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CURRICULUM VITAE
HOWARD STEIN, Ph.D.
Status: U.S. Citizen; Canadian Citizen
Email: howstein@umich.edu
CURRENT POSITIONS
Professor
Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (CAAS)
University of Michigan
4700 Haven Hall
505 S. State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Tel: (734) 763-5519
Fax: (734) 763-0543
Adjunct Professor
Dept. of Epidemiology
University of Michigan
FIELDS
Economic Development
International Finance
Political Economy
EDUCATION
University of California, Riverside,
1977-1983
Ph.D. (Economics)
(Dissertation: “National Planning and Development: The Case of Tanzania”)
University of Ottawa
1975-1977
M.A. (Economics)
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University of Toronto
1971-1975
Honors B.A.
(Economics)
Department of Afroamerican and African Studies
(DAAS) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Sept. 2006-
Professor
Dept. of Epidemiology,
School of Public Health
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Sept., 2006-
Adjunct Professor
Center For Global Health
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
October, 2010-
Faculty Associate
International Policy Center
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Nov., 2006-
Faculty Associate
Royal Netherlands Institute for
Southeast Asian and Caribbean
Studies(KITLV)Leiden, Netherlands
Sept., 2009August, 2010
Visiting Fellow
Dept. of Epidemiology,
School of Public Health and
Center for Afroamerican and African Studies
(CAAS)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Sept., 2003August, 2006
Visiting Professor
School of Policy Studies/Dept. of Economics
Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
September, 1983April, 1988
Assistant Professor
April, 1988April, 1997
Associate Professor
with tenure
April, 1997August, 2004
Full Professor
Fall, 1998
Visiting Scholar
ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES
French
ACADEMIC AND OTHER POSITIONS
School of Oriental and African Studies,
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University of London, London, United Kingdom
Institute of Economic Research,
Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo,
Japan
June, 1995May, 1996
Visiting Professor
School of International Service,
American University,Washington, D.C.
January, 1995May, 1995
Visiting Scholar
Center for Research on Economic Development,
University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI
October, 1990May, 1991
Rackham Visiting
Scholar
Department of Economics
University of Dar Es Salaam,
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
July, 1980May, 1982
Lecturer
Institute of Development Studies,
University of Sussex,
Sussex, United Kingdom
October, 1979May, 1980
Study Fellow
Department of Economics
University of California,
Riverside, California
April, 1978June, 1979
Teaching Assistant
Department of Economics
University of California,
Riverside, California
April, 1978June, 1979
Research Assistant
Urban Affairs Ministry, Federal Government
of Canada
Ottawa, Canada
May, 1977August, 1977
Resource Economist
Department of Economics
Carleton University,
Ottawa, Canada
September, 1975May, 1977
TeachingAssistant/
Course Coordinator
Dun and Bradstreet,
Toronto, Canada
June, 1975August, 1975
Business Reporter
COURSES TAUGHT
Courses at the University of Michigan
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Reading Africa-Freshman Seminar (Undergrad)
Proseminar on Interdisciplinary Approaches to African Studies (Graduate)
History of African Economic Development (Undergrad)
Africa and Postwar Development Theory and Policy (Undergrad)
Globalization and African Health (Undergrad)
Introduction to Globalization and Health
(Introductory course for Globalization and Health Interdepartmental Concentration) (Grad
Globalization and Health
(Capstone Course Globalization and Health Interdepartmental Concentration) (Grad)
Health and Socio-economic Development/Health and African Development (Grad)
(Currently serving on four Ph.D. dissertation committees)
Courses Taught in the Past at Other Universities
Introductory Macroeconomics (Undergrad)
Intermediate Macroeconomics (Undergrad)
Economic Policy and Planning (Undergrad)
Comparative Economic Systems (Grad-Undergrad)
Economic Development and Underdevelopment (Grad-Undergrad)
International Finance and Balance of Payments (Grad-Undergrad)
International Trade and Multinational Corporations (Grad-Undergrad)
African Economic Development (Grad)
Macroeconomics for MBA's (Grad)
(Also thesis supervision of M.A. and Ph.D. students)
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FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
Individual Grants
Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies
Leiden, Netherlands
Tracking Development Project
Sponsored by Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Government of the Netherlands
Senior Visiting Fellowship
June, 2008
March, 2010
Department of Economic and Social Affairs,
United Nations New York
Background Research to the World Economic and Social
Survey, 2006
February, 2006
University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program
“Health and African Development”
2003-2004,
Roosevelt University,
Chicago, IL
Summer Research Grant
“Pathways to African Development: Beyond Structural
Adjustment”
Summer, 2003
United Nations Development Program (UNDP),
Evaluation of Tenth Anniversary Declaration of the
Tokyo International Conference on African Development
(TICAD), for Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
2004-2005
January, 2003
United States Department of State
Speaker and Specialist Grant for Nigeria
Project No. 15181
September, 2002
Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL
“Summer Research Grant”
“Globalization and Industrial Trade Policy in Vietnam”
Summer, 2002
Roosevelt University
Summer, 2001
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Chicago, IL
“Summer Research Grant”
“Financial Liberalization and the Jamaican Economy:
An Empirical and Theoretical Inquiry”
United States Information Agency
Speaker and Specialist Grant for Jamaica
Project No. 8475
September, 1999
United States Information Agency
Speaker and Specialist Grant for East Africa
Project No. 4842
May, 1999
Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL
“Competitive Leave Grants”
Research on rational choice and the work of
Robert Bates
Fall, 1990
Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL
“Competitive Leave Grants”
Research on institutional economics and
financial reform in developing countries
Spring, 1995
Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL
“Competitive Leave Grants”
Research on African economic development
Fall, 1998
Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL
“Summer Research Grant”
Statistical work on Japanese aid to Africa and
Nigerian financial reform
Summer, 1997
National Endowment for Humanities
“Travel to Collection Grant”
Rsearch on Tanzanian colonial economic
policies at Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
Social Science and Humanities Research
Council of Canada
Summer, 1985
1979-1980
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University of California
Riverside, California
Doctoral Tuition Scholarship
1978-1983
Project Research Funding
Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA, Tanzania)
January, 2012
“Property Rights and Poverty in Rural Tanzania” (co-PI with Kelly Askew, Rie Odgaard and
Faustin Maganga)
National Science Foundation
September 2009
“Transformations in Property Rights and Poverty in Rural Tanzania: An Institutionalist
Perspective”, (co-PI with Kelly Askew) (Sept, 2009-August 31,2013)
University of Michigan
June, 2009
Presidential Junior Faculty Initiative,
“Environment, Information and Sustainable Development: The Asia-Africa Nexus” (CAAS, SI,
SNRE, History)co-P.I. with Gabrielle Hecht and others
Mellon Foundation
“Ethnicity in Africa: Historical, Comparative and
Contemporary Investigations”
Sawyer Seminar Program
(co-PI with Warren Whatley and others)-For 2010-11
April, 2009
Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute
March, 2008
White Paper
Water, Health and the Environment: Establishing the Agenda
“Sustainable Control of Water-Associated Diseases – A Systems Approach”
Role: Co-PI
Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute
Small Scale Grants Program
Grant for conference on urban Africa environmental
and health challenges March, 2009
Role: PI
Under Auspices of African Development and Human
Security Project
December, 2007
Institute for Research on Women and Gender
September, 2007
Grant for year long seminar series on Gender and African Human Security
2008-09
Role: Co-P.I. with Amal Fadlalla
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Under Auspices of African Development and Human
Security Project
International Institute
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
“Socioeconomic and Ecological Determinants of
Health in Mwanza, Tanzania:
A study of Diarrhea and Intestinal Worms”
Experiential Learning Fund
Role: P.I.
April, 2007
Institute for Research on Women and Gender
Aids and Gender in Africa
Grant to Organize Panel in Fall, 2007
Role: Co-P.I. with Amal Fadlalla
Under Auspices of African Development and Human
Security Project
February, 2007
Center for International and Comparative Studies
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
“African Development and Human Security”
Seed Grant
Role: Co-P.I.
P.I.: Mamadou Diouf
Role: Faculty Team Leader
October, 2005
N.I.H.
Fogarty-Global Health Research and Training Initiative,
Curriculum development and project participation.
Role: Institutional liaison for CAAS, Training Development
P.I.: Sioban Harlow
Advanced Studies Center,
Seed Grant Program Award,
Perspectives on the 2004 Polio Vaccination Campaign
in Northern Nigeria”
Role: Co-investigator, also
to be submitted to the Ford Foundation
P.I.: Elisha Renne
World Institute for Development Economic Research,
United Nations University (UNU)
October, 2005
June, 2005
2004-2005
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“Institutions for Economic Development: Theory, History
and Contemporary Experiences” Helsinki, Finland
Role: Consultant
P.I.: Ha-Joon Chang
N.I.H.
1R03AI061129-01
Socio-Ecological Impacts on Schistosomiasis Risk in Kenya”
Role: Consultant
P.I.: Mark Wilson
2004-2006
Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA)
Center for Development Policy Research (CDPR)
School of Oriental and African (SOAS)
Partner Country Ownership Evaluation of Aid
to Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya
Role: part of team consisting of nine people
Role: Co-Investigator
P.I.: John Weeks
October, 2001November, 2002
UNDP and donors through the African Capacity
Building Initiative, Harare, Zimbabwe
and Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation,
SOAS,
University of London
“The Ethiopian Macroeconomic Policy Analysis Capacity Building
Project”
Presentation of the module on External Sector
and Exchange Rate, Addis Ababa, Africa
Role: Team Member
P.I.: John Weeks
November, 2001
United States Information Agency (USIA)
1994-2000
Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria, Africa
School of International Service (SIS) American University and the Nigerian
Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER),
Ibadan, Nigeria, Africa
“Economic Reform and Governance in Nigeria Project”
Study of banking deregulation in Nigeria / G2190393
Role: Co-Investigator
P.I.: Peter Lewis
Task Forces
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Initiative for Policy Dialogue
Columbia University, New York
Task Force on Africa
First Meeting, August, 2006, Manchester, UK
Second Meeting, July, 2007, Manchester, UK
Third Meeting, July 2008, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Co-Organizing 4th meeting, July, 2009 (Pretoria, South Africa)
P.I.: Professor Joseph Stiglitz
February, 2006-
Initiative for Policy Dialogue
Shadow G8
Meeting, February, 2009, New York, NY
2nd Meeting, May 6,7, Rome, Italy
P.I. Professor Joseph Stiglitz
February, 2009-
PUBLICATIONS
Books, Monographs and Edited Collections
Stein, H, and Fadlalla, A. ed, Gendered Insecurities, Health, and Development in Africa
Routledge-in press (June, 2012)
Noman, A. Botchway, K., Stein, H and .Stiglitz, J. Good Growth and Governance in Africa:
Rethinking Development Strategies, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012
Stein, H. Beyond the World Bank Agenda: An Institutional Approach to Development
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008-includes chapters on health, finance and state
formation.
