Augustin Kwasi Fosu, American economist, director. Recipient Phi Beta Kappa, Lawrence University, 1973, Distinction, Mathematics 1973, Distinction, Economics, 1973; U./Deparmental fellowships, Northwestern University, 1973-1976. Master: Omicron Delta Epsilon (faculty advisor, oakland University 1993-1998); member: Phi Beta Kappa (life), Beta Gamma Sigma (life).
Education
Bachelor in Mathematics and Economic cum laude, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin, 1973. Master of Arts in Economic, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy in Economic, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1979.
Career
Assistant professor, associate professor, professor economics Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, 1979—2002. Visiting associate professor University Rochester, New York, 1992—1993. Director research African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi, Kenya, 1998—2004.
Director, economic social policy division. Senior policy advisor/chief economist United Nations Economic Commission Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2004—2006. Deputy director United Nations University, WIDER, Helsinki, Finland.
Chair, economics department Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, 1996—1998. President National Economic Association, 1997, African Finance, Economics Association, 1998—1999. Co-editor, journal african economies University Oxford.
Research fellow, rural development research consortium University California, Berkeley. Co-chair, poverty taskforce Initiative Policy Dialogue, Columbia University, New York. Georgetown leadership seminar fellow Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
Member editorial board World Bank Economic Review, World Development. Editorial board member Journal Development Studies, Oxford Development Studies, Feminist Economics, African Development Review.
Membership
Master: Omicron Delta Epsilon (faculty advisor, oakland University 1993-1998). Member: Phi Beta Kappa (life), Beta Gamma Sigma (life).