Research Topics
Aid Effectiveness, Capital Flows/Financial Crises, Economic Growth, Fragile States, Global Health Policy, Inequality, Migration and Development, Population and Development
Education
Ph.D. (2002), Harvard University, Economics; M.A. (1997), The Johns Hopkins University, Geography and Environmental Engineering; B.S. (1994), California Institute of Technology, Engineering and Applied Science
Background
Michael Clemens leads the Migration and Development initiative at the Center for Global Development. His current research focuses on the effects of international migration on people from and in developing countries. Michael joined the Center after completing his PhD in Economics at Harvard, where his fields were economic development and public finance, and he wrote his dissertation in economic history. In addition to his work at CGD he serves as an Affiliated Associate Professor of Public Policy at Georgetown University. His past writings have focused on the effects of foreign aid, determinants of capital flows and the effects of tariff policy in the 19th century and the historical determinants of school system expansion. Clemens has served as a consultant for the World Bank, Bain & Co., the Environmental Defense Fund, and the United Nations Development Program. He has lived and worked in Brazil, Colombia, and Turkey.
Full CV
Non-CGD Publications
- Michael A. Clemens (2010), “Let them leave: Why migration is the best solution for Haiti's recovery”, Foreign Policy, January 27.
- Michael A. Clemens (2010), “To help Haiti's earthquake victims, change U.S. immigration laws”, Washington Post, January 24, page B2.
- Michael A. Clemens (2010), “Heath Worker Migration: Disease or Symptom?” Global Health, Winter issue.
- Michael A. Clemens and David McKenzie (2009), “Think Again: Brain Drain”, Foreign Policy, October 22.
- Michael A. Clemens (2009), "Thesis of a rigid revivalist: Review of Dead Aid by Dambisa Moyo”, Finance and Development, 46 (3): 53-54.
- Michael A. Clemens and Lant Pritchett (2008), "Income Per Natural: Measuring Development for People rather than Places", Population and Development Review, 34 (3): 395-434.
- Michael A. Clemens and Gunilla Pettersson (2008), "New data on African health professionals abroad", Human Resources for Health 6:1.
- Michael A. Clemens (2007), "Smart Samaritans: Is there a third way in the development debate?" Foreign Affairs, 86(5): 132-140.
- Michael A. Clemens and Todd J. Moss (2007), "The ghost of 0.7%: Origins and relevance of the international aid target", International Journal of Development Issues 6(1): 3-25.
- Michael A. Clemens, Charles Kenny, and Todd J. Moss (2007), "The trouble with the MDGs: Confronting expectations of aid and development success", World Development, 35(5): 735-751.
- Michael A. Clemens and Todd J. Moss (2006), "Le mythe des 0,7% : origines et pertinence de la cible fixée pour l’aide internationale au développement", Afrique Contemporaine 219: 173-201.
- Michael A. Clemens, Steven Radelet, and Rikhil Bhavnani (2005), "Aid and Growth: New evidence shows that aid flows aimed at growth have produced results", Finance and Development 42 (3): 16-20.
- Michael A. Clemens and Jeffrey G. Williamson (2004), "Why Did the Tariff-Growth Correlation Reverse after 1950?" Journal of Economic Growth, 9 (1): 5-46.
- Michael A. Clemens and Jeffrey G. Williamson (2004), "Wealth Bias in the First Global Capital Market Boom, 1870-1913", Economic Journal, 114 (April): 304-337
- Michael A. Clemens and Jeffrey G. Williamson (2002), "Closed Jaguar, Open Dragon: Comparing Tariffs in Latin America and Asia before World War II", Working Paper 9401, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA.
- Kirk Hamilton and Michael A. Clemens (1999), "Genuine Savings Rates in Developing Countries", World Bank Economic Review, 13(2): 333-356.
- Michael A. Clemens, Charles R. ReVelle, and Justin Williams (1999), "Reserve Design for Species Preservation", European Journal of Operational Research, 112(2): 273-283.
- CW Lehman, M Clemens, DK Worthylake, JK Trautman, and D Carroll (1993), "Homologous and illegitimate recombination in developing Xenopus oocytes and eggs", Molecular and Cellular Biology, 13(11): 6897-6906.
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