Dr. Clive Thomas
Clive Thomas is Distinguished Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Guyana. He has held Visiting Professorships in Africa (University of Dar-es Salaam), Canada (Visiting Distinguished Professor at the Norman Patterson School of International Relations), United States (Leonard O’Connor Professor, Colgate University), and the West Indies (George Beckford Professor in Political Economy).
He has authored/co-authored 28 books/research monographs (including: The Concerns of Small States in the Global Trade Regime: Making Global Trade Work For People, UNDP, 2005. Poverty and the 1999 Guyana Survey of Living Conditions, UNDP, 2000. Guyana: Human Development Report, 1996, UNDP, 1997. The Poor and the Powerless: Economic Policy and Change in the Caribbean, Latin American Bureau and Monthly Review Press, London/New York, 1988. Sugar: Threat or Challenge (An Assessment of the Impact of Technological Developments in High Fructose Syrups and Sucro-chemicals), IDRC, Ottawa, 1985 (This has been translated into French (1986) and Spanish (1987) editions). The Rise of the Authoritarian State in Peripheral Societies, Heinemann and Monthly Review Press, London/New York, 1984. Plantations, Peasants and State (A Study of the Modes of Sugar Production), University of California at Los Angeles (CAAS) and ISER, University of the West Indies, 1984. Dependence and Transformation, Monthly Review Press, London/New York, 1974. The Dynamics of West Indian Economic Integration (with Havelock Brewster), University of the West Indies, Jamaica, 1967.
He has also published over 154 academic articles and contributions to books/research monographs and presented invited papers to a similar number of academic conferences, symposia, and seminars.
His major fields of research interests and publications include:
Development Economics, with special emphasis on the following areas: growth, trade, finance, agriculture (sugar), environment, natural resources (gold, bauxite, forestry) institutional development, and political economy. Social Sector Economics, with special emphasis on social policy; poverty analysis and eradication measures; labour; community-based organisations; non-governmental organisations and civil society; health; and education. International Development and Trade Policy, with special emphasis on globalisation, international crises, regional cooperation and North-South trade arrangements with special reference to the Caribbean region and the EPA. Macroeconomics and Finance, with applications to small open economies. Problems of Size: Small and Micro-economies. Global Environmental Policy Issues, with emphasis on global negotiations; carbon credit markets and the financial securitization of “nature”; and low-carbon development strategies (Guyana’s LCDS). Academic Awards include:
Cacique Crown of Honour for Contributions to Education, Government of Guyana National Awards Scheme 1994 George Beckford Award for Contributions to Caribbean Economy, Association of Caribbean Economists, 2001 Honorary Professor, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, 2004
Honoree: 41st Regional Monetary Studies, Trinidad and Tobago, November 2010
He has authored/co-authored 28 books/research monographs (including: The Concerns of Small States in the Global Trade Regime: Making Global Trade Work For People, UNDP, 2005. Poverty and the 1999 Guyana Survey of Living Conditions, UNDP, 2000. Guyana: Human Development Report, 1996, UNDP, 1997. The Poor and the Powerless: Economic Policy and Change in the Caribbean, Latin American Bureau and Monthly Review Press, London/New York, 1988. Sugar: Threat or Challenge (An Assessment of the Impact of Technological Developments in High Fructose Syrups and Sucro-chemicals), IDRC, Ottawa, 1985 (This has been translated into French (1986) and Spanish (1987) editions). The Rise of the Authoritarian State in Peripheral Societies, Heinemann and Monthly Review Press, London/New York, 1984. Plantations, Peasants and State (A Study of the Modes of Sugar Production), University of California at Los Angeles (CAAS) and ISER, University of the West Indies, 1984. Dependence and Transformation, Monthly Review Press, London/New York, 1974. The Dynamics of West Indian Economic Integration (with Havelock Brewster), University of the West Indies, Jamaica, 1967.
He has also published over 154 academic articles and contributions to books/research monographs and presented invited papers to a similar number of academic conferences, symposia, and seminars.
His major fields of research interests and publications include:
Development Economics, with special emphasis on the following areas: growth, trade, finance, agriculture (sugar), environment, natural resources (gold, bauxite, forestry) institutional development, and political economy. Social Sector Economics, with special emphasis on social policy; poverty analysis and eradication measures; labour; community-based organisations; non-governmental organisations and civil society; health; and education. International Development and Trade Policy, with special emphasis on globalisation, international crises, regional cooperation and North-South trade arrangements with special reference to the Caribbean region and the EPA. Macroeconomics and Finance, with applications to small open economies. Problems of Size: Small and Micro-economies. Global Environmental Policy Issues, with emphasis on global negotiations; carbon credit markets and the financial securitization of “nature”; and low-carbon development strategies (Guyana’s LCDS). Academic Awards include:
Cacique Crown of Honour for Contributions to Education, Government of Guyana National Awards Scheme 1994 George Beckford Award for Contributions to Caribbean Economy, Association of Caribbean Economists, 2001 Honorary Professor, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, 2004
Honoree: 41st Regional Monetary Studies, Trinidad and Tobago, November 2010