Michael Clemens
ExpertiseEconomic growth and development; foreign aid effectiveness; economic history, international migration InitiativesEngaging Fragile States, Migration and Development, Zimbabwe's Crisis and FutureResearch TopicsAid Effectiveness, Capital Flows/ Financial Crises, Economic Growth, Inequality, Migration and Population, Millennium Development GoalsEducationPh.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 BackgroundMichael Clemens currently investigates the effects of skilled-worker emigration on developing countries. Together with Nancy Birdsall, he leads CGD's Migration and Development Initiative. He studies skilled professionals from Africa and the South Pacific, and what happens in their home countries after they leave. He joined the Center after completing his PhD in Economics at Harvard, where his fields were Development and Public Finance, and he wrote his dissertation in Economic History. The central question of all his research is what the past experience of today's rich countries can teach about the future of today's poor countries. Under this broad umbrella, 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, and currently serves as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Public Policy Institute. He has lived and worked in Brazil, Colombia, and Turkey. Non-CGD PublicationsMichael 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 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," (PDF) 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. |
