Erik Thorbecke

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Erik Thorbecke
Born	(1929-02-17) February 17, 1929 (age 95)
Nationality	American
Academic career
Field	Development Economics
Institution	Iowa State University Cornell University
Alma mater	Erasmus University Rotterdam University of California, Berkeley
Contributions	Foster Greer Thorbecke inequality measure, Social Accounting Matrix

Erik Thorbecke (born February 17, 1929) is a development economist. He is a co-originator of the widely used Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty measure and played a significant role in the development and popularization of Social Accounting Matrix. Currently, he is H. E. Babcock Professor of Economics, Emeritus, and Graduate School Professor at Cornell University.^[1]