Keith Griffin (economist)

Keith B. Griffin
Occupation Economist

Keith B. Griffin (born 1938 in Colon, Panama) is an economist, notable for his pioneering work on the economics of poverty reduction over more than forty years.[1]

From 1979 to 1988 he was President of Magdalen College, Oxford,[2] and he remains an honorary fellow there.[3] During his presidency of Magdalen College, he and Senior Bursar R.W. Johnson worked tirelessly to rescue the finances and buildings of the college, an effort described in Johnson's 2015 book Look Back in Laughter: Oxford's Postwar Golden Age.[4]

Selected publications

References

  1. Keith B. Griffin, James K. Boyce. Human development in the era of globalization: essays in honor of Keith B Griffin.
  2. "Fifty Seventh Annual Report: Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission" (PDF). p. 14. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  3. "Professor Keith B. Griffin". Magdalen College. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  4. Threshold Press, 2015, especially pages 195-220.
  5. Book review Danny Yee's Book Reviews (May 2005) ISBN 978-0731536955 Retrieved January 11, 2011

R.W. Johnson, Look Back in Laughter: Oxford's Postwar Golden Age, Threshold Press, 2015.


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