Ravi Kanbur

Ravi Kanbur
Born
Sanjiv M. Ravi Kanbur

(1954-08-28) 28 August 1954
NationalityBritish
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
University of Oxford
InfluencesAmartya Sen
Academic work
DisciplineDevelopment economics, public economics and economic theory
InstitutionsCornell University
AwardsQuality of Research Discovery Award, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA)
Honorary Professor of Economics, University of Warwick
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Sanjiv M. Ravi Kanbur (born 28 August 1954), is T.H. Lee Professor of World Affairs, International Professor of Applied Economics, and Professor of Economics at Cornell University. He worked for the World Bank for almost two decades and was the director of the World Development Report.

Kanbur is president of the Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA) from September 2016 to September 2018. He started serving a year as president elect from September 2015.