Background
Sahn, David E. was born on December 19, 1953 in New York, United States.
Sahn, David E. was born on December 19, 1953 in New York, United States.
Bachelor of Science, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1975. Master in Public Health, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984.
Health administrator State North Carolina, Department Human Resources, Raleigh, 1976—1977. Senior research associate Community Systems Foundation, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1977—1983. Research associate United Nations University, Tokyo, 1980—1982.
Research fellow International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, 1983—1987. Visiting lecturer Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya, 1987. Economist World Bank, Washington, 1987—1988.
Senior research associate Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1988—1992, associate professor, 1992—1997, professor, economics, since 1997. Director Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program, 1992—2005. Visiting scholar Fiscal Affairs Division, International Monetary Fund, Washington, 1997—1998.
Visiting researcher National Research Institute, Laboratory Economic Appliquee, Paris, 1997—2000. Member, steering committee African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi, Kenya, since 1996. Director Improved Policy Analysis for Economic Decision-Making Project, Ithaca, New York, 1998—2004.
Member advisory committee Development Gateway Food Security, since 1998. Director Strategies and Analyses for Growth and Access Project, Ithaca, New York, since 2001.
Married Lisa Sahn.