Notable awards Leontief Prize Role Development scholar | Name Robert Wade Alma mater University of Sussex | |
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Institutions Books Governing the Market, Robert Wade\'s Watercol, Village republics, The Attempt to Murder, Compliance Navigator: On the R | ||
Robert Hunter Wade (born 1944) is a political economy and development scholar. He is currently Professor of Political Economy and Development at the Department of International Development, London School of Economics.
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Early life
He was born in Australia to New Zealand parents. He was educated in Wellington, New Zealand, and Sussex University.
Career
He has worked at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Sussex from 1972–1995. On leave from IDS, he worked at the World Bank 1984-88; the Office of Technology Assessment (US Congress) 1988; Princeton University (Woodrow Wilson School) 1989-90; MIT (Sloan School and Political Science) 1990-91. He was professor of political economy at Brown University (Watson Institute and Political Science) 1996-99. He held fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton 1992-3, Russell Sage Foundation, New York 1997-98, and the Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin 2000-01.
He has also worked at the World Bank, 1984–1988. He has undertaken fieldwork in a range of countries including: Italy, India, Korea, Taiwan and even Pitcairn Island.
Key works
Robert Wade is author of many books and scholarly articles including:
Awards
In 2008, Wade received (jointly with José Antonio Ocampo) the Leontief Prize in recognition of his outstanding contribution to economic theory that addresses contemporary realities and supports just and sustainable societies.