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british michael lipton
 development economics 1937 f pli265 michael lipton
michael lipton

michael lipton -lrb- born 13 february 1937 -rrb- is a british economist specialising in rural poverty in developing countries , including issues relating to land reform and urban bias .
he has spent much of his career at the university of sussex , but also contributed to the work of international institutions , such as the world bank 's 2000/2001 world development report on poverty .
he was reader , then professorial fellow , at the university 's institute of development studies 1967 -- 94 , and since 1994 he has been research professor at the university of sussex 's poverty research unit , which he founded .
lipton was elected to the british academy in 2006 he was appointed cmg in 2003 .
