Robert Wade (scholar)

Robert Wade
Born	1944 Australia
Nationality	New Zealand & British
Alma mater	University of Otago, Victoria University of Wellington, Sussex University
Spouse	divorced
Children	2
Awards	Leontief Prize, Best Book or Article in Political Economy, from American Political Science Association
Scientific career
Fields	Economic growth, core-periphery structure of world economy, UK and US empire, economic inequality, development studies, international political economy, industrial policy, irrigation
Institutions	London School of Economics, World Bank, Institute of Development Studies, Brown University
Thesis	(1971)
Website	www.lse.ac.uk/international-development/people/robert-wade

Robert Hunter Wade is a political economist and development scholar. He has been Professor of Global Political Economy at the Department of International Development, London School of Economics since 1999.^[1]