Arestis, P. and Stein, H. “The Role of Institutions in Finance and Development” Special Issue
International Review of Applied Economics Volume 19, No. 4, October, 2005
Stein, H. and Rosefielde, ed. S. Issue “Finance, Corporate Control and Growth: Lessons from
Developing and Transitional Economies” Special Symposium: Eastern Economic Journal
Volume 31, No. 2, Spring, 2005
Weeks, J., Anderson, D, Cramer, C., Alemayehu G., Hailu, G., Muhereza F., Rizzo, M., Ronge,
E. and Stein, H. Supporting Ownership: Swedish Development Cooperation with Kenya,
Tanzania and Uganda Stockholm: SIDA, Two volumes: case studies and synthesis report, 2003
Stein, H., Ajakaiye, O. and Lewis, P. ed. Deregulation and the Banking Crisis in Nigeria: A
Comparative Study Basingstoke: Palgrave/St.Martin’s Press, 2002
Stein, H. and Rosefielde, S. ed. “Liberalization and Crises in Developing and Transitional
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Economies” Special Symposium: Eastern Economic Journal Volume 25, No. 4, Fall, 1999
Stein, H. ed. Asian Industrialization and Africa: Studies in Policy Alternatives to Structural
Adjustment Basingstoke: Macmillan/St Martin's Press, Paperback edition, April, 1996
Stein, H. ed. Asian Industrialization and Africa: Studies in Policy Alternatives to Structural
Adjustment Basingstoke: Macmillan/St Martin's Press, Hardback, 1995
Stein, H and Wilson, E.ed. “Robert Bates, Rational Choice and the Political Economy of
Development in Africa” Special Section: World Development Volume 21, No. 6, June, 1993
Campbell, H. and Stein, H., ed. Tanzania and the IMF: The Dynamics of Liberalization
Boulder: Westview Press, 1992
Campbell, H. and Stein, H., ed. The IMF and Tanzania Harare: Southern African Political
Economy Series, 1991
Refereed Articles, Chapters and Proceedings
Stein, H. and Askew K. “Embedded Institutions and Rural Transformation in Tanzania:
Privatizing Rural Property and Markets” in Noman, A. and Stigliz, J (Volume 2 of the IPD
sponsored African Task Force Meetings-title to be determined-submission to Oxford University
Press)
Stein, H. and Kedar, Claudia “The Global Crisis, G20 and the IMF" in preparation
Askew, K. Owens, K. and Stein, H.“The World Bank and Land Titling in Rural Tanzania”,
submitted to Africa, August, 2011
Stein, H. "Rethinking Industrial Policy in Africa: Toward an Institutional Framework” in Theresa
Moyo ed. Trade And Industrial Development In Africa: Rethinking Strategy and Policy (Dakar,
Senegal: Codesria: in press)
Stein H. and Fadlalla, A. “Introduction: Gendered Insecurities and African Development” in
Stein, H, and Fadlalla, A. ed, Gendered Insecurities, Health, and Development in Africa
(Routledge-in press, June, 2012).
Weeks, J. and Stein, H. “Poverty and Insecurity in the sub-Saharan Countries” n Stein, H, and
Fadlalla, A. ed, Gendered Insecurities, Health, and Development in Africa (Routledge-in press,
June, 2012).
Noman, A. Botchway, K., Stein, H and .Stiglitz, J. “Rethinking Development Strategies:
Preface” in.Noman, A. Botchway, K., Stein, H and .Stiglitz, J. ed. Good Growth and
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Governance in Africa: Rethinking Development Strategies (Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2012)
Stein, H “Africa, Industrial Policy and Export Processing Zones: Lessons from Asia” in.Noman,
A. Botchway, K., Stein, H and .Stiglitz, J. ed. Good Growth and Governance in Africa:
Rethinking Development Strategies (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012)
Stein, H “World Bank Agricultural Policies, Poverty and Income Inequality in Sub-Saharan
Africa” part of submission for special issue on Understanding the Persistence of Inequality to
Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Volume 4, No. 1, March, 2011
Stein, H. “Crises and the Bretton Woods Institutions and the Crises of the Bretton Woods
Institutions” in Philip Arestis, Rogerio Sobreira and Jose Luis Oreiro eds. An Assessment of the
Global Impact of the Financial Crisis Basingstoke: Macmillan/Palgrave, 2010
Stein, H “Institutions and Finance in Developing Countries: Challenges to Orthodoxy” in
Giuseppe Fontana, John McCombie and Malcolm Sawyer eds Macroeconomics, Finance and
Money: Essays in Honour of Philip Arestis Basingstoke: Palgrave/Macmillan (April, 2010)
Stein, H. “Financial Liberalization, Institutional Transformation and Credit Allocation in
Developing Countries: The World Bank and the Internationalization of Banking” Cambridge
Journal of Economics, Volume 34, No. 2, March, 2010
Stein, H "A Brief History of Aid to East Africa: The Political Economy of Convergence" CESifo
Forum, Special issue on African Economies, December 2009 http://www.cesifogroup.de/portal/page/portal/ifoHome/b-publ/b2journal/30publforum
Ajakaiye, O. and Stein, H. “Industrial-Led Development in Africa: Toward A Policy Framework”
in Diery Seck and Sylvain Boko eds Back on Track: Sector-Led Growth in Africa and
Implications for Development Trenton, N.J. Africa World Press, 2009
Stein, H “Perspectives: The World Bank: Achievements, Failures, and the Critics—Critic”
Insights on Law & Society Volume 10, No. 1, Fall, 2009
Batterman, S. , Eisenberg J., Hardin R. , Kruk M., Lemos M., Michalak A., Mukherjee B., Renne
R. , Stein H., Watkins C., and Wilson M. “Sustainable Control of Water-Related Infectious
Diseases: A Review and Proposal for Interdisciplinary Health-Based Systems Research”
Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 117, No. 7, July, 2009, (available on line at:
http://www.ehponline.org/members/2009/0800423/0800423.pdf )
Stein, H “Africa and the Making of Adjustment” Bretton Woods Project, Update 62, September,
October, 2008 http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/art-562552
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Cramer C., Stein, H. and Weeks J., “Ownership and Donorship: Analytical Issues and a
Tanzanian Case Study” Journal of Contemporary African Studies Volume 24, No.3, 2006
Weeks, J. and Stein, H. “Washington Consensus” in David Clark ed. Elgar Companion to
Development Studies Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2006
Stein, H. “Structural Adjustment” in David Clark ed. Elgar Companion to Development Studies
Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2006
Arestis, P. and Stein, H. Introduction to Special Issue of “The Role of Institutions in Finance and
Development” International Review of Applied Economics Volume 19, No. 4, October, 2005
Arestis, P. and Stein, H. “An Institutional Perspective to Finance and Development as an
Alternative to Financial Liberalization” International Review of Applied Economics Volume 19,
No. 4, October, 2005
Stein, H. and Rosefielde, S. “Introduction to Special Symposium Issues in Finance, Corporate
Control and Growth: Lessons from Developing and Transitional Economies” Eastern Economic
Journal Volume 31, No. 2, Spring, 2005
Arestis, P., Nissanke, M. and Stein, H. “Finance and Development, Institutional and Policy
Alternatives to Financial Liberalization” Eastern Economic Journal Volume 31, No. 2, Spring,
2005
Stein, H. “Rethinking African Development” in Ha-Joon Chang ed. Rethinking Development
Economics London: Anthem Press, 2003
Nissanke, M. and Stein, H. “Financial Globalization and Economic Development: Toward an
Institutional Foundation” Eastern Economic Journal Spring, Volume 29, 2003
Stein, H. “The Nigerian Banking Crisis and Japanese Financial Development: In Search of
Lessons” in H. Stein et al ed. Deregulation and the Banking Crisis in Nigeria: A Comparative
Study Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2002
Stein, H. Ajakaiye, O. and Lewis, P. “Financial Deregulation and Banking Crises: An
Introduction to Theoretical, Institutional and Policy Issues” H. Stein et al ed. Deregulation and
the Banking Crisis in Nigeria: A Comparative Study Basingstoke, Palgrave, 2002
Lewis, P. and Stein, H. “The Political Economy of Financial Liberalization in Nigeria” in H.
Stein et al ed. Deregulation and the Banking Crisis in Nigeria: A Comparative Study
Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2002
Stein, H. and Lien, S. “Globalization and Regional Development: The Case of the East African
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Community” L'Afrique Orientale Annuaire 2000 Paris : L’Harmattan, 2000
Rosefielde, S. and Stein, H. “Liberalization and Crises in Developing and Transitional
Economies” introduction to symposium of the Eastern Economic Journal Volume 25, No. 4, Fall,
1999
Stein, H. and Nissanke, M. “Structural Adjustment and the African Crisis: A Theoretical
Appraisal” Eastern Economic Journal Volume 25, No. 4, Fall, 1999
Stein, H. “Japanese Aid to Africa: Patterns, Motivation and the Role of Structural Adjustment”
Journal of Development Studies Volume 35, No. 2, December, 1998
Stein, H. “Structural Adjustment” (A Review Essay) African Studies Review Volume 41, No. 1,
April, 1998
Stein, H. and Lewis, P. “Shifting Fortunes: The Political Economy of Financial Liberalization in
Nigeria” World Development Volume 25, No. 1, January, 1997
Stein, H. “Free Trade Zones in Africa: Local and Regional Impact and Possibilities for U.S.
