Broad, Robin

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BROAD, Robin

BROAD, Robin. American, b. 1954. Genres: Economics. Career: Xavier University, Mindanao, Philippines, Henry Luce Foundation Fellow of economic development and environmental studies and research associate, 1977-78; Chulalonghorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, economic researcher, 1979; University of the Philippines, visiting research associate, 1980-81, 1988-89; U.S. Treasury Department, Office of Multilateral Development Banks, Washington, DC, international economist, 1983-84, Inter-American Development Bank desk officer, 1984-85; senior staff economist for U.S. Congressman Charles E. Schumer, Washington, DC, 1985-87; Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, resident associate, 1987-88; American University, Washington, DC, assistant professor of environment and development, 1990-96, associate professor, 1996-. Publications: Unequal Alliance: The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Philippines, 1988; (with J. Cavanagh) The Philippine Challenge: Sustainable and Equitable Development in the 1990s (monograph), 1991; (with J. Cavanagh) Plundering Paradise: The Struggle for the Environment in the Philippines, 1993; (ed.) Global Backlash, 2002. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor to professional journals and newspapers. Address: International Development Program, School of International Service, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016-8071, U.S.A.