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Melissa Thomas, J.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of International Development

Based in Washington, D.C.
Bernstein-Offit 730

Background and Education

Conducts research and operational work on governance for the World Bank, USAID, the U.K. Department for International Development, the U.S. Department of Defense and foreign governments, providing policy and technical advice, pursuing negotiations and studies, and designing and managing technical assistance projects; has worked on the ground in Africa, South America and the former Soviet Union; current research focus is operation of neopatrimonial states and U.S. foreign policy toward those states, aid work security and the aid industry; received the 2008 SAIS Max M. Fisher Prize for Excellence in Teaching; J.D., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., political economy and government, Harvard University
RSS

"What Do the Worldwide Governance Indicators Measure?" in European Journal of Development Research (2010); "The Governance Bank" in International Affairs (2007); "Liaison Legislature: The Role of the National Assembly in Senegal," co-author, in Journal of Modern African Studies (2005); "Can the World Bank Enforce Its Own Conditions?" in Development & Change (2004); "Getting Debt Relief Right" in Foreign Affairs (2001); book chapters and World Bank reports

Topics
Developing Nations
Governance
Rule of Law
International Political Economy
World Bank and International Monetary Fund