Michael Lipton (born 13 February 1937) is a British economist specialising in
rural poverty
Rural poverty refers to poverty in rural areas, including factors of rural society, rural economy, and political systems that give rise to the poverty found there.Janvry, A. de, E. Sadoulet, and R. Murgai. 2002“Rural Development and Rural Pol ...
in developing countries, including issues relating to
land reform
Land reform is a form of agrarian reform involving the changing of laws, regulations, or customs regarding land ownership. Land reform may consist of a government-initiated or government-backed property redistribution, generally of agricultural ...
and
urban bias
Urban bias refers to a political economy argument according to which economic development is hampered by groups who, by their central location in urban areas, are able to pressure governments to protect their interests. It is a structural condition ...
. He has spent much of his career at the
University of Sussex
, mottoeng = Be Still and Know
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £14.4 million (2020)
, budget = £319.6 million (2019–20)
, chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar
, vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil
, ...
, but also contributed to the work of international institutions, such as the
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Interna ...
's 2000/2001
World Development Report on poverty. He was reader, then professorial fellow, at the university's
Institute of Development Studies
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is a think tank affiliated with the University of Sussex in Brighton, England, and based on its campus in Falmer, East Sussex. It delivers research and teaching in the area of development studies, an ...
1967–94, and since 1994 he has been research professor at the
University of Sussex
, mottoeng = Be Still and Know
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £14.4 million (2020)
, budget = £319.6 million (2019–20)
, chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar
, vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil
, ...
's
Poverty Research Unit, which he founded.
[Lipton bio]
, Sussex
Lipton was elected to the
British Academy
The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences.
It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars span ...
in 2006 and shared the 2012
Leontief Prize
The Global Development And Environment Institute (GDAE, pronounced “gee-day”) is a research center at Tufts University founded in 1993. GDAE conducts research and develops teaching materials in economics and related areas that follow an interdi ...
. He was appointed CMG in 2003.
Selected works
* ''Why Poor People Stay Poor: Urban Bias and World Development'' (1977, 1988)
* ''New Seeds and Poor People'' (with Richard Longhurst, 1989)
* ''Does Aid Work in India?'' (with John Toye, 1991)
* ''Successes in Anti-poverty'' (1998, 2001)
* ''
Land Reform in Developing Countries: Property rights and property wrongs'' (2009), Routledge,
References
LIPTON, Prof. Michael ''Who's Who 2014'', A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014
External links
Michael Lipton homepage Sussex
1937 births
Living people
People educated at Haberdashers' Boys' School
Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford
British development economists
Academics of the University of Sussex
Fellows of the British Academy
Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
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