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Melissa Thomas, J.D., Ph.D.photo, Thomas
Associate Professor of International Development

Expertise

Issues
developing nations | governance | international political economy | rule of law | World Bank and International Monetary Fund

Background and Education
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, conducting 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; J.D., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., political economy and government, Harvard University

Publications
"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

Contact Information:
Room: Bernstein-Offit 730
Phone: 202.663.5946
ma.thomas@jhu.edu

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