Pranab Bardhan
Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley
Prof. Bardhan has done theoretical and field studies research on rural institutions in poor countries, on political economy of development policies, and on international trade. A Cambridge University PhD, he has been at Berkeley since 1977, following teaching appointments at MIT, Indian Statistical Institute, and the Delhi School of Economics. He was the chief editor of the Journal of Development Economics for 1985-2003, and was the co-chair of the MacArthur Foundation International Research Network on "Inequality and Economic Performance," which conducted research on the interaction of economic equality and efficiency in both rich and poor countries . Bardhan is a frequent keynote speaker at international conferences. In recent years, he has given such keynote and inaugural addresses in Australia, China, India,Italy, South Africa, Turkey, U.K., and USA. He is the author of 12 books and more than 150 articles, and the editor of 12 other books. His latest book is "Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay: A Comparative Economic Assessment of the Rise of China and India", to be published by Princeton University Press.