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Robert Wade (development scholar)

Robert Wade
Born 1944
Australia
Nationality New Zealander
Fields Economic inequality, development studies, international political economy, industrial policy
Institutions London School of Economics, World Bank 1984–1988,
Institute of Development Studies 1972–1995
Alma mater Sussex University
Notable awards Leontief Prize
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Robert Hunter Wade (born 1944) is a political economy and development scholar. He is currently Professor of Political Economy and Development at the Department of International Development, London School of Economics.

He was born in Australia to New Zealand parents. He was educated in Wellington, New Zealand, and Sussex University.

He has worked at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Sussex from 1972–1995. On leave from IDS, he worked at the World Bank 1984-88; the Office of Technology Assessment (US Congress) 1988; Princeton University (Woodrow Wilson School) 1989-90; MIT (Sloan School and Political Science) 1990-91. He was professor of political economy at Brown University (Watson Institute and Political Science) 1996-99. He held fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton 1992-3, Russell Sage Foundation, New York 1997-98, and the Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin 2000-01.

He has also worked at the World Bank, 1984–1988. He has undertaken fieldwork in a range of countries including: Italy, India, Korea, Taiwan and even Pitcairn Island.

Robert Wade is author of many books and scholarly articles including:


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