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Box 90245
Durham, NC 27708-0245
212 Sanford Inst Bldg
Durham, NC 27708
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Anirudh Krishna
Edgar T. Thompson Distinguished Professor of Public Policy in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Professor of Political Science
Affiliate, Duke Global Health Institute
Areas of Expertise
- Developing World
- Global Health
Education
Ph.D., Cornell University (2000)
M.A., Delhi School of Economics (India) (1980)
B.A., University of Delhi (India) (1978)
Ways & Means podcast episode feat. Prof. Krishna's work on finding hidden slums in India
Sanford in India Summer Program, started by Prof. Krishna
In The News
Awards and Honors
Bio
Anirudh Krishna is a professor of public policy and political science at Duke University. His research investigates how poor communities and individuals in developing countries cope with the structural and personal constraints that result in poverty and powerlessness. His most recent book, One Illness Away: Why People Become Poor and How they Escape Poverty (Oxford University Press, 2010), examines poverty dynamics at the household level, tracking movements into and out of poverty of over 35,000 households in 400 communities of India, Kenya, Uganda, Peru and North Carolina, USA.
Krishna has published more than 40 journal articles and book chapters. Other books include Poverty, Participation and Democracy: A Global Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2008); Active Social Capital: Tracing the Roots of Development and Democracy (Columbia University Press, 2002); Changing Policy and Practice From Below: Community Experiences in Poverty Reduction (United Nations Press, 2000); Reasons for Success: Learning From Instructive Experiences in Rural Development (Kumarian Press, 1998), and Reasons for Hope: Instructive Experiences in Rural Development (Kumarian Press, 1997).
Before turning to academia, Krishna worked for 14 years in the Indian Administrative Service, where he managed diverse initiatives related to rural and urban development. He earned a Ph.D. in government from Cornell University (2000) and a master's in economics from the Delhi School of Economics (1980).
Krishna has published more than 40 journal articles and book chapters. Other books include Poverty, Participation and Democracy: A Global Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2008); Active Social Capital: Tracing the Roots of Development and Democracy (Columbia University Press, 2002); Changing Policy and Practice From Below: Community Experiences in Poverty Reduction (United Nations Press, 2000); Reasons for Success: Learning From Instructive Experiences in Rural Development (Kumarian Press, 1998), and Reasons for Hope: Instructive Experiences in Rural Development (Kumarian Press, 1997).
Before turning to academia, Krishna worked for 14 years in the Indian Administrative Service, where he managed diverse initiatives related to rural and urban development. He earned a Ph.D. in government from Cornell University (2000) and a master's in economics from the Delhi School of Economics (1980).
Representative Publications
Negotiating Informality– Ambiguity, Intermediation, and a Patchwork of Outcomes in Slums of Bengaluru The Journal of Development Studies (11/2020)
Precarious gains: Social mobility and volatility in urban slums World Development (08/2020)
Local Order, Policing, and Bribes World Politics (01/2020)
Food subsidy in cash or kind? The wrong debate Economic and Political Weekly (08/2019)
Beyond Poverty Escapes - Social Mobility in Developing Countries: A Review Article The World Bank Research Observer (08/2019)
Selected Grants
Social Networks, Property Rights and Public Services in the Slums of Patna and Jaipur (Principal Investigator)
Organizing Voluntary Action in Support of Poverty Reduction (Principal Investigator)