Steven Radelet

Steven Radelet
NationalityAmerican
Academic career
FieldInternational Development, Macroeconomics, Economic Growth, Foreign Aid
InstitutionGeorgetown University
Alma materCentral Michigan University Harvard University

Steven Radelet is an American economist working within the field of International Development. He holds the Donald F. McHenry Chair in Global Human Development and is also the Director of the Global Human Development Program (GHDP) at Georgetown University, a program of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.[1][2]

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia called Radelet "one of the leading development thinkers and practitioners in the world today."[3] He has worked as an adviser to governments, in academia at Georgetown and Harvard University, and in senior-level U.S. government positions at USAID, the State Department and the Treasury. In addition to his experience as a practitioner, he has published and contributed to a number of books and articles in academic journals and fora.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ "Global Human Development Program - Georgetown University". Georgetown.edu. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  2. ^ "Ebola crisis affects African economy,health-care system". Scripps Howard Foundation Wire - News, Politics, Washington D.C. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  3. ^ Steven Radelet (10 November 2015). The Great Surge: The Ascent of the Developing World. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4767-6480-1.
  4. ^ "Steven Radelet". Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  5. ^ Patrick McGroarty (22 May 2013). "World Bank Plans $1 Billion for Congo". WSJ. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  6. ^ Melanie Nakagawa. "The Millennium Challenge Account: A Critical Look at the Newly Focused Development Approach and its Potential Impact on the U.S Agency for International Development" (PDF). Digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu. Retrieved 2015-07-28.