Amory Gethin is an Economist in the Poverty, Inequality, and Human Development Team in the Development Research Group. His research focuses on the causes and consequences of long-run transformations in the world economy. His projects cover topics related to global poverty reduction, government redistribution, access to public services, and the transformation of political divides in contemporary democracies. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Paris School of Economics and was a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Business School, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and UC Berkeley.