Michael Lipton (born 13 February 1937) is a British economist specialising in

rural poverty Rural poverty refers to poverty in rural areas, including factors of rural society, rural economy, and political systems that give rise to the poverty found there.Janvry, A. de, E. Sadoulet, and R. Murgai. 2002“Rural Development and Rural Pol ...

in developing countries, including issues relating to

land reform Land reform is a form of agrarian reform involving the changing of laws, regulations, or customs regarding land ownership. Land reform may consist of a government-initiated or government-backed property redistribution, generally of agricultura ...

and urban bias. He has spent much of his career at the

University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

, but also contributed to the work of international institutions, such as the

World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Inte ...

's 2000/2001 World Development Report on poverty. He was reader, then professorial fellow, at the university's

Institute of Development Studies The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is a think tank affiliated with the University of Sussex in Brighton, England, and based on its campus in Falmer, East Sussex. It delivers research and teaching in the area of development studies, ...

1967–94, and since 1994 he has been research professor at the

's Poverty Research Unit, which he founded.Lipton bio
, Sussex Lipton was elected to the

British Academy The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars s ...

in 2006 and shared the 2012 Leontief Prize. He was appointed CMG in 2003.

Selected works

* ''Why Poor People Stay Poor: Urban Bias and World Development'' (1977, 1988) * ''New Seeds and Poor People'' (with Richard Longhurst, 1989) * ''Does Aid Work in India?'' (with John Toye, 1991) * ''Successes in Anti-poverty'' (1998, 2001) * '' Land Reform in Developing Countries: Property rights and property wrongs'' (2009), Routledge,

References

LIPTON, Prof. Michael
''Who's Who 2014'', A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014

External links

Michael Lipton homepage

Sussex 1937 births Living people People educated at Haberdashers' Boys' School Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford British development economists Academics of the University of Sussex Fellows of the British Academy Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George {{UK-economist-stub