Department of Development Studies
Dr Jonathan Di John
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Key information
Key information
- Roles
- Department of Development Studies Senior Lecturer in Political Economy Member
- Department
- Department of Development Studies
- Qualifications
- BA (Harvard); PhD (Cantab)
- Building
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office
- 370
- Email address
- jd5@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone number
- 020 7898 4087
Research interests
Dr Jonathan Di John's 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).
PhD Supervision
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Mr Julian Manuel Goetz | The Impact of Informal and Rural Labour Markets on Poverty Reduction: A Mixed Methods Study of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Northwest Tanzania. |
| Ms Cristina Mosneaga | Transition from informality to more formality of small and medium enterprises in Lagos, Nigeria |
| Suraj Janardhan Nair | Ports and Politics: Uneven Development and the Political Economy of Malaysia’s Maritime Hubs |
| Miss Pauline Ravillard | The Role of Labour Unions in Explaining the Productivity-Wage Gap in Chile |
Publications
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