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Biography
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Bruce Wydick
Professor, Economics | International Studies
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Bruce Wydick is Professor of Economics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco. Professor Wydick received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1996. His research applies game-theoretic, econometric, and experimental methods to understanding issues of poverty, development, and social change, with a particular focus on microfinance, education, and health in low-income countries. In 2000 he was given the University's Distinguished Research Award. He has received funding from the Pew Charitable Trust, the McCarthy Foundation, the Jesuit Foundation, and USAID for research in development economics, and has published academic articles in the Economic Journal, Economica, the Journal of Development Economics, the Journal of Development Studies, Economic Development and Cultural Change, World Development, and other journals. In 2007 he was winner of an international contest sponsored by USAID for innovations in development program impact studies. His book Games in Economic Development was published in 2008 by Cambridge University Press. His current research projects include a book on fair-trade coffee and an international study of child sponsorship programs. He is a regular contributor to policy debates and serves as a contributing editor PRISM magazine, and has published opinion pieces in the last few years in USA Today, the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Diego Union-Tribute, and the San Jose Mercury News. Professor Wydick teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in development economics, international economics, microeconomics, and game theory. He currently serves as the co-director of the master's program in International and Development Economics and is active in both research and development practitioner work in western Guatemala. He has served as a consultant and a collaborator with the World Bank as well as faith-based development organizations including Compassion International, World Relief, and Opportunity International. On the USF campus he serves as the faculty advisor to the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.
Contact Information:
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton St. San Francisco, CA 94117
Phone: (415) 422-5863
Fax: (561) 619-5953
Email: wydick@usfca.edu
Office: University Center, 506
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