Ethiopia

Doug Gollin is Professor of Economics at Williams College in Massachusetts and for 2008-09 will be Visiting Professor of Economics at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. His research focuses on economic growth and development, with particular interests in agriculture. Much of his theoretical research uses dynamic general equilibrium models to explore the large-scale economic impacts of development interventions such as improved agricultural technologies, investments in rural infrastructure, or disease eradication.

Rocco Macchiavello has completed a Phd in Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences and then moved to Oxford University, as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Nuffield College. Currently an Assistant Professor at Warwick University, a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Harvard Kennedy School, as well as a research affiliate at CEPR, his research interests lie at the intersection of development economics, international trade and organizational economics and are primarily concerned with understanding the institutional determinants of, and constraints to, industrial development.

Alebel Weldesilassie is a research fellow at the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI), a think tank that conducts policy-relevant research and advises the Government of Ethiopia on economic development. He also acts as a Director of the Poverty and Sectoral Research Directorate of the EDRI, as well as an assistant professor at the Addis Ababa University School of Economics.

John Page is Senior Fellow of Global Economy and Development at the Brookings Institute. John was formerly Chief Economist for Africa and Director of Poverty Reduction at the World Bank. He is Advisor to the African Development Bank and the Global Development Network, New Delhi. John received his Ph.D. from Oxford University.