OVERALL RESEARCH INTERESTS

Economics of development
Poverty and specifically chronic poverty: measurement, analysis and policy
Inequality and economic policies, including growth
Interests in other areas related to development including agriculture, trade, labour markets and statistical issues

PUBLICATIONS

"Trade Liberalisation and Poverty: The Current Evidence", Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 42, No. 1, March 2004 (with L.A. Winters and N. McCulloch).

"Assessing the Extent and Nature of Chronic Poverty in Low Income Countries: Issues and Evidence", World Development, Vol. 31, No. 3 (2003), pp. 425-439 (with D. Lawson).

"Relationships between household consumption and inequality in Indian States", forthcoming in Journal of Development Studies (with S. Pal).

"On Mixed Strategies for Development", Review of Development Economics, Vol. 6 (2002), No. 3, pp. 303-313 (with C. Milner).

"Assessing the Impact of Fiscal Poverty on Poverty", in T. Addison and A. Roe (eds), Fiscal Policy for Development: Poverty, Reconstruction and Growth, Palgrave-Macmillan, Studies in Development Economics and Policy, 2004.

"Should the Survey Aim to Measure Total Household Income?", chapter 17 of M. Grosh and P. Glewwe (eds), Designing Household Survey Questionnaires for Developing Countries: Lessons from 15 Years of LSMS Experience, Oxford University Press for World Bank, 2000.


TEACHING

Undergraduate
Applied Development Economics (EC30025) - final year
Modern World Economy 2 (EC10009) - first year
Supervision of final year research projects (EC30032 and EC30033)
Research and presentation skills for economists (EC20046)

Postgraduate
Development and Transition 1 and 2 (EC50124 and EC50125) - MSc Economics
Economics of Development (EC50059) - Masters in International Development
PhD supervision

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