Business” in Corporate Council on Africa, Africa and the American Private Sector, Corporate
Perspectives on a Growing Relationship Washington D.C.: Corporate Council on Africa, 1997
Stein, H. “Adjustment and Development in Africa: Toward an Assessment” (review article),
African Studies Review Volume 40, No. 1, April, 1997
Stein, H. “The Transition to and of the Market Economy: An Assessment of the Contribution to
the Debate” in T. Kashioka and T. Iida ed. The Transition to and of the Market Economy,
Proceedings of the 8th Annual Conference of the International Research Center for Japanese
Studies Kyoto: International Research Center for Japanese Studies, 1995 (released in 1997)
Stein, H. “Policy Alternatives to Structural Adjustment” in H. Stein ed. Asian Industrialization
and Africa: Policy Alternatives to Structural Adjustment Basingstoke: Macmillan/St. Martin's,
1996
Stein, H. “The World Bank, Neo-Classical Economics and the Application of Asian
Industrialization to Africa” in H. Stein ed. Asian Industrialization and Africa: Policy Alternatives
to Structural Adjustment Basingstoke: Macmillan/St Martin's, 1996
Stein, H. “Policy Alternatives to Structural Adjustment” in H. Stein ed. Asian Industrialization
and Africa: Policy Alternatives to Structural Adjustment Basingstoke: Macmillan/St. Martin's,
1995
Stein, H. “The World Bank, Neo-Classical Economics and the Application of Asian
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Industrialization to Africa” in H. Stein ed. Asian Industrialization and Africa:
Alternatives to Structural Adjustment Basingstoke: Macmillan/St Martin's, 1995
Policy
Stein, H. “Institutional Theories and Structural Adjustment in Africa” in John Harriss et al. The
New Institutional Economics and Third World Development London: Routledge, 1995
Stein, H. “Theories of Institutions and Economic Reform in Africa” World Development Volume
22, No. 12, December, 1994
Stein, H. “The World Bank and the Application of Asian Industrial Policy to Africa: Theoretical
Considerations” Journal of International Development Volume 6, No. 3, May-June, 1994
Stein, H. and Wilson, E. “Robert Bates, Rational Choice and the Political Economy of
Development in Africa” Special Section, World Development Volume 21, No. 6, June, 1993
Stein, H. and Wilson, E. “The Political Economy of Robert Bates: A Critical Reading of
Rational Choice in Africa” World Development Volume 21, No. 6, June, 1993
Stein, H. “Deindustrialization, Adjustment, the World Bank and the IMF in Africa” World
Development Volume 20, No.1, January, 1992
Stein, H. “Economic Policy and the IMF in Tanzania: Conditionality, Conflict and Convergence”
in Horace Campbell and Howard Stein, ed. Tanzania and the IMF: The Dynamics of
Liberalization Boulder: Westview Press, 1992
Campbell, H. and Stein. H. “The Dynamics of Liberalization in Tanzania” in Horace Cambell
and Howard Stein, ed. Tanzania and the IMF: The Dynamics of Liberalization Boulder:
Westview Press, 1992
Stein, H. and Nafziger, E. W. “Structural Adjustment, Human Needs and the World Bank
Agenda” Journal of Modern African Studies Volume XXIV, No. 1, March, 1991
Stein, H. “Economic Policy and the IMF in Tanzania: Conditionality, Conflict and Convergence”
in Horace Campbell and Howard Stein, ed. The IMF and Tanzania Harare: SAPES 1991
Campbell, H. and Stein. H. “The Process of Liberalization in Tanzania” in Horace Cambell and
Howard Stein, ed. The IMF and Tanzania Harare: SAPES 1991
Stein, H. “The Economics of the State and the IMF in Tanzania” Taamuli Volume I, No.1 & 2,
1990
Stein, H. “Popular Issues and their International Repercussions: The Forgotten Side” Haversack,
A Franciscan Review December, 1989
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Stein, H. “The State and Crisis in Tanzania: Towards a Systemic Evaluation” Research in
Political Economy Volume 11, 1988
Stein, H. “The Effects of the IMF and U.S. Economic Policies on Third World Countries”
Haversack, A Franciscan Review Volume 8, No. 4, April, 1985
Stein, H. “Theories of the State in Tanzania: A Critical Assessment” Journal of Modern African
Studies Volume XVIII, March, 1985
Newspaper Op-Eds
Stein, H and Kedar, C. “The Bourbons of Global Finance” Published by Project Syndicate
http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/kedar1
and published in newspapers and magazines in countries including China, Japan, Guatemala,
Argentina, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Iran, Taiwan, Kenya, Botswana, Rwanda, Belgium, Philippines,
Bangladesh, Guyana, Turkey, Mexico, France, Greece, Haiti, Morocco, and Serbia. Translated
into 9 languages, March, April 2009
Interviews and Quotations in Publications
“Fresh Start” Look at Export Processing Zones in Sierra Leone, BBC Focus on Africa Magazine,
June, 2010
“The Commission on Macroeconomics and Health: 10 years on” The Lancet, December 3, 2011
Non-Refereed Conference Proceedings and Reports
Stein, H. “Globalization and Industrial and Trade Policy in Vietnam: Creating Developmental
Competitiveness” Proceedings of International Conference “Legal and Economic Perspectives of
Vietnam’s Integration into the World Economy” organized by the University of Danang and the
United States-Vietnam Foundation, Danang City, Vietnam, July, 2002
Stein, H. “Trade and Development” in J. Weeks et al., The External Sector Analysis and
Exchange Rate Development, Training Manual Prepared for The Ethiopian Macroeconomic
Policy Analysis Capacity Building Project, EMPAC Manual No. 14, 2001, Center for
Development Policy and Research, SOAS, University of London
Stein, H. “The World Bank and Capacity Building and Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa: A
Theoretical Evaluation” 1994 ASA Annual Meeting Papers
Stein, H. “Structural Adjustment, Institutions and the Development of Capitalism in Africa”
1992 African Studies Association Annual Meeting 1993
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Stein, H. “The Economics of the State and the IMF in Tanzania” 1988 African Studies
Association Annual Meeting Papers 1989
Stein, H. “Planning, the State and Markets: Lessons from Post-Independence Africa” 1986
African Studies Association Annual Meeting Papers
Stein, H. “The Historical Origins of Tanzania Statism: The Role of British Colonial Policies”
1985 African Studies Association Annual Meeting Papers
Stein, H. “The State, Bureaucracy and Parastatals in Tanzania: Coercion, Conflict and Crisis”
1983 African Studies Association Annual Meeting Papers
Invited Scholarly Papers, Talks and Workshops
“Africa and the Perversities of International Capital Flows” International Policy, Governance and
New Economics Thinking, Conference sponsored by the Cambridge Trust on New Thinking in
Economics, St Catherine’s College, Cambridge University, April, 2012
“The Neoliberal Policy Paradigm and the Great Recession” Trinity College, Dublin, April, 2012
“Africa and the Perversity of Capital Flows”, African Studies Center, Leiden, Netherlands,
April, 2012
“Globalization, Global Organizations and Global Corporations” guest lecture, World Economy,
Ross Business School, Dec. 2012
Chair, “The Politics of Ethnic Peace and Conflict” Third Mellon Sawyer Seminar on Ethnicity in
Africa, “Ethnicity, Conflict and Cooperation”, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, November,
2011
“The Economies of East Africa and the DRC-National, Regional and Global Perspectives
Lecture, US Arm Africa Command, Vicenza, Italy, October, 2011
“Transformations in Property Rights and Poverty in Rural Tanzania” Seminar, Research on
Poverty Alleviation (REPOA), Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, October, 2011
Discussant Panel, “The Interaction of Migrant Populations and the State: Limited Access,
Diminished Equality” “Access, Accountability & Equality” Biannual Symposium of the African
Social Research Initiative (ASRI), Accra, Ghana, July. 2011
“Economy of Northeast & East Africa: Opportunities and Challenges” Lecture, Leader
Development Education for Sustained Peace, Combined Joint Task Force, Horn of Africa,
Dallas, Texas, June, 2011
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“Economics and Health Care Policy in Africa” Seminar, Michigan Economic Society, March,
2011
Discussant, Panel, “The State at its Margins” Conference, Reframing Knowledge Production in
1970s Uganda, Department of History, University of Michigan, February, 2011
”Multilateral Organizations and Policy Formation in African States” Myth or Reality?, Paper
presented at the The Promise of Economic Multilateralism, International Conference, The
Leonard Davis Institute of International Relations, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, December,
2010
“The United States and the Multilateral Economic Organizations: Still a Primus Inter Pares?”
Roundtable speaker, The Promise of Economic Multilateralism, International Conference, The
Leonard Davis Institute of International Relations, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, December,
2010
“Policy Lessons and Challenges of the Financial Crisis: The Case of Africa” Plenary
Presentation, Impacts, Responses & Initial Lessons of the Financial Crisis for Low Income
Countries, International Conference, Danish Institute for International Affairs, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen, Denmark, October, 2010
“Crises and the Bretton Woods Institutions and the Crises of the Bretton Woods” Paper
presented, Institutions Impacts, Responses & Initial Lessons of the Financial Crisis for Low
Income Countries, International Conference, Danish Institute for International Affairs, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen, Denmark, October, 2010
“Hand up or hand out? Examining Overseas Development Aid”, Panel presentation, Annual
Tom Johnson Summer School, Irish Labor Party, Kilkenny, Ireland, July, 2010.
"Africa, Industrial Policy and Export Processing Zones: Lessons from Asia", Department of
Economics, University of Glasgow, March, 2010
“Building North-South Linkages in Higher Education: The Experience of the University of
Michigan”, Sponsored by the North-South Center, Swiss Federal University of Technology
Zurich and the Office of International Relations, University of Zurich, March, 2010
Millennium Development Goals – a mid term review’ plenary and and the round table discussion
‘Reforming the Global Institutions (UN, World Bank, IMF, WTO), ECOSY Annual Meeting,
European Parliament, Brussels, March, 2010
"The Economic Crisis,G20 and the re-empowerment of the IMF and the World Bank"St
Catharine's Political Economy Seminar Series, St Catharine’s College, Cambridge University,
February,
2010
“The International Financial Crisis and the Developing Countries: The Case of Africa”,
Howard Stein, Ph.D.
