{{Short description|American economist}} {{Infobox economist | school_tradition = | name = Steven Radelet | image = | image_size = | caption = Donald F. McHenry Chair in Global Human Development and Director of the Global Human Development Program | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = Central Michigan University Harvard University | institution = Georgetown University | field = International Development, Macroeconomics, Economic Growth, Foreign Aid | influences = | influenced = | contributions = }}
'''Steven Radelet''' is an American economist working within the field of International Development. He holds the Donald F. McHenry Chair in Global Human Development and is also the Director of the Global Human Development Program (GHDP) at Georgetown University, a program of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ghd.georgetown.edu/|title=Global Human Development Program - Georgetown University|work=Georgetown.edu|accessdate=2015-07-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shfwire.com/ebola-crisis-affects-african-economy-health-care-system%20/|title=Ebola crisis affects African economy,health-care system|work=Scripps Howard Foundation Wire - News, Politics, Washington D.C.|accessdate=2015-07-28}}</ref>
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia called Radelet "one of the leading development thinkers and practitioners in the world today."<ref name="Radelet2015">{{cite book|author=Steven Radelet|title=The Great Surge: The Ascent of the Developing World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cbX_BgAAQBAJ|date=10 November 2015|publisher=Simon & Schuster|isbn=978-1-4767-6480-1}}</ref> He has worked as an adviser to governments, in academia at Georgetown and Harvard University, and in senior-level U.S. government positions at USAID, the State Department and the Treasury. In addition to his experience as a practitioner, he has published and contributed to a number of books and articles in academic journals and fora.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/authors/steven-radelet|title=Steven Radelet|work=Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2015-07-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323336104578498750777617428|title=World Bank Plans $1 Billion for Congo|author=Patrick McGroarty|date=22 May 2013|work=WSJ|accessdate=2015-07-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Melanie Nakagawa |url=http://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1254&context=sdlp |format=PDF |title=The Millennium Challenge Account: A Critical Look at the Newly Focused Development Approach and its Potential Impact on the U.S Agency for International Development |publisher=Digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu |accessdate=2015-07-28}}</ref>
==Professional background== Dr. Radelet earned his B.S. in mathematics from Central Michigan University in 1979. He then earned his M.P.P. in 1986 from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government before going on to finish his Ph.D. in Public Policy in 1990. He wrote his dissertation, titled ''Economic Recovery in The Gambia: The Anatomy of an Economic Reform Program'', on the country's response to its economic crisis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://resourcepage.gambia.dk/biblio/citations/econ.htm#214|title=Gambian Bibliography - Economy|work=Gambia.dk|accessdate=2015-07-28}}</ref>
==Career== Radelet began his career in international development in 1981 when he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Western Samoa with his wife, Carrie Hessler-Radelet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allgov.com/news/appointments-and-resignations/director-of-the-peace-corps-who-is-carrie-hessler-radelet-130819?news=850890|title=Appointments and Resignations - Director of the Peace Corps: Who Is Carrie Hessler-Radelet? - AllGov - News|work=AllGov|accessdate=2015-07-28}}</ref> After returning to the US and completing his doctorate, he stayed at Harvard University for 12 years to serve in a number of roles, including as the Director of the Macroeconomics Program at the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) and as a lecturer in the Economics Department and the Kennedy School of Government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.piie.com/staff/author_bio.cfm?author_id=152|title=Biography: Steven Radelet|work=Piie.com|access-date=2015-07-28|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045118/http://www.piie.com/staff/author_bio.cfm?author_id=152|archive-date=2016-03-04}}</ref> During his tenure with HIID, Radelet spent four years as resident adviser to the Ministry of Finance in Jakarta, Indonesia, and two years with the Ministry of Finance and Trade in The Gambia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aiard.org/radelet1.html|title=Radelet|work=AIARD<br />Association for International Agriculture & Rural Development|access-date=2015-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071251/http://www.aiard.org/radelet1.html|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Radelet joined the Georgetown faculty in 2012 after serving as the Chief Economist of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://mcfr.wildapricot.org/Resources/Documents/STEVE%20RADELET%20bio.pdf |title=Steve Radelet : Chief Economist |publisher=Mcfr.wildapricot.org |accessdate=2015-07-28}}</ref> where he worked with former Administrator Rajiv Shah on the launch of Feed the Future, an initiative focusing on agricultural production and farming communities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.feedthefuture.gov/article/president-joyce-banda-officially-launches-feed-future-malawi-pledges-support-developing|title=President Joyce Banda Officially Launches Feed the Future in Malawi, Pledges Support for Developing Agriculture|work=Feed the Future|accessdate=2015-07-28}}</ref> He previously served as Senior Adviser for Development to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (1999–2002)<ref>{{Cite FTP |author=Daphne Eviatar |url=ftp://ftp.uic.edu/pub/depts/econ/wpaper/cchis/old%20docs516%20F03/NYT%20AID.html |title=Do Aid Studies Govern Policies or Reflect Them? |date=2003-07-26 |server=Ftp.uic.edu |url-status=dead |accessdate=2015-07-28 }}</ref> and as a Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development (2002–09).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cgdev.org/expert/steve-radelet|title=Steve Radelet|work=Center For Global Development|accessdate=2015-07-28}}</ref>
Radelet served as an economic adviser to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia from 2005 to 2017, and worked in a similar role for the Government of Malawi from 2012 to 2014. He also acts as a Non-Resident Fellow at the Brookings Institution.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brookings.edu/experts/radelets|title=Steve Radelet|work=The Brookings Institution}}</ref> In 2017 President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf inducted him as Knight Officer in the Most Venerable Order of Knighthood of the Pioneers of the Republic of Liberia.
