Professor of Harvard University
Professor Dwight Perkins
Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, of Harvard University. Previous positions at Harvard include Associate Director of the East Asian (now Fairbank) Center, Chairman of the Department of Economics, Director of the Harvard Institute for International Development, and ...
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About Dwight Perkins
Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, of Harvard University. Previous positions at Harvard include Associate Director of the East Asian (now Fairbank) Center, Chairman of the Department of Economics, Director of the Harvard Institute for International Development, and Director of the Harvard Asia Center. Dwight Perkins has authored, coauthored or edited 20 books and over 100 articles on economic history and economic development with special reference to the economies of China, Korea, Vietnam and the other economies of East and Southeast Asia. He has served as an advisor or consultant on economic policy and reform to the governments of Korea, China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and various departments of the US government, the Ford Foundation and the World Bank.