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Thandika Mkandawire is a Swedish economist and public intellectual of Malawian descent who is currently a Chair of African Development and professor of African Development at the London School of Economics He is a widely published scholar on the social sciences in Africa. His research focus in development theory and economic and social policy.

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Personal life

He was born in Malawi and then moved abroad for college.

Career

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Mkandawire received his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in Economics at Ohio State University. Mkandawire has worked as a professor at the Universities of Stockholm and Zimbabwe. He later served as a Director of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development and Director of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa CODESRIA. He is on the board of the social Science Research Council.

Publications

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  • Mkandawire, Thandika ed. 2004 Social Policy in a Development Context. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Mkandawire, Thandika, 2007. "Targeting and Universalism in Poverty Reduction," in Policy Matters: Economic and Social Policies to sustain equitable development. Jose Antonio Ocampo, Jomo K. Sundaram and Sarbuland Khan eds. Hyderabad/London/Penang: Orient/Longmans/Zed Books/TWN.
  • Mkandawire, Thandika, forthcoming. "Institutional Monocropping and Monotasking in Africa," in Privatization: Successes and Failures. Akbar Noman and Joseph Stiglitz eds. London: Cambridge University Press.
  • Mkandawire, Thandika, 2005 African Intellectuals: Rethinking Politics, Language, Gender and Development Zed Books.

  • Thandika Mkandawire Mapungubwe Institute Inaugural Annual Lecture by Prof Thandika

    Thandika Mkandawire Interview with Thandika Mkandawire upon his retirement YouTube

    References

    Thandika Mkandawire Wikipedia


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