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Development
Studies
Seminar
Series,
Cambridge
University,
February,
2010
“The World Bank and Institutional Development: Critical Reflections”, Research Seminar Series,
Institute
of
Social
Studies,
The
Hague,
February,
2010
“Towards a Fair International Financial System? Reforming the Bank and Fund”, Workshop,
EVS Student Symposium, Financial Crisis and Developing Countries, Money Makes the World
Go Round, University of Amsterdam, November, 2009
“The World Bank and the Making of the Governance Agenda” ASSR Staff Seminar Series,
University of Amsterdam, October, 2009
“Embedded Institutions and Rural Transformation in Tanzania: Privatizing Rural Property and
Markets” Land, Poverty, Norms and agrarian Change in sub-Saharan Africa: Background and
Objectives, Workshop, Nordic African Institute, Upsalla, Sweden, October, 2009
“Africa, the Bretton Woods Twins and the International Financial Crisis, Financial Crisis and the
Global South, Public Seminar, (with James Ferguson and others) Faculty of Social Science, Free
University of Amsterdam, September, 2009
“Embedded Institutions and Rural Transformation in Tanzania: Privatizing Rural Property and
Markets” Fourth Meeting of the Africa Task Force, Initiative for Policy Dialogue (Columbia
University), Pretoria, South Africa July, 2009
“Priorities for Africa: A Few Observations”, Public Panel, “Priorities for African Development”
with Joe Stiglitz, KS Jomo, Michael Lipton and Mustaq Khan Brooks World Poverty Institute
Manchester, June-09
“The World Bank, Neoliberal Health Policies and Poverty in Africa” Advanced Graduate
Workshop in Poverty Development and Globalization, Brooks World Poverty Institute,
Manchester, June-09
“The IMF, World Bank and the G20” Shadow G8 Meeting, Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Luiss
University, Rome, Italy, May, 2009
“African Health (In)Capacities and the Pathologies of the Neo-Liberal Agenda”, Issues in
African Development Seminar Series, Institute of African Development, Cornell University,
March, 2009
“Africa, the Bretton Woods Twins and the International Financial Crisis” Closing Address,
Second Annual Conference MAC African Symposium, Syracuse University, March, 2009
"Neo-liberalism and the Right to Development in Africa: Critical Reflections" Human Rights in
Crisis Conference, University of Michigan, February, 2009
Howard Stein, Ph.D.
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“Africa, the Bretton Woods Twins and the International Financial Crisis” SIPA, Columbia
University, February, 2009
“Crisis and the Bretton Woods Institutions and the Crisis of the Bretton Woods Institutions”
Shadow G8 Meeting, Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University, February, 2009
"The World Bank, Agricultural Policy and the MDG Goals in Africa" Issues in African
Development Seminar Series, Institute of African Development, Cornell University, November,
2008
“Policy Strategies and the Structure of African Economies: Critical Reflection”, Lecture, Osher
Lifelong Learning Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, October, 2008
“Socioeconomic and Ecological Determinants of Health in Mwanza, Tanzania” seminar
presented to the National Environmental Management Council, National Institute for Medical
Research and Ministry of Health, Government of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, July, 2008
“Africa,
Industrial Policy and Export Processing Zones: Lessons from Asia” Third Meeting of
the Africa Task Force, Initiative for Policy Dialogue (organized by Joseph Stiglitz and hosted by
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July, 2008
“Rethinking Industrial Policy in Africa: Toward an Institutional Framework” presentation, Guy
Mahone Memorial Conference,
Rethinking Trade and Industrial Policy for African
Development, sponsored by CODESRIA, Lusaka, Zambia, July, 2008
“African Development Challenge” seminar, Cambridge Advanced Program on Rethinking
Development Economics, Trinity Hall, Queen’s College, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
University, Cambridge, United Kingdom, July, 2001; July, 2002; July, 2003; July 2004, July
2005, July, 2006, July 2007, July 2008(Financed by the Ford Foundation)
“Research Workshop on Structural Adjustment” seminar, Cambridge Advanced Programe on
Rethinking Development Economics, Trinity Hall, Queen’s College, Cambridge University,
Cambridge, United Kingdom, July, 2001; July, 2002; July, 2003; July 2004, July 2005, July,
2006, July, 2007, July 2008 (Financed by the Ford Foundation)
“Institutions and the Divergence of Development Trajectories” Keynote Address, First
Conference on Tracking Development, KITLV, Sponsored by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, June, 2008, Leiden, Netherlands
“Socioeconomic and Ecological Determinants of Health in Mwanza, Tanzania” Brownbag
Presentation, CAAS, University of Michigan, April, 2008
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“Health and Development in Africa” Cancer in Africans and African Americans Symposium,
Cancer Epidemiology Education in Special Populations Program, University of Michigan,
November, 2007
“Industrial-Led Development in Africa: Toward A Policy Framework” IDEP-AFEA Conference
Sector-led Growth in Africa and Implications for Development, Dakar, Senegal, November 8-9,
2007 (with Olu Ajakaiye)
“African and the Making of Structural Adjustment” West African Research Center, Dakar,
Senegal, November, 2007
"Africa and Free Trade Zones* Second Meeting of the Africa Task Force, Initiative for Policy
Dialogue (organized by Joseph Stiglitz) Manchester, UK, July, 2007
“The World Bank and Institutional Development: Critical Reflections” Glasgow International
Conference on Development Economics on Policies and institutions for growth and
development: Is there a ‘heterodox’ view?, Glasgow, UK, June, 2007
“The World Bank and Health Inequalities in Developing Countries”, Department of
Epidemiology Seminar Series, University of Michigan, March, 2007
“The World Bank, Neo-Liberal Health Policies and the MDGs in Africa” Millennium
Development Goals Lecture Series, sponsored by Development Cooperation Division, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, March, 2007
“Neo-Liberalism and the Right to Development in Africa: Critical Reflections” seminar, Irish
Centre for Human Rights, National University of Galway, Ireland, March, 2007
“Africa and the Making of Structural Adjustment” seminar, Center of African Studies, University
of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, February, 2007
“Asian
Industrial Development and Economic Reform in Africa”, Initiative for Policy Dialogue
(organized by Joseph Stiglitz)First Meeting of the Africa Task Force, Manchester, UK, August,
2006
"Economic Development in Africa: The New Millennium” Keynote Lecture, International Week,
Center for Global Studies, College for Business and Public Affairs, Department of History and
Philosophy, Department of Sociology, Social Work, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice; Office
of Multicultural Affairs, and the Office of International Programs, University of Tennessee,
Martin, April, 2006
*An earlier version of this paper appeared in Corporate Council on Africa,
Africa and the American Private Sector, Corporate Perspectives on a Growing
Relationship Washington D.C.: Corporate Council on Africa, 1997
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“Building on Lost Foundations: The Institutional Matrix and Socio-Economic Development”
Seminar, Institute for International Policy Analysis, University of Bath, UK, March, 2006
“Economic Theory and the World Bank Agenda” Seminar, Department of Economics, Technical
University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, March, 2006
“Critical Reflections on the World Bank Agenda” seminar, Centre of African and Development
Studies of the Faculty of Economics and Management, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon,
Portugal, March, 2006
“Building on Lost Foundations: Gunnar Myrdal, Institutions and Socio-Economic Development”
Africa Workshop, Center for Development Studies, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United
Kingdom, February, 2006
“Economic Development and the Anatomy of Crisis in Africa: From Colonialism through
Structural Adjustment” lecture, M.Phil. Program, Center for Development Studies, Cambridge
University, Cambridge, United Kingdom, October, 2000; November, 2001, January, 2003;
February, 2004, February, 2005, February, 2006
“Economic Rights and Health in Developing Countries” Right to Health: Prospects and
Approaches Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, February, 2006
“The Millennium Development Projects, Health and Access to Essential to Essential Medicine”
panel member, Right to Health: Prospects and Approaches Conference, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, February, 2006
“The Structural and Institutional Weaknesses of African Economies: From Independence
Through Structural Adjustment” Lecture Series Background to World Economic and Social
Survey Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, New York, NY, February,
2006
“Accra Re-Mix: Bodies, Gender and Knowledge in West Africa” Panelist Reviewing
Documentaries “Excuse Me to Say…Notions of Body and Risk in Accra” and “If all Else
Fails…Tonics, Clinics and Miracles in Accra” Africa Workshop, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, January, 2006
“Globalization, Neo-Liberalism and Health in Developing Countries” Lecture for Global Health
Awareness Week, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, December, 2005
“Building on Lost Foundations: Gunnar Myrdal, Institutions and Socio-Economic Development”
Africa Workshop, CAAS, University of Michigan, December, 2003
“State and Peasant Relations in Tanzania: From Colonialism through Structural Adjustment”
Howard Stein, Ph.D.
