Dr Jonathan Di John
BA (Harvard), PhD (Cantab)
Overview
Department of Development Studies
Senior Lecturer in Political Economy
Development Policy, Aid, Institutions and Poverty Reduction Research Cluster
Research Cluster Member
Violence, Peace and Development Research Cluster
Research Cluster Member
- Name:
- Dr Jonathan Di John
- Email address:
- jd5@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- 020 7898 4087
- Address:
- SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office No:
- 370
- Office Hours:
- Thursday 1-3
Teaching
Courses Taught
PhD Students supervised
- Eliza Massi, Internationalization of Big Business in Brazil and South Africa: Liberalization and Changing State-Business Relations
- Rebecca E. Engel, International interventions during transition in Timor-Leste: Implications for stability and the prevention of violent conflict
Jonathan has taught at the London School of Economics, TRIUM Executive MBA Program (jointly run by London School of Economics, New York University Stern Business School and HEC School of Management in Paris), and the United Nations Development Programme Development Academy. He is a principal researcher for the Development Research Centre: “Crisis States Program” at the Development Studies Institute of the London School of Economics. He has also worked as a visiting researcher at the Instituto Superiores de Administración (IESA) in Venezuela.
Research
His main areas of expertise are development economics, institutional economics and the political economy of growth and development in Latin America, especially in Venezuela, Brazil, and Colombia. His research interests focus on political economy, especially concerning industrial strategy, taxation and tax reform, corruption, privatisation, oil economies, and conflict and war in mineral abundant economies. He was also a principal researcher at the Crisis States Research Centre at the London School of Economics. He has done consultancy work for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Department for International Development (DFID), the World Bank, the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).Expertise
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Available for
- Radio
- Press
- Briefings
- Special Study Programmes
- Short Term Consultancy
- Long Term Consultancy
- TV
Regional Expertise
- Africa
- Latin America
Country Expertise
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Uganda
- Venezuela
- Zambia
Languages
- Portuguese
- Spanish
Publications
Authored Books
Di John, Jonathan (2009) From Windfall to Curse? Oil and Industrialization in Venezuela, 1920 to the Present. University Park, PA: Penn State University Press.
Book Chapters
Di John, Jonathan (2007) 'The Political Economy of Taxation and Tax Reform in Developing Countries.' In: Chang, H.-J., (ed.), Institutional Change and Economic Development. New York: Anthem Press & United Nations University Press, pp. 135-155.
Articles
Di John, Jonathan (2008) 'Why is the Tax System so Ineffective and Regressive in Latin America?' Development Viewpoint (5).
Di John, Jonathan (2007) 'Albert Hirschman's Exit-Voice Framework and Its Relevance to Problems of Public Education Performance in Latin America.' Oxford Development Studies, 35 (3). pp. 295-327.
Di John, Jonathan (2007) 'Oil Abundance and Violent Political Conflict: A Critical Assessment.' Journal of Development Studies, 43 (6). pp. 961-86.
Di John, Jonathan (2005) 'Economic Liberalization, Political Instability, and State Capacity in Venezuela.' International Political Science Review, 26 (1). pp. 107-24.
Monographs
Di John, Jonathan (2011) Taxation, Resource Mobilisation, and State Performance. Crisis States Research Centre Working Paper 84 (series 2). London School of Economics.
Di John, Jonathan (2006) The Political Economy of Taxation and Tax Reform in Developing Countries. Helsinki: Anthem Press and World Institute of Development Economic Research WIDER.
