Advisory Group

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

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