of Organization and Management at Yale University.
Education
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1970; B.A. Yale University, 1961
"The benefit of having a global steering group [such as the G-20], especially in times of crisis like today, is that it provides a visible locus of deliberation and decision making at the highest level. This can inspire confidence that effective action will be taken. It can help ensure that the often slow and ponderous machinery of the formal international institutions is jumpstarted and takes action with deliberate speed."