William Easterly is Professor of
Economics, New York University and
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Center
for Global Development and Institute
for International Economics,
Washington DC. He spent 16 years as
a research economist at the World
Bank (1985–2001). He is the author of
the acclaimed book, The Elusive Quest
for Growth: Economists’ Adventures and
Misadventures in the Tropics (MIT
Press, 2001), and numerous articles in
leading economics journals and
general interest publications. His
primary fields of interest are Africa,
economic development and growth,
macroeconomics of developing
countries, and political economy. He
has worked in many areas of the
developing world, most extensively in
Africa, Latin America and Asia. He is
associate editor of the Journal of
Development Economics and Editor of
the BE Press Journals in Economics
and Growth of Developing Areas.
He received his Ph.D. in Economics
from MIT.