John Toye (economist)

John Toye
John Toye
Born	7 October 1942
Died	12 November 2021 (aged 79)
Spouse	Janet Toye
Children	Richard Toye,[1] Eleanor Toye Scott
Academic career
Field	Development economics
Institutions	Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford

John Francis Joseph Toye (7 October 1942 – 12 November 2021) was a British development economist and political economist who served as a director at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex and at the Centre for the Study of African Economies at the University of Oxford. As a development economist, he studied the impact of multinational agencies like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund on developing economies. Toye is credited with the shaping of development studies as a discipline including serving as the president of UK's Development Studies Association.

Some of Toye's prominent works included Dilemmas of Development (1987) and Aid and Power (1991).