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Introduction to African Politics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, October, 2004, 2005
Discussant on papers by Ha-Joon Chang’s “Understanding the Relationship between Institutions
and Economic Development Some Key Theoretical Issues” Opening framework paper and Julius
Kiiza, “Developmental Nationalism and Economic Performance in Africa: The Case of Three
‘Successful’ AfricanEconomies” UNU-WIDER World Institute for Development Economic
Research Project Meeting on Institutions for Economic Development: Theory, History and
Contemporary Experience, Helsinki, Finland, April 2005
“Structural Violence and Neo-Liberalism” presentation, Health and Human Rights Study Group,
School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, April, 2005
“Africa and the Millennium Development Goals: Critical Reflections” Millennium Development
Goals Lecture Series, sponsored by Development Cooperation Division, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, March, 2005
“Institutions, Finance and Development: Beyond Orthodoxy” seminar, Department of
Economics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, March, 2005
“An Institutional Perspective to Finance and Development as an Alternative to Financial
Liberalization” Presented at Post Keynesian Study Group Meeting on Finance and Development
Department of Land Economy, Cambridge University, Cambridge, U.K., February, 2005
“NIE and the World Bank Agenda: Critical Reflections” Development Studies Seminar Series,
Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom, February, 2005
“Post-Colonial State and Peasant Relations in Tanzania” Comparative Politics, University of
Michigan, November, 2004
“Gender, HIV/AIDS and Development in Africa” presentation, Student Global AIDS Campaign,
University of Michigan Chapter, November, 2004
“State and Peasant Relations in Tanzania: From Colonialism through Structural Adjustment”
Introduction to African Politics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, October, 2004
“Critical Reflections on the IMF in Africa, presentation for the panel “The IMF in Africa”
Sponsored by Center for International Studies, Norman Wait Harris Fund, University of Chicago,
Chicago, IL, April, 2004
“Structural Adjustment and the African Crisis” presentation, The Current State of Africa, The
Jack L. Walker Conference on Political Affairs, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, March,
2004
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“The Economics of Globalization and Global Health” seminar, Global Health Interdisciplanary
Concentration graduate students, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
MI, March, 2004
“Rethinking African Development” seminar, Department of International Development, Roskilde
University, Copenhagen, Denmark, February, 2004
“Financial Globalization and Economic Development” seminar, Danish Institute for International
Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark, February, 2004
“Fighting Poverty: Poverty Reduction Strategies, Employment and Accumulation in Africa”
Center of African Studies, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, February, 2004
“HIV/AIDS and Development in Africa” presentation, Student Global AIDS Campaign,
University of Michigan Chapter, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, November, 2004
“HIV/AIDS and Development in Africa” presentation, Student Global AIDS Campaign,
University of Michigan Chapter, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, December, 2003
“Global Inequality and Development” guest lecture, “Labor and Social Change” senior class,
Dept. of Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, November, 2003
“Health and Development in Africa: An Exploration of Links” Undergraduate research
opportunity (UROP) Interdisciplinary Seminar on Political, Economic and Economic Impacts of
Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, October, 2003
“Socio-Economic Impact of Resource Development” Workshop at Inaugural Symposium of the
Alliance for Earth Sciences, Engineering and Development in Africa, Penn State, College Park,
PA, October, 2003
“Financial Globalization and Economic Development: Toward an Institutional Foundation”
seminar, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi
University, Tokyo, Japan, September, 2003
“Globalization and the African Development Challenge” and “Developmental Competitiveness”
University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, January, 2003
“Generation of Trade and Industry in Africa” University of Leipzig, Germany, January, 2003
“Structural Adjustment and the African Crisis” seminar, Lagos Business School, Lagos, Nigeria,
September 2002
“Rethinking Stabilization and Adjustment and Institution Building in the Financial Sector”
seminar, Lagos Business School, Lagos, Nigeria, September, 2002
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“Globalization, Economic Policy and the State: Pressures, Proclivities and Possibilities” seminar,
Nigerian Institute for Social and Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of
Ibadan and Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Ibadan and Abuja, Nigeria, September,
2002
“Globalization and Industrial and Trade Policy in Vietnam: Creating Developmental
Competitiveness paper” Conference on “Legal and Economic Perspectives of Vietnam’s
Integration into the World Economy” Conference organized by the University of Danang and the
United States-Vietnam Foundation, Danang City, Vietnam, July, 2002
“Africa and Economic Aid” presented on “Odyssey: A Daily Talk Show of Idea” WBEZ,
Chicago Public Radio, June,2002
“Partner Country Ownership of Swedish Development Assistance: The Case of Tanzania”
coauthored draft report presented at a workshop in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania,
May, 2002
“Rethinking Stabilization and Adjustment in Africa” seminar, Departments of Economics and
Political Science, University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Africa, March, 2002
“Global Capital Flows and Developing Countries: Transforming Finance for Development”
Invited panel on financial globalization, Annual Eastern Economic Meetings, Boston, Mass.,
March, 2002, Co-author: Machiko Nissanke
“A Brief History of Aid in East Africa paper” SIDA/CDPR Ownership Workshop, SOAS,
University of London, London, United Kingdom, January, 2002
“Rethinking Stabilization, Adjustment and Development in Africa” National Forum on Africa,
Sponsored by Canadian Center for Foreign Policy Development, Ministry of External Affairs,
Government of Canada and Munk Centre, University of Toronto. Recording available at:
http://www.ecommons.net/ccfpd-africa, January, 2002
“Africa Development Challenge” lecture, Center For African American and African Studies
(CAAS), University of Michigan, January, 2002
“Trade and Development” Four day workshop presented to government officials, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, as part of the Ethiopian Macroeconomic Policy Analysis Capacity Building Project,
CDPR, SOAS sponsored by UNDP, November, 2001
“Economic Development and the Anatomy of Crisis in Africa: From Colonialism through
Structural Adjustment” Center of African Studies, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen,
Denmark, March, 2001
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“Institutions, Institutional Theory and Institutional Development: Filling in the ‘Black Box’ of
Social Capital?” Paper presented at the Workshop on “Social Capital in the Theory and Practice
of Development” sponsored by the North/South Initiative, the Institute of Economics and Danish
aid (DANIDA), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, March, 2001
“Globalization, Economic Policy and the State: Pressures, Proclivities and Possibilities” Keynote
paper, “State Under Pressure” Annual Conference of the Norwegian Development Studies
Association, Christian Michelson Institute, Bergen, Norway, October, 2000
“Deregulation and Financial Crises in Developing Countries: A Theoretical and Institutional
Inquiry” seminar, Christian Michelson Institute, Bergen, Norway, October, 2000
“The Development of the Developmental State in Africa: A Theoretical Inquiry” seminar,
Research Center on Development and International Relations, seminar, University of Aalborg,
Lisbon, Portugal October, 2000
“Structural Adjustment and the African Crisis: A Theoretical Appraisal” Department of
Economics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, October, 2000
“The Development of the Developmental State in Africa: A Theoretical Inquiry” seminar, Center
of African Studies Center, University of Copenhagen, October, 2000
“Globalization, Economic Policy and the State: Pressures, Proclivities and Possibilities” Center
for Development Research, Copenhagen, Denmark, October, 2000
“Multinational Corporation Investment in Africa: Adjustment, Resource Extraction and US
Policy” seminar, Centre of African and Development Studies of the Faculty of Economics and
Management, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, October, 2000
“The Development of the Developmental State in Africa: A Theoretical Inquiry” seminar, Centre
of African and Development Studies of the Faculty of Economics and Management, Technical
University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, October, 2000
“Structural Adjustment and the African Crisis: A Theoretical Appraisal” seminar, Department of
Economics, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, October, 2000
“Financial Liberalization in Nigeria: Theoretical, Political Economy and Institutional
Dimensions” paper, Progress and Challenges of Democratization and Economic Liberalization”
conference, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, April, 2000
“The IMF, World Bank and Jubilee Initiative and Getting Beyond the Debt Crisis in Developing
Crisis” seminar, University of Chicago, Divinity School, Chicago, IL, February, 2000
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“The Other Canon: Reconstructing the Theory of Uneven Economic Development, workshop
participant, Venice, Italy, January, 2000
“Deregulation and Financial Crises in Developing Countries: A Theoretical and Institutional
Inquiry” seminar, Department of Economics, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica,
September, 1999
“Why Stabilization is not Enough” seminar, Bank of Jamaica (central bank), Kingston, Jamaica,
September, 1999
“The Transformation of the Economies of Developing Countries: Toward Sustainability in an
Era of Globalization” Public Lecture, United States Information Service, Kingston, Jamaica,
September, 1999
“Rethinking Growth and Stabilization Policies in Developing Countries: Beyond False
Dichotomies” lectures presented at Private Sector Organization of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica,
September, 1999
“Globalization, Structural Adjustment and the (lack of) Structural Transformation of African
Economies” lecture, UN Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Addis
Ababa Chamber of Commerce, May 1999
“Foreign Direct Investment in Africa” lecture, Ethiopian Institute for Peace, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, May 1999
“Financial Deregulation and Banking Crises in Africa and Elsewhere” Ethiopian Institute for
Peace and Development, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 1999
“Rethinking Stabilization and Adjustment in Africa” seminar,, Institute of Economics, Makerere
University, Kampala, Uganda, May 1999
“Financial Liberalization and Responses to Financial Crises in Africa” lecture, Business School,
Nkumba University, Entebbe, Uganda, May 1999
“Financial Liberalization and Crises in Africa: Challenges of Creating Sustainable and Relevant
Financial Systems” Makerere University Business School, Kampala, Uganda, May 1999
“Globalization and Regional Organizations in Africa: The Case of the New East African
Community”; “Financial Deregulation and Banking Crises in Africa and Asia”; and “Global
Economic Forces, Corporate Strategies and the Competitiveness of Kenyan Firms” presented to
senior government officials, faculty and students and the Institute of Diplomacy and International
Affairs, University of Nairobi and corporate officials, United States Information Service,
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Nairobi, Kenya, May 1999
“Globalization and Structural Transformation of African Economies” seminar, Centre for the
Study of Globalization and Regionalization, University of Warwick, Warwick, United Kingdom,
October 1998
“Adjustment and the Crisis and the Crisis of Adjustment in Africa: A Theoretical Inquiry”
seminar, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, October, 1998
“Globalization and Structural Transformation of African Economies: The Role of International
Financial Institutions” seminar, Center for Development and the Environment, University of
Oslo, Norway, October, 1998
“Rethinking Stabilization and Structural Adjustment: Toward a Critique of Neo-classical
Development Economics” seminar, Centre for Development Studies, Cambridge University,
Cambridge, United Kingdom, October, 1998
“Globalization and Adjustment in Africa: The Role of the World Bank, the IMF and Bilateral
Aid” seminar, Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, Oct., 1998
Resource Person, “Economic Development, Trade and Investment and Job Creation Thematic
Workshop” National Summit on Africa, Midwest Regional Summit, Chicago, IL, September,
1998
“Competitiveness and the Environment: The Role of Regional Arrangements” workshop held at
Centre D'Etude d'Afrique Noire, Domaine Universitaire, Bordeaux, France, May 1998
Discussant, “Conceptual and Empirical Issues in African-Asian Development: Thematic Paper”
Comparative African and East Development Experiences, African Economic Research
Consortium and UNU joint workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, November, 1997
“Structural Adjustment, United States and the Political Economy of Japanese Aid to Africa”
conference on L'Afrique, Les Etats-Unis et La France, Centre D'Etude d'Afrique Noire, Domaine
Universitaire, Bordeaux, France, May 1997
“The Nigerian Banking Crisis and Japanese Financial Development” Writers' Workshop on
Deregulation and the Nigerian Banking Crisis: A Comparative Analysis, Nigerian Institute for
Social and Economic Research, Ibadan, Nigeria, April, 1997
“Rethinking Stabilization and Structural Adjustment” Rethinking Development in the New
World Order Conference, Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center, Howard University,
Washington D.C., April, 1997
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“Free Trade Zones in Africa: Local and Regional Impact and Possibilities for U.S. Business”
workshop presented at the Attracting Capital to Africa Summit, Corporate Council on Africa,
Washington, D.C., April, 1997
“Getting the Model Right: Structural Adjustment and its Alternatives” presented to Study Group
on US Relations with Africa” Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY, February, 1997
“Financial Development, Deregulation and the Banking Crisis in Nigeria”; “A Comparative
Analysis of the Nigerian Banking Crisis and Japanese Financial Development” seminar, Lagos
Business School, Lagos, Nigeria, August, 1996
“Economic Policy and the Development of Industry and Entrepreneurship in Korea” seminar,
Lagos Business School, Lagos, Nigeria, August, 1996
“Conceptualizing Economic Development and Structural Adjustment in Africa: A Critical
Examination of Neo-classical Orthodoxy” seminar, “Contemporary Dynamics of African
Societies Seminar Series” Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestao of the Technical University
of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, July, 1996.
