{{Short description|American economist}} '''Lyn Squire''' is an American economist who was born in South Wales. He held several positions within the World Bank's hierarchy over a 25-year career. While there, he co-authored, with Herman G. Van Der Tak, the 1975 work ''Economic analysis of projects''. He was one of the lead authors of the ''World Development Report 1990: Poverty'' where the international $1 a day poverty line was proposed.<ref name="worldbank">{{cite web|url=https://oralhistory.worldbank.org/en/archive/oralhistory/persondetail/squire-lyn|website=oralhistory.worldbank.org|title=History|access-date=2024-04-03}}</ref><ref name="theigc">{{cite web|url=https://www.theigc.org/people/lyn-squire|title=Lyn Squire {{pipe}} International Growth Centre|website=theigc.org|access-date=2024-04-03}}</ref>
== Academic Service== * The Editor of the Middle East Development Journal * Founding president and ex-director of the Global Development Network
==Selected publications== * Squire, L. (1993). Fighting poverty. ''American Economic Review'', 83(2), 377–382. * Lundberg, M., & Squire, L. (2003). The simultaneous evolution of growth and inequality. ''Economic Journal'', 113(487), 326–344. * Squire, L., & Van der Tak, H. G. (1975). ''Economic analysis of projects''. World Bank Publications.<ref>For reviews and analysis of the work see: Jenkins, G. P. (1997). Project Analysis and the World Bank. ''American Economic Review'', 87(2), 38–42.; Ordish, G. (1976). Economic Analysis of Projects. Outlook on Agriculture, 9(1), 36-36 and Ward WA. (2019) Cost-Benefit Analysis Theory versus Practice at the World Bank 1960 to 2015. ''Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis'';10(1):124-144. Also Robert Brent has written a whole book (Brent, R. J. (1990 and 1998 2nd edition). Cost-benefit analysis for developing countries. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.) outlining, evaluating and expanding the Squire and Van de Tak approach to project appraisal.</ref> * Barnum, H. N., & Squire, L. (1979). An econometric application of the theory of the farm-household. ''Journal of Development Economics'', 6(1), 79–102.<ref>Summarised in pages 128-134 of Frank Ellis (1988) Peasant Economics: Farm Household and agrarian development, Cambridge</ref> * Deininger, K., & Squire, L. (1996). A new data set measuring income inequality. ''World Bank Economic Review'', 10(3), 565–591. * Deininger, K., & Squire, L. (1998). New ways of looking at old issues: inequality and growth. ''Journal of development economics'', 57(2), 259–287. * Bruno, M., Ravallion, M., & Squire, L. (1996). ''Equity and growth in developing countries: old and new perspectives on the policy issues'' (Vol. 1563). World Bank Publications. * Stiglitz, Joseph E. & Lyn Squire (1999) International Development: Is It Possible? ''Foreign Policy'', 110, 138–151. * Kanbur, R., & Squire, L. (1999). ''The evolution of thinking about poverty: exploring the interactions''. WP 99-24 Department of Agricultural, Resource, and Managerial Economics. Cornell University, * Milanovic, B., & Squire, L. (2005). Does tariff liberalization increase wage inequality? Some empirical evidence. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, No. 3571, World Bank, Washington, DC.
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