From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Wade (development scholar)
Robert Wade (development scholar)
Robert Hunter Wade is a New Zealand born Professor of
Political Economy and Development at the Development
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Studies Institute (DESTIN), London School of Econom- [1] ^ http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/DESTIN/
ics. He was educated in Washington, New Zealand, and whosWho/wader.htm Development Studies
Sussex University and worked at the IDS, Sussex from Institute (DESTIN) Robert Wade
1972-95. He has also worked at the World Bank, 1984-88.
He has undertaken fieldwork in a range of countries in-
cluding: Italy, India, Korea, Taiwan and even Pitcairn Is-
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land.[1] http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/DESTIN/whosWho/
wader.htm Development Studies Institute (DESTIN)
Robert Wade
Key works http://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/index.cfm?P=9871
Robert Wade is author of many books and scholarly arti- The Centre for Cultural Inquiry (CCI) at the University of
cles including: Auckland
• (1982) Irrigation and Politics in South Korea
• (1988, 1994) Village Republics: The Economic
Conditions of Collective Action in India
Website
• (1990, 2003) Governing the Market: Economic Theory http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/DESTIN/whosWho/
and the Role of Government in East Asia’s wader.htm
Industrialization (this won the American Political Persondata
Science Association’s award of Best Book in Political Name Wade, Robert
Economy, 1992)[1]
Alternative names
Short description
Awards Date of birth
Recipient in 2008 (jointly with José Antonio Ocampo) of
Place of birth
the Leontief Prize in recognition of his outstanding con-
tribution to economic theory that addressed contempo- Date of death
rary realities and supported just and sustainable soci- Place of death
eties.[1]
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