Ha-Joon Chang | |
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 Chang in 2011 | |
| Born | 7 October 1963[1] Seoul, South Korea |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Development economics |
| Institution | SOAS University of London |
| School or tradition | Institutional economics |
| Alma mater | |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Rowthorn John Hicks |
| Influences | Robert Rowthorn Joseph Stiglitz |
| Awards | Gunnar Myrdal Prize 2003, Wassily Leontief Prize 2005 |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 장하준 |
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| Hanja | 張夏准 |
| Revised Romanization | Jang Hajun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chang Hachun |
| Korean pronunciation: [tɕaŋ ɦa.dʑun] | |
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Ha-Joon Chang (/tʃæŋ/; Korean: 장하준; born 7 October 1963) is a South Korean economist and academic. Chang specialises in institutional economics and development, and lectured in economics at the University of Cambridge from 1990–2021 before becoming professor of economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in 2022.[2][3] Chang is the author of several bestselling books on economics and development policy, most notably Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective (2002).[4][5][6] In 2013, Prospect magazine ranked Chang as one of the top 20 World Thinkers.[7]
Chang has served as a consultant to the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the European Investment Bank, as well as to Oxfam[8] and various United Nations agencies.[9] He is also a fellow at the Center for Economic and Policy Research[10] in Washington, D.C. In addition, Chang serves on the advisory board of Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP).
- ^ "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). African Development Bank Group. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ "Dr Ha-Joon Chang - Institute for Manufacturing (IfM)". www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
- ^ "Professor Ha-Joon Chang". SOAS. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
- ^ "Ha-Joon Chang's home page". University of Cambridge. 19 October 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2007.
- ^ "Article summarising 'Kicking Away the Ladder' book". Post-Autistic Economics Review. 14 September 2002. Retrieved 19 October 2007.
- ^ "A paper by Chang summarising much of 'Kicking Away the Ladder'". Foreign Policy in Focus. April 2003. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2007.
- ^ "World Thinkers 2013". Prospect Magazine.
- ^ Ha-Joon Chang (November 2005). "Why Developing Countries Need Tariffs? How WTO NAMA Negotiations Could Deny Developing Countries' Right To A Future" (PDF). Oxfam International/South Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2007.
- ^ Ha-Joon Chang (July 2006). "Understanding the Relationship between Institutions and Economic Development: Some Key Theoretical Issues" (PDF). The World Institute for Development Economics Research/United Nations University. Retrieved 19 October 2007.
- ^ "CEPR Senior Research Partners". Center for Economic and Policy Research. 19 October 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2007.