In 2003, the Center formed a research advisory committee (now called the advisory group). This prestigious group includes top-flight development economists, political scientists, sociologists, as well as policy advocates and makers. Their purpose is two fold: to serve as a sounding board on the quality and logic of our research program; and to catalyze a discussion on the next big issues that our research should address. Committee members are listed below.
Masood Ahmed
Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, International Monetary Fund
Jere Behrman
Professor of Economics and Director of the Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania
Thomas Carothers
Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Kemal Dervis
Vice President and Director, Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institution
Shanta Devaranjan
Chief Economist, Africa Region, the World Bank Group
Esther Duflo
Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics, MIT; Director, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (MIT)
Kristin Forbes
Professor of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Carol Graham
Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland; Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution
Simon Johnson
Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Anne Krueger
Professor of International Economics, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Gina Lambright
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, The Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
Nancy Lee
Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Western Hemisphere, United States Department of the Treasury
David Lindauer
Stanford Calderwood Professor of Economics at Wellesley College
Mark Medish
Visiting Scholar, Senior Advisor, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Jonathan Morduch
Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University
Deepa Narayan
Senior Adviser, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network, The World Bank
Jane Nelson
Senior Fellow and Director of Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Rohini Pande
Mohammed Kamal Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Kenneth Prewitt
Carnegie Professor of Public Affairs Columbia University - School of International and Public Affairs
Lant Pritchett (currently a NRF)
Professor of the Practice of International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Dani Rodrik
Chair of the Advisory Committee; Rafiq Hariri Professor of International Political Economy, The Kennedy School of Government
David Rothkopf
Chairman and CEO, The Rothkopf Group; Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Rebecca Thornton
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Michigan
John Williamson
Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Eric Werker
Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
Ngaire Woods
Director of the Global Economic Governance Programme, Oxford University
Ernesto Zedillo
Director, Center for the Study of Globalization, Yale University