Christopher Udry | |
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| Alma mater | Swarthmore College (BA); Yale University (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Development Economics |
| Institutions | Northwestern University |
| Notable students | Tavneet Suri |
Christopher R. Udry is an American economist who currently serves as King Professor of Economics at Northwestern University. Udry is the co-founder (with Dean Karlan) and current co-director of the Global Poverty Research Lab at the Kellogg School of Management. Udry's research focuses mostly on development economics, in particular rural development in Sub-Saharan Africa, to which he owes his position as one of the world's most prominent agricultural economists.[1][2]