Suzy Paine

Suzanne Helen Paine (10 March 1946 – 10 November 1985) was a British economist.[1] She was lecturer at the University of Cambridge, UK and a Fellow of Clare and Girton colleges.

Her subject area was development economics, particularly in the countries of Turkey, Japan, India, and China. She supported economics to have a social purpose, along with rigorous analysis.[2] She was a founder member of the editorial board of Cambridge Journal of Economics.[1] Among her doctoral students was Abhijit Sen.[3] Her work continued to be cited into the twenty-first century.

The Suzy Paine Fund was established in her memory to fund travel to Asia relevant to their studies for students in the subject area of political economy.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Suzy Paine". Cambridge Journal of Economics. 9 (4): 301. December 1985. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.cje.a035583.
  2. ^ Chakravarty, Sukhamoy (1987). "Marxist economics and contemporary developing economies". Cambridge Journal of Economics. 11 (1): 3–22.
  3. ^ Nandy, Chandan (30 August 2022). "Saluting Abhijit Sen, one of India's greatest experts on rural economy". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Suzy Paine Fund: Notice". Cambridge University Reporter. Retrieved 5 September 2022.