Morrison, Kevin McDonald

Assistant Professor

research

research and scholarship focus

  • Political stability and inequality in developing countries, with a particular interest in how non-tax revenues such as oil rents and foreign aid affect these outcomes

international geographic focus

affiliations

faculty appointment in

member of graduate field

other Cornell affiliations

background

educational background

  • Ph.D. in political science (Duke University)
  • M.A. in economics (Duke)
  • M.Sc. in development studies (London School of Economics)
  • B.A. in political science (Emory University)

professional background

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Cornell University, since July 2008
  • Fellow, Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance, Princeton University, 2007-08
  • Consultant, Center for Global Development, Washington, DC, 2004
  • Co-directed (with Nancy Birdsall) a report on U.S. policy regarding multilateral development assistance.
  • Research Analyst and Fellow, Overseas Development Council, Washington, DC, 1998-2000
  • Focus on foreign aid, debt relief, and international financial institutions.
  • Consultant, The World Bank, Washington, DC, 1999-2000
  • Co-author of World Bank’s World Development Report 2000/01: Attacking Poverty (Oxford University Press, 2000).

 

publications

selected publications (listing in progress)