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 series of G-20 summits since November 2008 to the upcoming summit in Pittsburgh reveal a gradual increase in the reach of G-20 efforts in addressing broader issues. In less than a year, three G-20 summits will have occurred in which the financial crisis, economic recovery, international institutional reform and climate change will have been addressed and specifications will have been prepared."