Chris Blattman is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Economics at Yale University, where he teaches on African development, applied econometrics, and the political economy of warfare. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Master’s in Public Administration and International Development (MPA/ID) from the Harvard Kennedy School.
Dr. Blattman’s research examines the causes and consequences of civil war, post-conflict recovery, poverty alleviation through firms and micro-enterprises, as well as youth employment in Africa–especially among troubled or unstable populations, like ex-combatants, street youth, and refugees. Much of his work employs field experiments and natural experiments in conflict and post-conflict regions. He has ongoing studies in Liberia, Uganda, and Ethiopia.
Dr. Blattman is an affiliate of Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) and the Financial Access Initiative, and he is a non-resident fellow at the Center for Global Development, a member of the International Growth Center, and a board member for the Journal of Globalization and Development. He is a 2009-10 visiting fellow at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, and will be a 2010-11 visiting fellow in the NYU Department of Politics.
His research has appeared in several books and in journals such as the American Political Science Review, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Economic Literature, and Journal of Development Economics. His international development blog reaches more than 40,000 regular readers. In a policy capacity, he presently serves as a consultant or adviser to the World Bank Human Development Group, the UN Peacebuilding Fund, Uganda’s Office of the Prime Minister, and Liberia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs.
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