Wade, Robert


Professor Robert Wade  

Department

Position held

Development Studies Institute (DESTIN)

Professor of Political Economy and Development

Experience keywords:

international NGOs; economic growth; industrial and technology policy; inequality; East Asian development; International Monetary Fund; World Trade Organisation; World Bank; international environmental politics; multilateral economic organisations; globalisation

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I am interested in how to improve the development prospects of developing countries in today's globalized world; and especially in the international system of rules, regimes, and organizations which bear upon their development prospects. Hence interested in economic growth, income distribution, and poverty. The working of international capital markets and their propensity to crisis. International environmental politics. The possibilities of national industrial and technology policies. East Asian development, looked at through the lens of the theory developed in Governing the Market. The ideas and inner workings of the World Bank, the IMF and the WTO. The autonomy and accountability of international organizations in general.

Countries and regions to which research relates:

South East Asia; East Asia; China; Asia

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

020 7955 7351

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2007

Wade, Robert Hunter (2007) Globalization, growth, poverty and inequality. In: Ravenhill, J, (ed.) Global political economy. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199292035

2004

Wade, Robert Hunter (2004) Is globalization reducing poverty and inequality? World development, 32 (4). pp. 567-589. ISSN 0305-750X

Wade, Robert Hunter (2004) The ringmaster of Doha. New left review, 25 (January-February). pp. 146-152. ISSN 0028-6060

Wade, Robert Hunter (2004) On the causes of increasing world poverty and inequality, or why the Matthew effect prevails. New political economy, 9 (2). pp. 163-188. ISSN 1356-3467

2003

Wade, Robert Hunter (2003) The invisible hand of the American empire. Ethics & international affairs, 17 (2). pp. 77-88. ISSN 0892-6794

Wade, Robert Hunter (2003) What strategies are viable for developing countries today? The World Trade Organization and the shrinking of 'development space'. Review of international political economy, 10 (4). pp. 621-644. ISSN 0969-2290

2002

Wade, Robert Hunter (2002) Bridging the digital divide: new route to development or new form of dependency? Global governance, 8 (4). pp. 443-466. ISSN 1075-2846

Wade, Robert Hunter (2002) US hegemony and the World Bank: the fight over people and ideas. Review of international political economy, 9 (2). pp. 215-243. ISSN 0969-2290

2001

Wade, Robert Hunter (2001) The rising inequality of world income distribution. Finance & development, 38 (4). ISSN 0145-1707

Wade, Robert Hunter (2001) Winners and losers: the global distribution of income is becoming more unequal: that should be a matter of greater concern than it is. The economist, 359 (8219). pp. 93-97. ISSN 0013-0613

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