Keith B. Griffin (born 1938) is an

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

, whose specialty is the economics of poverty reduction . From 1979 to 1988 he was President of

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, and he remains an honorary fellow there. During his presidency of Magdalen College, he and Senior Bursar

R. W. Johnson R. W. Johnson (born 1943; Richard William, "Bill" ) is a British journalist, political scientist, and historian who lives in South Africa. Born in England, he was educated at Natal University and Oxford University, as a Rhodes Scholar. He was a ...

worked to rescue the finances and buildings of the college, an effort described in Johnson's 2015 book ''Look Back in Laughter: Oxford's Postwar Golden Age''. Griffin was the second American to ever serve as President of an Oxford college, and the youngest since World War II. After serving as President, he chaired the department of Economics at the

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's Riverside campus. Griffin was born in Colon, Panama, and originally studied at Oxford at

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as a

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after graduating from

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Selected publications

* Keith Griffin (Editor); Mark D. Brenner; Keith Griffin; Takayoshi Kusago; Amy Ickowitz; Terry McKinley. ''Poverty Reduction in Mongolia''. Asia Pacific Press (2003)Book review
Danny Yee's Book Reviews (May 2005) Retrieved January 11, 2011 * Keith Griffin, ''The political economy of agrarian change: an essay on the green revolution''. New York. Macmillan. 1979. 268 pages * Keith Griffin, ''Alternative Strategies for Economic Development'', New York, Macmillan, 1999, 269 pages

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R.W. Johnson R. W. Johnson (born 1943; Richard William, "Bill" ) is a British journalist, political scientist, and historian who lives in South Africa. Born in England, he was educated at University of Natal, Natal University and University of Oxford, Oxford ...

, ''Look Back in Laughter: Oxford's Postwar Golden Age'', Threshold Press, 2015, Living people British economists Presidents of Magdalen College, Oxford 1938 births Williams College alumni People from Colón, Panama Marshall Scholars {{Economist-stub