Dwight Perkins

Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy
Harvard Kennedy School
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Non Resident
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John F. Kennedy School of Government
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79 JFK Street
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Phone: 617-495-2164
Email: Dwight_Perkins@ksg.harvard.edu
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Dwight H. Perkins is the Harold Hitchings Burbank  Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus  in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Previous positions at Harvard include Director of the Harvard University Asia Center, Associate Director of the East Asian (now Fairbank) Research Center, Chair of the Department of Economics, and Director of the Harvard Institute for International Development. Perkins has authored, coauthored, or edited 19 books and numerous articles on economic history and economic development, with special references to the economies of East and Southeast Asia. Topics include the transition from central planning to the market, long-term agricultural development, industry policy, the underlying sources of growth in East Asia, and the role of economic and legal institutions in East Asian growth. He has served as an advisor or consultant to the governments of Korea, China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. He has also been a long-term consultant to the World Bank, the Ford Foundation, and various U.S. government agencies, including the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Perkins is a member of the American Philosophical Society. He received his BA from Cornell and his MA and PhD in economics from Harvard.

 

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Research

For a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Book Chapters
    • Rawski, Thomas J., and Dwight H. Perkins. "Forecasting China's Economic Growth to 2025." China's Great Economic Transformation. Ed. Loren Brandt and Thomas J. Rawski. Cambridge University Press, 2008, 829-887.
  • Research Papers/Reports
    • Perkins, Dwight H. "Rural to Urban Migration in China and the Implications for Housing and Welfare Investments." Paper for China Development Forum, Beijing, March 23-24, 2008.
    • Perkins, Dwight H., and Vu Thanh Tu Anh. "Vietnam's Industrial Policy: Designing Policies for Sustainable Development." Paper for the Government of Vietnam supported by a UNDP Grant to the Fulbright Economic Teaching Program, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2008.
  • Reviews
    • Perkins, Dwight H. Review of China's Financial Transition at a Crossroads, by Charles Calomiris. Business History Review, 82.1, Spring 2008: 191-193.
    • Perkins, Dwight H. Review of The Chinese Economy: Transitions and Growth, by Barry Naughton. The Developing Economies, 46.3, September 2008: 315-317.