“Financial Development, Deregulation and the Banking Crisis in Nigeria” seminar, Institute of
Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan, May, 1996
“Structural Adjustment and the Crisis of African Economic Development” seminar, Faculty of
Economics, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan, April, 1996
“Conceptualizing Economic Development and Structural Adjustment: A Critical Examination of
Neo-classical Orthodoxy” seminar, Dept. of Economics, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan, March,
1996
“The Ghana Economy in Retrospect and Policies for the Future” Economy of Ghana, Past,
Present and Future, Symposium sponsored by the Ghana Association of Japan, Tokyo, Japan,
March, 1996
Discussant, “Market and Government in the Process of Structural Adjustment of Developing
Economies” Market and Government: Foes or Friends, International Conference on the World
Economy in Transition, Hitotusubashi Josui Kaiken, Tokyo, Japan, February, 1996
Discussant, “Inequality, Employment and Poverty in Latin America: Effects of Adjustment of the
Change of the Development Style” and “Income Distribution in the United States: Causes and
Consequences” International Workshop on Income Distribution and Social-Political Stability,
Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan, January, 1996
“Lessons from Japan and East Asian Development for Africa” seminar, presented at the Institute
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of International Relations and Area Studies, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, October,
1995
“The Transition to and of the Market Economy: An Assessment of the Contribution to the
Debate” presentation in the concluding session of a Conference on The Transition to Market
Economy and the Transition of Market Economy, International Research Center for Japanese
Studies, International Symposium VIII, Kyoto, Japan, September, 1995
“A Comment on Rational Choice in Africa and the Recent Work of Robert Bates and Jennifer
Widner” Conference on Rational Choice Theory and the Political Economy of Development,
Center for International and Comparative Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, May,
1995
“Institutional Theories and Structural Adjustment in Africa” Conference on Public Choice
Theories and Third World Experiences, Third World Economic History/Development Group,
London School of Economics and Political Science, London, England, September, 1993
“The Economic Crisis in Africa” Lecture to the Political Science Forum in honor of Black
History Month, St. Xavier College, Chicago, IL, February, 1992
“Asian Industrialization and Africa: A Proposed Research Agenda” seminar, Institute of
Developing Economies, Tokyo, Japan, August, 1991
“Land Reform and Agricultural Policy in Post-Independent Zimbabwe”; “Structural Adjustment:
Its Logic and Limitations”; and “Economic Reform in Africa: A Critical Evaluation” lectures
given the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1990-1991
“The IMF in Africa: The Case of Tanzania” seminar, Department of Economics, University of
Notre Dame, April, 1989
“Research on Africa” seminar , World Institute of Economics, Academy of Sciences, Budapest,
Hungary, February, 1989
Moderator of “Three on the Economy” plenary panel discussion focusing on national and global
economic issues, Windy City Summit, conference of senior financial executives, Chicago, IL,
June, 1988
“The Economic Crisis in Africa: Patterns, Paradigms and Prospects” Conference on Cultures in
Conflict in the Developing World, Roosevelt University, Chicago, February, 1987
“The State and Crisis in Tanzania: Towards a Systemic Evaluation” lecture, Economics
Department, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, February, 1985
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“The State, Bureaucracy and Parastatals in Tanzania: The Anatomy of Crisis” Lecture Series,
Program of African Studies, Northwestern University, October, 1984
“National Planning and Development: The Case of Tanzania” seminar, Department of
Economics, University of California, Riverside, March, 1983
“Planning in Tanzania” to the Economics Department, lecture, University of Nairobi, Kenya,
May, 1982
“Planning and the Crisis in Tanzania,” seminar, Joint Economics/Economic Research Bureau,
University of Dar Es Salaam,Tanzania, May, 1982
“Hyden on Underdevelopment and the Uncaptured Peasantry in Africa: A Critical Review”
seminar, Institute of Development Studies, University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, August, 1981
“Multinational Corporations, Threat or Promise,” California Polytech, Pomona, Pamona, CA,
Campus Forum, Lecture Series, May, 1979
Book Reviews
Fantu Cheru “African Renaissance: Roadmaps to the Challenge of Globalization” and Gillian
Hart “Disabling Globalization: Places of Power in Post-Apartheid South Africa” Economic
Development and Cultural Change Volume 53, No. 4, July, 2005
Morton Boas and Desmond McNeil “Multilateral Institutions, A Critical Introduction European
Journal of Development Research Volume 15, No. 2, December, 2003
Simon Teitel “Technology and Skills in Zimbabwe’s Manufacturing: From Autarky to
Competition” Economic Development and Cultural Change Volume 51, No.2, April, 2003
Deborah Brautigam “Chinese Aid and African Development Exporting Green Revolution”
Africa Volume 72, no.1, 2002
David Sahn et al. “Structural Adjustment Reconsidered, Economic Policy and Poverty”
Economic Development and Cultural Change Volume 48, No. 5, October, 2000
Meine Pieter van Dijk and Roberta Rabellotti ed. “Enterprise Clusters and Networks in
Developing Countries” Africa Volume 70, N. 1, 2000
Peter de Valk “African Industry in Decline” International Journal of African Historical Studies,
Volume 32, no.2/3, 1999
Robert L. Tignor “Capitalism and Nationalism at the End of Empire, State and Business in
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Decolonizing Egypt, Nigeria and Nigeria, 1945-1963” Choice January, 1999
Peter Gibbon and Adebayo Olukoshi “Structural Adjustment and Socio-Economic Change in
Sub-Saharan Africa”; Charles Harvey ed. “Constraints on the Success of Structural Adjustment
Programs in Africa”; Malcom McPherson and Steven Radelet ed. “Economic Recovery in the
Gambia: Insights for Adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa”; and Lynne Brydon and Karen
Legge”Adjusting Society: The World Bank, the IMF and Ghana” African Studies Review April,
1998
Larry Swatuk and David Black ed. “Bridging the Rift: The New South Africa in Africa” Choice
October, 1997
Gavin Maasdorp “Can South and Southern Africa Become Globally Competitive Economies”
Choice May, 1997
John Mihevc “The Market Tells Them So, The World Bank and Economic Fundamentalism in
Africa” Choice April, 1997
Deborah Bryceson “Liberalizing Tanzania's Food Trade” African Studies Review September,
1996
E. Wayne Nafziger “The Debt Crisis in Africa”; African Center for Monetary Studies (ACMS)
“Instruments of Economic Policy in Africa”; and ACMS “Debt Conversion Schemes in Africa”
African Studies Review December, 1995
Himmelstrand et al., “African Perspectives on Development” Choice June, 1995
David Sahn, editor, “Adjusting to Policy Failures in African Economies” Choice April, 1995
Rudiger Dornbusch, editor, “Policymaking in the Open Economy, Concepts and Case Studies in
Economic Performance” Choice December, 1993
Rexford A. Ahene and Bernard S. Katz, ed. “Privatization and Investment in Sub-Saharan
Africa” Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy Volume 11, No.4, November,
1993
A. Adedeji et al., ed. “The Challenge of African Economic Recovery and Development” African
Studies Review September, 1993
Ronald E. Seavoy “Famine in East Africa: Food Production and and Food Policies” Studies in
Comparative International Development Spring, 1993
Chris Milner and A.J. Rayner, ed. “Policy Adjustment in Africa: Case Studies in Economic
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Development Volume I” Choice October, 1992
Vinod Thomas et al., ed. “Restructuring Economies in Distress, Policy Reform and the World
Bank” Choice April, 1992
J. Frimpong-Ansah and S. M. Ravi Kanbur and P. Svedburg, ed. “Trade and Development in
Sub-Saharan Africa” Choice December, 1991
Roger C. Riddell, “Manufacturing Africa, Performance and Prospects of Seven Countries in SubSaharan Africa” Choice May, 1991
A. R. Khan and M. Hossain, “The Strategy of Development in Bangladesh” Choice January,1991
Stephen Lewis Jr. and Charles Harvey “Policy Choice and Development Performance in
Botswana” Choice November, 1990
Sheila Page, “Trade, Finance and Developing Countries: Strategies and Constraints in the
1990's” Choice July/Aug, 1990
Bade Onimode editor, “The IMF, the World Bank and the African Debt” Choice March, 1990
Susan C. Crouch, “Western Responses to Tanzanian Socialism 1967-1983” Canadian Journal of
African Studies Volume 23, No. 3, 1989
Trevor W. Parfitt and Stephen P. Riley, “The African Debt Crisis” Choice November, 1989
Robert E. Baldwin, “Trade Policy in a Changing World Economy” Choice July\August, 1989
Robert H. Bates, “Essays on the Political Economy of Africa” Canadian Journal of African
Studies Volume 23, No. 2, 1989
Stephen K. Commins ed. “Africa's Development Challenges and the World Bank:
Questions, Costly Choices” Choice April, 1989
Hard
R.G. Abrahams ed.”Villagers, Villages and the State in Modern Tanzania” Canadian Journal of
African Studies Volume 21, No. 1, 1987
Arruda et al.,”The Brazilian Miracle, A Tarnished Image” “Multinational in Brazil” Latin
American Perspective Volume VI, No. 4, Fall, 1979
Working Papers
Stein, H. “Institutions and the Divergence of Development Trajectories: Keynote Address, First
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Plenary Session, Tracking Development Project, Leiden, Netherlands” Project Document, June,
2008, http://www.trackingdevelopment.net/project.html
Stein, H. “Economic Theory and the World Bank Agenda” Seminario do Departamento,
Departamento de Economia,Universidade Tecnica del Lisboa, No. 14, 2005-2006, March, 2006
Stein, H. “Fighting Poverty: Poverty Reduction Strategies, Employment and Accumulation in
Africa” seminar, Center of African Studies University of Copenhagen Occasional Papers
Series, September, 2004 (www.teol.ku.dk/cas/Publikationes.htm)
Arestis, P. Nissanke, M. and Stein, H. “Finance and Development: Institutional and Policy
Alternatives to Financial Liberalization Theory” Working Paper, Levy Economics Institute,
Working Paper No.377, April, 2003
Stein, H. “Economic Development and the Anatomy of Crisis in Africa: From Colonialism
through Structural Adjustment Centre of African Studies, The University of Copenhagen,
Occasional Papers Series, May, 2001 (www.teol.ku.dk/cas/Publikationes.htm)
Stein, H. “The Development of the Developmental State in Africa: A Theoretical Inquiry” Centre
of African Studies, The University of Copenhagen, Occasional Papers Series, December, 2000
(www.teol.ku.dk/cas/Publikationes.htm)
Stein, H. “Structural Adjustment and the African Crisis: A Theoretical Appraisal” Seminario do
Departamento, Departamento de Economia,Universidade Tecnica del Lisboa, No. 26, 2000
Stein, H. “The Development of the Developmental State in Africa: Theoretical Inquiry”
Development Research Series, Research Center on Development and International Relations,
University of Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark, No. 95, 2000
Boas M. and Stein, H. Introduction to “Trade, Competitiveness, Regional Arrangements and the
Environment: A Political Economy Approach” Institute of Development and the Environment,
University of Oslo, Working Paper Series, No. 1, May, 2000
Stein, H. and Lien S. “Globalization and Regional Development: The Case of the East African
Community” in M. Boas and H. Stein eds. “Trade, Competitiveness, Regional Arrangements and
the Environment: A Political Economy Approach” Institute of Development and the
Environment, University of Oslo, Working Paper Series, No.1, May, 2000
