Every time I visit a US university, I am struck by one undeniable truth: that there are almost no African students studying at the world’s leading Economics departments. In November, I was a visiting scholar at the Becker Friedman Institute, a wonderfully generous offer to interact with some of the leading thinkers of our time. I sat in workshops (their term for seminars), had numerous meetings with scholars across a range of different fields and could even fit in a visit to neighbouring Northwestern University and their Kellog Business School. One of the most memorable events was to listen to recent Nobel-laureate Abhijit Banerjee discuss his latest book,
Where are the US-trained African economists?
Where are the US-trained African economists?
Where are the US-trained African economists?
Every time I visit a US university, I am struck by one undeniable truth: that there are almost no African students studying at the world’s leading Economics departments. In November, I was a visiting scholar at the Becker Friedman Institute, a wonderfully generous offer to interact with some of the leading thinkers of our time. I sat in workshops (their term for seminars), had numerous meetings with scholars across a range of different fields and could even fit in a visit to neighbouring Northwestern University and their Kellog Business School. One of the most memorable events was to listen to recent Nobel-laureate Abhijit Banerjee discuss his latest book,