The Shared Societies Project
Building a World Safe for Difference
Programs
- The Shared Societies Project
- The G20 in a Post Crisis World
- Women's Political Participation and Leadership
- Energy and Climate Change
- Global Leadership for Haiti Reconstruction
- Political Leadership for Democratic Transition in Kyrgyzstan
- Freedom of Association in the MENA
- The Political Dimensions of the World Economic Crisis
- Political Leadership for Democratic Development
- Democracy, Security and Terrorism
- General Assemblies and Annual Conferences
William Easterly
Professor of Economics at New York University, joint with Africa House, and Co-Director of NYU’s Development Research Institute. Fellow of the Centre for Global Development
William Easterly is Professor of Economics at New York University, joint with Africa House, and Co-Director of NYU’s Development Research Institute. He is also a Fellow of the Centre for Global Development. Easterly received his Ph.D. in Economics at MIT. He was a Research Economist at the World Bank, and is the author and co-editor of a number of books in addition to having published 48 journal articles. Easterly's areas of expertise are the determinants of long-run economic growth and the effectiveness of foreign aid. Easterly is an associate editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Journal of Economic Growth, and of the Journal of Development Economics.