Mellor, John W(illiams)

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MELLOR, John W(illiams)

MELLOR, John W(illiams). American (born France), b. 1928. Genres: Economics. Career: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Lecturer, 1952-54, Assistant Professor, 1954-58, Associate Professor, 1958-65, Associate Director of Center for International Studies, 1961-66, Professor of Agricultural Economics, 1965-80; Director, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, 1977-91; John Mellor Associates, Inc, Washington DC, president, 1991-. CECA Visiting Professor, Balwant Rajput College, Agra, India, 1959-60; Rockefeller Foundation Visiting Professor, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 1964-65. Publications: The Economics of Agricultural Development, 1966; (with T.F. Weaver, U.J. Lele and S.R. Simons) Developing Rural India: Plan and Practice, 1968; The New Economics of Growth: A Strategy for India and the Developing World, 1976; India: A Rising Middle Power, 1979; Agricultural Change and Rural Poverty, 1985; (co-ed.) Accelerating Food Production Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1987; Agricultural Price Policy for Developing Countries, 1988; Agriculture on the Road to Industrialization, 1995. Address: John Mellor Associates Inc., 801 Pennsylvania Ave NW #PH 18, Washington, DC 20004, U.S.A. Online address: john_mellor@ab&assoc.com

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