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Ravi KanburT. H. Lee Professor of World Affairs, International Professor of Applied Economics and Management, and Professor of Economics Areas of ExpertisePublic Economics, Development Economics
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Ravi Kanbur is T. H. Lee Professor of World Affairs, International Professor of Applied Economics and Management, and Professor of Economics at Cornell University. He holds an appointment tenured both in the Department of Applied Economics and Management in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and in the Department of Economics in the College of Arts and Sciences.
He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Cambridge and a doctorate in economics from the University of Oxford. He has taught at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Essex, Warwick, Princeton and Columbia.
Ravi Kanbur has also served on the staff of the World Bank, as Economic Adviser, Senior Economic Adviser, Resident Representative in Ghana, Chief Economist of the African Region of the World Bank, and Principal Adviser to the Chief Economist of the World Bank.
Professor Kanbur's main areas of interest are public economics and development economics. His work spans conceptual, empirical, and policy analysis. He is particularly interested in bridging the worlds of rigorous analysis and practical policy making. His vita lists over 125 publications, covering topics such as risk taking, inequality, poverty, structural adjustment, debt, agriculture, and political economy. He has published in the leading economics journals such as American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Economic Theory, and Economic Journal.
The honors he has received include the Quality of Research Discovery Award of the American Agricultural Economics Association and an Honorary Professorship at the University of Warwick.
Teaching
AEM
6670: Topics in Economic
Development
AEM
7350: Public Finance:
Resource Allocation and
Fiscal Policy
Selected Publications
“The Race to the Bottom, From the Bottom” (with N. Chau), Economica, 2006.
“Fifty Years of Regional Inequality in China: A Journey Through Revolution, Reform and Openness” (with X. Zhang), Review of Development Economics, 2005.
“Migration Selectivity and the Evolution of Spatial Inequality,” (with H. Rapoport), Journal of Economic Geography, 2005.
Public Finance and Development (co-editor with M. Keen), Special Issue of Journal of Public Economics, 2005.
Growing Inequality in China (co-editor with G. Wan and X. Zhang), Special Issue of Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 2005.
“Stable Partnerships and Local Public Goods” (with S. Clark), European Economic Review, 2004.
“On Obnoxious Markets,” in S. Cullenberg and P. Pattanaik (eds.), Globalization, Culture, and the Limits of the Market: Essays in Economics and Philosophy, Oxford University Press, 2004.
“IFI'S and IPG's: Operational Implications for the World Bank,” in Ariel Bura (ed.), Challenges to the IMF and the World Bank, Anthem Press, 2003.
“A Note on Public Goods Dependency” (with D. Pottebaum), Economics Letters, 2002.
Economics, Social Science and Development, World Development, 2002.
“Economic Policy, Distribution and Poverty: The Nature of Disagreements,” World Development, 2001.
Professional Activities
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Editorial Board, Review
of Development Economics
• Editorial Board, Revue
d'Economie du Developpment
• Editorial Board,
Journal of African
Economies
Awards and Honors
• Quality of Research
Discovery, American Agricultural Economics Association
• Honorary Professorship, University of Warwick
Visiting Positions
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Visiting Professor, Columbia University
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Senior Visitor, Nuffield College, St. Anthony's College
and Center for the Study of African Economies, University
of Oxford
• Visiting Professor,
Princeton University
Education
D. Phil., University of
Oxford, 1981
B.A., University of Cambridge, 1975
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