Research Areas
Industrial development; Asian and Arab Economies, productivity; industrial policy; competitiveness; foreign aid; technology transfer
Current Projects
Evaluation of the impact of government economic intervention in selected Asian countries. Productivity in African manufacturing.
Representative Publications
(with M. Noland)
"The Arab Economies in a Changing World." Peterson Institute for International Economics (2007).
(with M. Noland)
"Industrial Policy in an Era of Globalization: Lessons from Asia." Institute for International Economics (2003).
(with Kamal Saggi)
“The Case for Industrial Policy: a critical survey.” World Bank Research Observer (2006).
(with K. Saggi)
“Vertical Technology Transfer, Diffusion, and Competition.” Journal of Development Economics 389-416
(August 2000).
(with S. Devarajan and W. Easterly)
"Low Investment is Not the Constraint on African Development." Economic Development and Cultural Change (April 2003).
(with J.M. Page)
"Accumulation, Exports, and Growth in the High Performance Asian Economies." Carnegie Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy 40 (1994).
(with J.R. Pack)
"Foreign Aid and the Question of Fungibility." Review of Economics and Statistics (l993) 258-65.
Education
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; BBA, The City College of New York
Recent Consulting
The World Bank; United Nations Development Program. Current Projects: Analysis of the Arab Economies; Evaluation of the impact of government economic intervention in selected Asian countries; Productivity in African manufacturing.
Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1988-present. University of Pennsylvania: 1986-present (Director, Program in International Development and Appropriate Technology, 1986-94). Previous appointments: Swarthmore College; Yale University
Professional Leadership 2005-2009
Board of Editors, World Bank Research Observer, World Development, Journal of Development Economics