He has served on the advisory council for the Millennium Campus Network, The ONE Campaign (2005–2009), the Commission on Weak States and National Security (2003), the United Nations Task Force on Global Poverty Reduction (2003), the UNDP Human Development Report (2003), the Asian Development Bank Poverty Reduction Strategy (2003), Merck Incorporated's Vaccines Advisory Board (2003–2006), and the Chicago Council on Foreign Affairs Global Agriculture Division (2013–17). He has also served on the board of directors at the Center for U.S. Global Engagement from 2005 – 2010 and Chaired the International Working Group on Challenges and Opportunities for the executive director of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (2005). He also co-founded and co-chaired the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) from 2008 – 2010.
==Publications== Radelet is the author, co-author, or editor of seven books and dozens of academic articles. He has contributed to debates and discussions at the IMF, World Bank, Cato Institute,<ref>{{cite web|last=Radelet |first=Steve |url=http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/09/steve-radelet/evidence-beats-rhetoric-every-time |title=Evidence Beats Rhetoric, Every Time |publisher=Cato-unbound.org |date=2006-04-09 |accessdate=2015-07-28}}</ref> the Council on Foreign Relations<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cfr.org/africa-sub-saharan/radelet-bush-policies-have-made-difference-africa/p15500 |title=Radelet: Bush Policies Have Made a Difference in Africa - Council on Foreign Relations |publisher=Cfr.org |date= |accessdate=2015-07-28}}</ref> and other research institutions in addition to participating in a variety of speaking engagements,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marketplace.org/topics/health-care/imf-creates-global-safety-net-poorest-countries|title=IMF creates global safety net for poorest countries|work=Marketplace.org|date=5 February 2015 |accessdate=2015-07-28}}</ref> including a TedX talk at Georgetown University.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/The-Great-Era-of-Global-Develop|title=Watch "The Great Era of Global Development: Steve Radelet at TEDxGeorgetown" Video at TEDxTalks|work=TEDxTalks|access-date=2015-07-28}}</ref> He has testified for the United States Congress on several occasions.
In a review of his book ''The Great Surge'', Bono, lead singer of U2 and co-founder of The ONE Campaign and (RED), stated: "With his typical care and detail, Steve describes humanity’s greatest hits over the last twenty years".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.simonandschuster.ca/The-Great-Surge/Steven-Radelet/9781476764788|title=The Great Surge|work=Simonandschuster.ca|accessdate=2015-07-28}}</ref>
===Selected works=== *Radelet, Steven. ''The Great Surge: The Ascent of the Developing World.'' New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015. *Perkins, Dwight, Steven Radelet, David Lindauer, and Stephen Block. ''Economics of Development'', Seventh Edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2012.<ref name="PerkinsRadelet2006">{{cite book|author1=Dwight Heald Perkins|author2=Steven C. Radelet|author3=David L. Lindauer|title=Economics of Development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0uLtAAAAMAAJ|year=2006|publisher=W.W. Norton|isbn=978-0-393-92652-1}}</ref> *Radelet, Steven. ''Emerging Africa: How 17 Countries Are Leading the Way.'' Washington: Center for Global Development, 2010.<ref name="Radelet2010">{{cite book|author=Steven C. Radelet|title=Emerging Africa: How 17 Countries are Leading the Way|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F2K6YxTHVvIC|year=2010|publisher=CGD Books|isbn=978-1-933286-51-8}}</ref> *Radelet, Steven, and Jeffrey Sachs. ''The Onset of the East Asian Financial Crisis. No. w6680''. National Bureau of Economic Research, 1998. {{doi|10.3386/w6680}} *Radelet, Steven, and Jeffrey Sachs. 1998. ''The East Asian Financial Crisis: Diagnosis, Remedies, Prospects.'' Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 1: 1998, pp. 1–74.<ref>{{cite book|title=The East Asian Financial Crisis: Diagnosis, Remedies, Prospects|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=89MhHQAACAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Harvard Institute for International Development|accessdate=2015-07-28}}</ref>
==Awards== He and his co-authors won the Royal Economic Society Prize, an annual award bestowed upon the author(s) of the best paper published in the Economic Journal, in 2012 for their article ''Counting Chickens When They Hatch: Timing and the Effects of Aid on Growth.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.res.org.uk/view/RESprizeEconomic.html |title=Royal Economic Society Prize - Royal Economic Society |publisher=Res.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2015-07-28}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://ghd.georgetown.edu/ Global Human Development Program at Georgetown University]
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