Augustin Fosu is Deputy Director, UN University-WIDER, Helsinki, Finland; honorary CSAE Research Associate, University of Oxford; honorary BWPI Research Associate, University of Manchester; and honorary RDRC Research Fellow, University of California-Berkeley. Previous positions include Senior Policy Advisor/Chief Economist, UN Economic Commission for Africa, and Director of Research, African Economic Research Consortium. He holds a PhD in economics from Northwestern University, USA. He has published widely, with some rankings listing him among the 'top 500 economists' globally. Professor Fosu is co-editor of the Journal of African Economies (Oxford) and serves on the editorial boards of several other journals, including: Feminist Economics, Journal of Development Studies, Oxford Development Studies, World Bank Economic Review, and World Development.
Augustin Kwasi
Fosu
Deputy Director
Contact information
UNU-WIDER
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B
FI-00160 Helsinki, Finland
Telephone: +358-(0)9-615 9911
Fax: +358-(0)9-615 99333
Research projects:
- African Development: Myths and Realities
- Country Role Models for Development Success
- Impact of Globalization on the World’s Poor
- New Directions in Development Economics
- New Directions in Development Economics (2008)
- ReCom - Social Sectors
- ReCom Growth & Employment
- ReCom – Research and Communication on Foreign Aid
UNU-WIDER Publications:
- Achieving Development Success: Strategies and Lessons from the Developing World
- Achieving Development Success: Strategies and Lessons from the Developing World
- Country Role Models for Development Success: The Ghana Case
- Development Success: Historical Accounts from More Advanced Countries
- Development Success: Historical Accounts from More Advanced Countries
Full CV
Curriculum vitae; Augustin Kwasi Fosu
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Further reading:
Africa's Economic Future: Learning from the Past.pdf
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