Professor Tony Addison is Chief Economist and Deputy Director of the UN University's World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in Helsinki, Finland. He was previously Professor of Development Studies, University of Manchester; Executive Director of the Brooks World Poverty Institute (BWPI), University of Manchester (from 2006-2009); Associate Director of the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC); and Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER. His books include: From Conflict to Recovery in Africa (Oxford University Press), Making Peace Work: The Challenges of Economic and Social Reconstruction (Palgrave Macmillan), and Poverty Dynamics: A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective (Oxford University Press). He was a lead author for The Chronic Poverty Report 2008-09: Escaping Poverty Traps.
Tony Addison is editor of WIDERAngle.
Tony
Addison
Chief Economist and Deputy Director
Contact information
UNU-WIDER
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B
FI-00160 Helsinki, Finland
Telephone: +358-(0)9-615 9911
Direct: +358-(0)9-615 99215
Fax: +358-(0)9-615 99333
Email: addison(at)wider.unu.edu
Research projects:
- Development Aid: A Fresh Look
- Information Technology and Global Economic Development
- Innovative Sources for Development Finance (with UN Desa)
- Institional Capabilities, Reform Ownership and Development in SSA
- International Mobility of Talent
- Jubilee Conference - WIDER Thinking Ahead: the Future of Development Economics
- Making Peace Work: Conflict and Post Conflict societies
- New Fiscal Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction
- ReCom - Environment and Climate Change
- ReCom - Social Sectors
- ReCom Growth & Employment
- ReCom – Research and Communication on Foreign Aid
- Reconstruction in Conflict and Post-Conflict Societies
- Rising Income Inequality and Poverty Reduction: Are They Compatible?
- Sharing Global Prosperity Conference
- The Sustainability of External Development Financing
- Underdevelopment, Transition & Reconstruction
- Why Some Countries Avoid Conflicts while Others Fail
UNU-WIDER Publications:
- Africa's Recovery from Conflict: Making Peace Work for the Poor
- Agricultural Development for Peace
- Aid, Debt Relief and New Sources of Finance for Meeting the Millennium Development Goals
- Article: The Triple Crisis and the Global Aid Architecture
- By How Much Does Conflict Reduce Financial Development?
Full CV
Curriculum vitae; Tony Addison
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Further reading:
Perspectives for Busan: from ReCom
WIDERAngle October 2011.
The View from Buenos Aires
WIDERAngle September 2011.
The Macroeconomic Management of Foreign Aid
Tony Addison, Tseday Mekasha, Milla Nyyssölä, Lucy Scott, Finn Tarp, Tuuli Ylinen (WIDERAngle January 2012).
Redefining Poverty in China and India: What Does This Mean for the Fight Against Global Poverty? Part I
Tony Addison and Miguel Niño-Zarazúa (WIDERAngle January 2012).