Talk:Jonathan Kydd (academic)

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Gnyc 05:12, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Jonathan Kydd is the Dean of the External System at the University of London, an insitution with over 40,000 students. Further, he's a noted Economist.

Says who? Kl4m 05:17, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Kydd is a leading expert in Agricultural Development Economics. He has examined the demand and supply constraints affecting poor farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, and has argued for dramatic policy reform and increased attention to governance issues in the region.

Professor Kydd also garnered notoriety for his analysis of Malawi's redeployment of labour in the 1970s, and his analysis of Zambia's transition to coffee crops.

--Gnyc 08:12, 30 July 2007 (UTC)