Schuh, G(eorge) Edward

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SCHUH, G(eorge) Edward

SCHUH, G(eorge) Edward. American, b. 1930. Genres: Agriculture/ Forestry, Business/Trade/Industry, Economics, Politics/Government. Career: Purdue University, Indiana, Professor of Agricultural Economics, 1959-79; University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Professor and Head, 1979-84; World Bank, Washington, D.C., Agriculture and Rural Development, Director, 1984-87; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Dean, 1987-97, Orville and Jane Freeman Center for International Economic Policy, Director, 1997-, Regents Professor, 1998-. Professor Advisor to the Ford Foundation, 1966- 72; Sr. Staff Economist, President's Council of Economic Advisors, 1974-75; Director, Center for Public Policy and Public Administration, 1976-77; Deputy Under Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity Programs, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1978-79. Publications: The Agricultural Development of Brazil, 1971; Research on Agricultural Development in Brazil, 1972; (co-author) The Development of Sao Paulo Agriculture, 1973; (ed. with D. Gale Johnson) The Role of Markets in the World Food Economy, 1983; (with J. McCoy) Food and Development in the Pacific Basin, 1985; The United States and the Developing Countries: An Economic Perspective, 1986; also books in Portuguese. Address: Humphrey Center, 301 19th Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN 55455, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]

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