Stein, H. “Globalization, Adjustment and The Structural Transformation of African Economies:
The Role of International Financial Institutions” Centre for the Study of Globalization and
Regionalization, University of Warwick Working Paper Series, No.32/99, May 1999 (web site:
www.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/SCGR/wpapers.htm1) also reprinted Development Economics
(Social Science Research Network). (web site: papers.ssrn.com/paper.taf?abstract_id=165812)
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Stein, H. “Structural Adjustment and the Africa Crisis: A Theoretical Appraisal” Centre of
African and Development Studies of the Faculty of Economics and Management, Technical
University of Lisbon, Documentos de Trabalho, No. 54, February, 1999
Stein, H. “Structural Adjustment and the Political Economy of Japanese Aid to Africa” Institute
of Economic Research, HitotsubashiUniversity Discussion Paper Series A, No. 331, March, 1997
Stein, H. “Adjustment and Development in Africa: Toward an Assessment” Institute of
Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University Discussion Paper Series A, No. 323, June, 1996
Stein, H. and Lewis P. “The Nigerian Banking Crisis and Japanese Financial Development: In
Search of Lessons” Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University Discussion Paper
Series A, No. 324, June, 1996
“Shifting Fortunes: The Political Economy of Financial Liberalization in Nigeria, Institute of
Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University Discussion Papers Series A, No. 318 February,
1996
Stein, H. “Structural Adjustment, Human Needs and the World Bank Agenda in Africa” Working
Papers in Economics and Political Economy, No. 91.2, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL, 1991
Stein, H. “Theory of Planning, Theory in Planning and Models of Planning Theories: Towards
Understanding Planning in Developing Countries” Working Papers in Economics and Political
Economy, No. 87.3, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL, 1987
Stein, H. “The State and Crisis in Tanzania: Towards a Systemic Evaluation, Working Papers in
Economics and Political Economy, No. 87.2, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL, 1987
Contributed Papers and Panels at Professional and Other Meetings
“The Neoliberal Policy Paradigm and the Great Recession” ASSA Annual Meeting, January,
2012, Chicago, IL (revised version presented at the New Left Forum, New York, NY, March,
2012)
Chair, Panel, “Policy Implications of the Great Recession” ASSA Annual Meeting, January,
2012, Chicago, IL
“Poverty and the Formalization of Property Rights in Tanzania: The Case of Manyara” African
Studies Association Meeting, Washington, DC, November, 2011 (with Faustin Maganga)
Chair. Panel, “Land Tenure Transformation in Rural Africa” African Studies Association
Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November, 2010
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“The World Bank and Land Titling in Rural Tanzania” (with Kate Owens and Kelly Askew)
African Studies Association Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November, 2010
“World Bank Policies and Income Distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa” European Association for
Evolutionary Economics, Amsterdam Netherlands, November, 2009
“World Bank Policies and Income Distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa” Allied Social Science
Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, January, 2009
“Embedded Institutions and Rural Transformation in Tanzania: Privatizing Rural Property and
Markets” (with Kelly Askew), African Studies Association Meeting, Chicago, IL, November,
2008
Chair, Panel, “Financial Institutions, Poverty and Income Distribution”, Allied Social Science
Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, January, 2008
“Financial Liberalization, Institutional Transformation and Credit Allocation in Developing
Countries: The World Bank and the Internationalization of Banking” Allied Social Science
Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, January, 2008
“Employment and Accumulation? The ‘Poverty’ of Poverty Reduction Strategies in Africa”
Allied Social Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, January, 2007,
“The World Bank, Africa and the Globalization of Neo-Liberal Health Policy”, African Studies
Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November, 2006,
Discussant, Panel “The Gender Dimensions of Education and Development” African Studies
Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., November, 2005
“Health and African Development: A Conceptual and Empirical Investigation” UROP Scholars
Poster Session (with UROP students Maura Munoz and Sade Bradford), University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI, April, 2005
“Institutions, Finance and Development: Beyond Orthodoxy” Allied Social Science Association
(ASSA), Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PN, January, 2005, Co-author: Philip Arestis
Co-chair session: “Finance and Development: Institutional Aspects, Developing Country Case”
Allied Social Science Association, Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PN, January 2005, Co-chair:
Philip Arestis
“Institutions and Development: Beyond the World Bank Agenda” Annual Meeting of the
International Society for New Institutional Economics (ISNIE), Tucson, Arizona, September,
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2004
“Liberating development or continued donorship? Ownership and conditionality in East Africa”
Paper presented at the African Studies Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November,
2003
“Health and African Development: A Conceptual and Empirical Investigation” , UROP Scholars
Poster Session (with UROP students Princess Poole and Solis Gonzalo), University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI, April, 2004
“Finance and Development, Institutional and Policy Alternatives to Financial Liberalization”
Association for Comparative Economic Studies, ASSA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.,
January, 2003, Co-authors: Philip Arestis and Machiko Nissanke
Co-chair “Optimal Finance and Global Macro-Strategy for Developing and Transitional States”
Association for Comparative Economic Studies, ASSA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
January, 2003, with Steve Rosefielde and Joseph Stiglitz as discussant
“Institutions, Global Integration and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Theoretical Inquiry”
African Studies Association, 2001 Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, November, 2001, Coauthor: Alice Sindzingre
Chair, “The Impact of Globalization on African Economies” African Studies Association, 2001
Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, November, 2001
“Financial Liberalization and the Jamaican Financial Debacle” Illinois Economic Association,
Chicago, IL, October, 2001
“The Development of the Developmental State in Africa: A Theoretical Inquiry” Association of
Comparative Economic Studies, ASSA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2001
“Competitiveness in Transitional and Developing Countries: A Theoretical Inquiry” 2000
Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Los Angeles, California, March 2000
“The Development of the Developmental State in Africa: A Theoretical Inquiry” African Studies
Association, 1999 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Penn., November, 1999
“Multinational Corporation Investment in Africa: Adjustment, Resource Extraction and US
Policy” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., February, 1999
Discussant, “Opening Markets in Central Europe panel” International Studies Association
Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., February, 1999
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Co-chair, “Comparative Studies in Developing and Transitional Economies” American
Economic Association Panel, ASSA Annual Meeting, New York, NY January, 1999
“Structural Adjustment and the African Crisis: A Theoretical Appraisal” American Economic
Asociation Meeting, ASSA Annual Meeting, New York, NY, January, 1999
Chair, “Competition, the Environment and Regional Trade Organizations in Africa, African
Studies Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November, 1998
“Globalization and Regional Development: The Case of the East African Community” African
Studies Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November, 1998
“Industrial Policy and Transitional Economies: An Institutional Approach” International Studies
Association, Minneapolis, MN, March, 1998
Discussant, “Africa and the Global Economy panel” African Studies Association Annual
Meeting, Columbus, Ohio, November, 1997
“Rethinking Stabilization and Structural Adjustment: Toward a Critique of Neo-classical
Development Economics” Illinois Economic Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, October,
1997
“A Critical Examination of the Neoclassical Conceptualization of Development and Structural
Adjustment in Africa” Illinois Economic Association, Chicago, IL, November, 1996
“Structural Adjustment and the Political Economy of Japanese Aid to Africa” African Studies
Association, San Francisco, CA, November, 1996
Chair, “Japanese and African Relations: Patterns of the Past and Challenges of the Future”
African Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, November, 1996
“The Nigerian Banking Crisis and Japanese Financial Development: In Search of Lessons” 8th
International conference on Socio-Economics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, July,
1996
Chair, “Adjustment and the African Crisis and the Crisis of Adjustment” 8th International
Conference on Socio-Economics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, July, 1996
“Banking Deregulation in Nigeria: The Genesis of a Financial Black Hole” Seventh Annual
Conference on Socio-Economics, Washington, D.C., April, 1995
“Asian Development and Economic Reform in Africa” Thirty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the
International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, February, 1995
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Discussant, “Capacity Building and Good Goverance in Sub-Saharan Africa” African Studies
Association Meeting, Toronto, Canada, Nov., 1994
“Asian Industrial Development and Economic Reform” Sixth Annual Conference on SocioEconomics, HEC, Paris, France, July, 1994
“The Structural Adjustment Capacity of African Nation-States” Allied Social Science
Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, January, 1994
Discussant, “Land Tenure in Comparative Perspective” African Studies Association Meeting,
Boston, MA, December, 1993
Discussant, “Debt, Adjustment and Economic Liberalization in Developing Countries”
Association for Evolutionary Economics, Allied Social Science Association Meeting, Anaheim,
CA, January, 1993
“Structural Adjustment, Institutions and the Development of Capitalism in Africa” African
Studies Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, November, 1992
Discussant, “The Politics of Development in the Third World” American Historical Association,
Chicago, IL, December, 1991
Chair, “Industrial Development in Asia: Lessons for Africa” African Studies Association
Meeting, St. Louis, MO, November, 1991
“The World Bank and the Application of Asian Industrial Policy to Africa: Theoretical
Considerations” African Studies Association Meeting, St. Louis, MO , November, 1991
“Africa's Economic Development: A Critique of the World Bank and Lagos Plan of Action”
American Economic Association, Allied Social Science Association Meeting, Washington, D.C.,
December, 1990
“Deindustrialization, Stabilization and the IMF in Africa” North American Economics and
Finance Association, Allied Social Science Association Meeting, Atlanta, GA, December, 1989
