Global Development Matters
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Carol J. Lancaster


Visiting Fellow
clancaster@cgdev.org

Research Topics

Aid Effectiveness, Capital Flows/ Financial Crises, Economic Growth, Governance/Democracy, Inequality, International Financial Institutions, Regions

Background

Carol Lancaster is Director of the Mortara Center for International Studies at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. Before joining the Georgetown faculty in 1996, Professor Lancaster served three years as Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development. She has also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1980-81) and as a member of the Policy Planning Staff of the Department of State (1977-80). Lancaster has written several books on African development and U.S. foreign assistance, including Transforming U.S. Aid: United States Assistance in the 21st Century, which was published by the Institute for International Economics, and Aid to Africa: So Much to do, So Little Done. She has written or edited several other books and several dozen articles published in scholarly journals and periodicals. Carol chaired the board of directors of the Center for Economic Development and Population Activities, and currently serves on the board of the Center for Global Development. Previously, she served on the boards of Volunteers in Technical Assistance and World Education. She has been a member of the USAID Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid since 1997.

Non-CGD Publications

Transforming Foreign Aid: United States Assistance in the 21st Century