Facts: - image size: 200px - caption: ha-joon on 10 october 2011 . chang at the institute for public policy research - repec id: pch741 - influences: robert rowthorn - institution: university of cambridge - field: development economics - school tradition: institutional economics - influenced: rafael correa - awards: gunnar myrdal prize 2003 , wassily leontief prize 2005 - birth date: 7 october 1963 - repec prefix: f - name: ha-joon chang - color: black - nationality: south korean - image: ha-joon chang profile.jpg - birth place: seoul , south korea - alma mater: seoul national university , university of cambridge Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ha-joon chang .
ha-joon chang -lrb- ; born october 7 , 1963 -rrb- is a korean institutional economist specialising in development economics .currently a reader in the political economy of development at the university of cambridge , chang is the author of several widely-discussed policy books , most notably '' kicking away the ladder : development strategy in historical perspective '' -lrb- 2002 -rrb- .chang was ranked by prospect magazine as one of the top 20 world thinkers in 2013 .he has served as a consultant to the world bank , the asian development bank , the european investment bank , as well as to oxfam and various united nations agencies .he is also a fellow at the center for economic and policy research in washington , d.c. .in addition , chang serves on the advisory board of academics stand against poverty -lrb- asap -rrb- .chang is also known for being an important academic influence on the economist rafael correa , currently president of ecuador .