Chair, “Robert Bates, Rational Choice and the Political Economy of Africa” African Studies
Association Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November, 1989
“A Political Economy Critique of Bates' Rational Choice” African Studies Association Meeting,
Atlanta, GA, November, 1989
“Economic Policy and Conditionality in Tanzania” Global Imbalances: Alternative Perspectives
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on the International Economy, American University, Washington, D.C., May, 1989
Chair, “Tanzanian Economics and Politics: From Nyerere to Nyerere” African Studies
Association Meeting, Chicago, IL, October, 1988
“The Economics of the State and the IMF in Tanzania” African Studies Association Meeting,
Chicago, IL, October, 1988
Chair and Presenter, “Planning, the State and Markets: Lessons from Post-Independence Africa”
roundtable discussion, African Studies Association Meeting, Madison, WI, October, 1986
“British Rule and the Post-Colonial State: The Case of Tanzania” Conference on Current Issues
in Political Economy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, October, 1986
Chair, “Tanzania Historical Studies II” African Studies Association Meeting, New Orleans LA,
November, 1985
“The Historical Origins of Tanzanian Statism: The Role of British Colonial Policies” African
Studies Association Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November, 1985
“The State, Bureaucracy and Parastatals in Tanzania: Coercion, Conflict and Crisis” African
Studies Association Meeting, Boston, MA, December, 1983
Chair and Discussant for ASSA session entitled, “Nutrition, Agriculture and Economic Growth”
New York, NY, December, 1982
“The Political Economy of Planning and the State: The Case of Tanzania” ASSA Conference,
New York, NY, December, 1982
Chaired “Towards a Critique of Social Choice Theory” ASSA Annual Meeting, New York, N.Y,
December, 1977
Other Lectures
“Techniques of Macroeconomic Reporting” and “Thoughts on Structural Adjustment”
presentations to the Economic Correspondents of Nigeria, United States Information Service,
Abuja, Nigeria, April, 1997
“Manufacturing, GATT and U.S.-China Trade Relations” Lecture presented to the China
Management Project, University of Illinois, Chicago, April, June, 1993
“The History and Prospects of China-U.S. Trade Relations in View of GATT and NAFTA”
Lecture presented to the China Management Project, University of Illinois, Chicago, December,
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1992
“Models of Reform and the Chinese Economy” Lecture presented to the China Management
Project, University of Illinois, Chicago, November, 1992
“Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing and the U.S. Economy lecture” China Management
Project, University of Illinois, Chicago, August & November, 1992
“African Liberalization and the Reform of the Chinese Economy: An Interactive Discussion”
National Research Center for Science and Technology for Development, State Science and
Technology Commission, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China, August, 1991
“Postwar International Finance: From Bretton Woods to the Plaza Agreement” guest lecture,
class on global political economy, Northwestern University, February, 1989
“Postwar International Finance: From Bretton Woods to the Plaza Agreement” guest lecture,
class on global political economy, Northwestern University, May, 1988
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES
University of Michigan (2003-12)
Co-Coordinator, CAAS 890 Speaker Series, Supervision and Weekly Seminars which is part of
the requirements of the African Studies Graduate Certificate, Winter 2011, 2012
Member, African Initiative and South African Initiative Grants Committee, 2011Full Professor Preparation Committee Elisha Renne with Anthropology 2009
Evaluation of Research of Martin Murray for appointment to CAAS 2009
Co-Writer, Proposal for Junior Faculty Initiative, 2008-09, “Environment, Information and
Sustainable Development: The Asia-Africa Nexus” (CAAS, SI, SNRE, History)
Tenure Preparation Committee (joint committee with Women Studies-co-authored report on
tenure case of Amal Fadlalla)-Fall, 2008
Organized New Graduate Certificate Program in African Studies-Approved in 2009
Co-Coordinator Graduate Certificate Program African Studies-2010Member Graduate Curriculum Subcommittee 2011-
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Co-organizer Gender, African Development and Human Security Speaker Series 2008-09
Co-coordinator, Africa Workshop (Annual Speaker Series) 2006Steering Committee African Development and Human Security Project-2005Co-Founder (with Mamadou Diouf) African Development and Human Security Project 2005Tenure Review Committee-Nine Candidates(CAAS)
Promotion Review Committee
Honors Committee
Cluster Search (CAAS)
South African Initiatives Office Moody Fellowship Committee
History Search Committee
African Studies Steering Committee
African Studies Curriculum Committee
CAAS Curriculum Committee
Social Science Search Committee (ex-officio-did interviews at Economic Meetings)
Global Health Interdisciplinary Concentration Committee
Roosevelt University
Economics Program coordinator (1999-2003)
Chair of economics program review (1998)
Chair/co-chair economics faculty search committee, Spring 2000, Fall, 2000
Graduate advisor including representative to the Graduate Council (1990-94)
Dept. representative to the Business School Council (1988-94)
Member of International Studies Committee (1983-2004)
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Member of curriculum subcommittee in Business School (1988-1994)
Member of search committee for Business School dean, 1996
Main organizer joint Ph.D. program with University of East London Southbank University,
London, United Kingdom (1991-2000)
Acting head of Economics Department (1990)
Economics Department representative to the senate (1986)
Member of committee to develop a new minor in international business for arts and science
students (1992)
Editorial Work
Member of Advisory Board, Annual Editions, Macroeconomics 84/85 through Macroeconomics
02/03 (twelve editions), Dushkin Publishing Groups, 1984-2002
Reviewer of Mark Lindert's International Economics, eighth edition for Richard D. Irwin
Publishers, 1987
Editorial referee for The Canadian Journal of African Studies, 1987Editorial referee for The Journal of Historical Sociology, 1987Editorial referee for African Studies Review, 1990Reviewer of academic manuscripts for Westview Press, 1990, 1992
Reviewer of academic manuscripts for Lynne Reinner Publishers, 1991
Reviewer of Dan Fusfeld and Robert Averitt's Principles of Political Economy, 4th edition for
D.C. Heath, 1991 and 1992
Editorial referee for World Development, 1991Reviewer of international economics text for South-Western Publishing, 1992
Reviewer of E. Wayne Nafziger's The Economics of Developing Countries, for Prentice-Hall
Publishing, 1993
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Editorial Referee for Studies in Political Economy, 1995Editorial Referee for Policy Studies Journal, 1996Reviewer of “The Student Atlas of Economic Development” for Dushkin Publishing Group,
1996
Reviewer of “Government Policy and Public Enterprise Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa” for
Westview Press, 1997
Editorial Referee for Journal of Developing Areas, 1998Editorial Referee for Comparative Economic Studies, 1999Editorial Referee for Eastern Economic Journal, 1999Editorial Referee for, Africa Today, 2000External Faculty Reviewer for promotions for Department of Economics, School of Oriental and
African Studies, University of London, London, United Kingdom, 2000,2002
Reviewer of book proposals, Palgrave Publishing, United Kingdom, 2001Reviewer of proposal for 4th edition of E. Wayne Nafziger’s Economics of Developing Countries
for Cambridge University Press, 2002
Editorial Board Anthem Studies on Political Economy and Globalization 2002Editorial Referee Social Science Quarterly 2003Reviewer for David Clark ed. Elgar Companion to Development Studies Edward Elgar 2004
Editorial Referee Cambridge Journal of Economics 2005Editorial Referee African Economic Research Consortium Research Paper Series (Nairobi) 2004Editorial Referee for Journal of Peace Research 2007External Faculty Reviewer for full professor promotion for African American Studies, Syracuse
University, 2008
Editorial Board Journal of Development and Globalization (edited by Jose Antonio Ocampo,
Joseph Stiglitz and Dani Rodrik) published by Berkely Electronic Press, 2009-
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Editorial Referee for Nordic Africa Institute Occasional Paper Series 2010
External Faculty Review for Associate Professor Promotion- Institute of Resource Assessment,
University of Dar Es Salaam-2010
Editorial Referee for American Journal of Economics and Sociology 2010Referee for African focused grant proposals Volkswagen Foundation 2010External Faculty Reviewer for full professor promotion for Department of Geography, Trinity
College, Dublin, 2012
Conference Organizing
Co-Organizer Third Mellon Sawyer Seminar on Ethnicity in Africa, “Ethnicity, Conflict and
Cooperation”, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, November, 2011 (with Martin Murray and
Adam Ashforth)
Sub-Theme Chair “ Bodies and Health as Legal, Public Policy and National Security Issues”
African Studies Association, Annual Meeting, November, 2005
Economic Panels Program Chair, African Studies Association, Annual Meeting, Philadelphia,
PA, November, 1999
Co-organizer “Writers' Workshop on Deregulation and the Nigerian Banking Crisis: A
Comparative Analysis” Nigerian Institute for Social and Economic Research, Ibadan, Nigeria,
April 8-9, 1997, Co-organizer: Olu Ajakaiye
Co-organizer “Rational Choice Theory and the Political Economy of Development” Center for
International and Comparative Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, May 12-14, 1995
Co-organizer: Bruce Cummings
Theses Supervision and External Review
Four M.A. theses and One Ph.D. thesis completed in May, 1998 (published in 2001 as
Stabilization and Growth in Latin America: A Critique and Reconstruction from a Post
Keynesian and Structuralist Perspectives (by Leonardo Vera): Palgrave, New York
External Examiner, Ph.D. thesis by Francis Mbroh Ghana The External Debt Problem and
Growth, Department of Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of
London, London, United Kingdom, July, 2003-revised version approved in December, 2003
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External Examiner, Ph.D. thesis by Morten Jerven African Economic Growth Reconsidered:
Measurement and Performance in East-Central Africa, 1965-1995, Department of Economic
History, London School of Economics, October, 2008
Cristy Watkins, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, U. o Michigan (Topic:
Community Management of Forestry Resources in Uganda), Successfully Defended April, 2009
Current Dissertation Committees
Ted Lawrence, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, U. of Michigan (Topic: Beach
Management Units and Lake Victoria Fisheries)
Kevin Hill, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, U. of Michigan (Topic:
Institutionalizing the Sustainability of Biodiversity Conservation)
Silvia Cordero-Sancho, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, U. of Michigan
(Topic: Forest Resources in West Africa)
Developing Countries Visited
Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Seychelles, Zambia, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Senegal, Nigeria, Ethiopia,
Mexico, Jamaica, Egypt, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mayotte, Guam,
Domincan Republic, Cyprus, St. Thomas, South Africa, Bahamas, Antigua, Hungary, Croatia,
Tortola, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Estonia, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Bosnia, St. Lucia,
Grand Cayman, Dominica, Venezuela, St. Maartin, Czechoslovakia, and Vietnam.