Paul Mosley
Professor of Economics
Room 420
Telephone 0114 222 3397
Fax 0114 222 3458
email : p.mosley@shef.ac.uk
Paul Mosley has a PhD in Economics from Cambridge University. He was appointed Professor of Economics in Sheffield in 1999. Prior to that he held Chairs in Manchester and Reading.
Professional Standing
Paul is the Editor of the Journal of International Development and the General Editor of the Routledge `Priorities for Development´ book series. He has carried out research and consultancy work for a number of organisations including USAID, UNCTAD, World Bank and DfID.
Research Interests
- Impact, and possibilities for reform, of international aid and finance.
- Political economy (especially in developing countries)
- The welfare state and poverty in north and south.
- Market failure in financial markets; microfinance and its applications in north and south
- Economic history (especially in Africa and other developing countries)
Current Research Projects
- The political economy of pro-poor adjustment (with J. Grugel, Sheffield and B. White, St Andrews) ESRC, £210,000, finishes 2009
- Community development finance institutions; an assessment of social impact (with K. Dayson, Salford) Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, Barclays Bank and Dept of Trade and Industry, £108, 000, finishes 2010
- Debt and health(with E. Goyder, SCHARR) Sheffield Regional Health Consortium, £29000, finishes 2008
- Agricultural policies for rural poverty reduction in developing countries (with B. Chiripanhura and A. Suleiman), £12500, finished
PhD supervision
Recently completed PhD Students
- M. Nino, microfinance in Mexico
- B.Chiripanhura, structural adjustment and labour markets in Zimbabwe(with J. Roberts)
- C. Valente, land reform in S Africa(with J. Roberts and J. McHardy)
- B. Sumaratne, anti-poverty policies in Sri Lanka
- S. Hamid, microfinance in Bangladesh.(with J. Roberts)
- J. Janius, secondary cooperatives in Malaysia (with S. Brown)
Teaching
- ECN6001 Development Economics
- ECN6002 Development Finance
- ECN346 Development Economics
- ECN116 Business Macroeconomics
Administrative Roles
- Member of Departmental PGT Review Group
- Member of Departmental RAE Management Group
- Member of Departmental Research Committee
- External Seminars Co-ordinator
- Chair of the Research Mentoring Group
Selected Publications
Recent Conference Presentations
Knowledge Transfer, Policy Advice and Consultancy
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