Tony Addison

Tony Addison is Deputy Director of the World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) of the United Nations University. He was previously Director of the Programme in Quantitative Development Economics at the University of Warwick, UK, and has been on the economics faculties of the universities of Warwick and London (School of Oriental and African Studies). He has also been a research fellow at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London, and has acted as consultant for DFID,...See more

Tony Addison is Deputy Director of the World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) of the United Nations University. He was previously Director of the Programme in Quantitative Development Economics at the University of Warwick, UK, and has been on the economics faculties of the universities of Warwick and London (School of Oriental and African Studies). He has also been a research fellow at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London, and has acted as consultant for DFID, ILO, UNICEF, and the World Bank. His current interests are in reconstruction from conflict, fiscal policy in low-income countries, and the debt problems of poor countries. See less