Erik Thorbecke

H.E. Babcock Professor of Economics & Food Economics, Emeritus

Graduate School Professor

Cornell University

 

 

Recent Activities and Conferences

Co-coordinator (with Germano Mwabu) of a large scale Collaborative Program of Research and Training on "Poverty, Income Distribution and Labor Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa" under the auspices of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC). After having completed Phase 1 of this Program (1997-2002) we have now embarked on Phase 2 (2002- ). Twelve national research teams have completed comprehensive reports on various dimensions of poverty in their respective countries. For information on the research contributions of this project in Phase 1 see Recent Books and Papers.

Co-director of a program of research on "The Impact of Globalization on the World's Poor" under the auspices of UNU-WIDER. So far two major conferences have been organized. The first conference on this topic was held at WIDER in Helsinki in October of 2004. It was conceptual in nature and explored the links through which globalization ultimately affects poverty. Papers were presented, among others, by Kaushik Basu, Pranab Bardhan, and Martin Ravallion. A Special Issue of World Development containing 8 of the papers is forthcoming. A second conference which focused on Asia was held in Tokyo, April 25-26, 2005 and co sponsored by UNU and JICA. Papers were presented among others by Yujiro Hayami, Justin Lin and Nanak Kakwani. Both sets of conference papers are presently available as WIDER Discussion Papers. The next two conferences will focus on Africa and Latin America, respectively. The African conference is scheduled for December 1 and 2, 2005 in Johannesburg and will be under the auspices of WIDER in collaboration with TIPS, DPRU and AERC. The Latin American Conference is planned for summer 2006 in Rio. For more information on these conferences check WIDER's web page.

 

Entry in Who's Who in America:

economics educator; b. Berlin, Feb. 17, 1929; s. William and Madelaine (Salisbury) T.; m. Charla J. Westerberg, Oct. 17, 1954; children: Erik Charles, Willem, Jon. Student, Netherlands Sch. Econs., Rotterdam, 1948-51; PhD, U. Calif., 1957; hon. doctorate, U. Ghent, 1981. Asst. prof. econs. Iowa State U., 1957-60, assoc. prof., 1960-63, prof., 1963-73; prof. Cornell U., 1974+13, chmn. dept. econs., 1975-78, H.E. Babcock prof. econs. and food econs., 1978+13; econ. adviser Nat. Planning Inst., Lima, Peru, 1963-64; asso. asst. adminstr. for program policy AID, Washington, 1966-68, mem. research advisory com., 1976-81; sr. economist world employment program Internat. Labor Office, Geneva, 1972-73; vis. prof. Erasmus U., Rotterdam, 1980-81; mem. com. on internat. nutritional programs NRC-NAS, 1979-81; dir. program on comparative econ. devel., Cornell U., 1988^; sr. rsch. fellow USAID Inst. Policy Reform, 1990^. Author: The Tendency Towards Regionalization in International Trade, 1960, (with Irma Adelman) Theory and Design of Economic Development, 1966, (with K. Fox, J. Sengupta) Theory of Quantitative Economic Policy, 1968, Role of Agriculture in Economic Development, 1968, (with G. Pyatt) Planning Techniques for a Better Future, 1976; (with J. Defourny) Structural Path Analysis and Multiplier Decomposition within a Social Matrix, 1984, (with J. Foster, J. Greer) A Class of Decomposable Poverty Measures, 1984, (with J. Lecaillon, C. Morrisson) Economic Policies and Agricultural Performance of Low Income Countries, 1987, Planning Techniques for Social Justice In: The Balance between Industry and Agriculture in Economic Development, vol. 4, 1989, (with I. Adelman) The Role of Institutions in Economic Development, Special Issue of World Development, 1989, (with others) Adjustment and Equity in Indonesia, 1992, (with D. Berrian) Budgetary Rules to Minimize Societal Poverty in a General Equilibrium Context, 1992, (with T. van der Pluijm) Rural Indonesia: Socio-economic Development in a Changing Environment, 1993, (with A. de Janvry and E. Sadoulet) Impact of State and Civil Institutions on the Operation of Rural Market and Non-Market Configurations In: State, Market and civil Organizations: New Theories, New Practices, and Their Implications for Rural Development, 1995, (with A. Parikh) Impact of Rural Industrialization on Village Life and Economy: A Social Accounting Matrix, 1996, (with H-S Jung) A Multiplier Decomposition Method to Analyze Poverty Alleviation, 1996, (with others) Methods of Interregional and Regional Analysis, 1998, (with H. Wan) Taiwan's Development Experience: Lessons on Roles of Government and Market, 1999; contbr. articles to profl. jours. Mem. Am. Econ. Assn., Am. Assn. Agrl. Econs. (Nat. award for best pub. research 1970). Home: 108 N Sunset Dr Ithaca NY 14850-1460 Office: Cornell U Dept Econs Ithaca NY 14853

 

 


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