Anirudh Krishna, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Political Science  

Office Location: 212 Sanford Building
Office Phone: (919) 613-7337
Email Address: ak30@duke.edu
Web Page:http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/krishna/

Areas of Expertise

  • International
    • Democracy
    • International Development
    • Poverty
  • Social Policy, Poverty and Welfare

Education:
PhD, Cornell University, 2000
M.P.S., Cornell University, 1995
M.A., Delhi School of Economics, 1980
B.A. (Honors), St. Stephens College, Delhi University, India, 1978

Research Categories: Poverty and Democracy in Developing Countries

Current projects: Making and Unmaking Poverty, Connecting Democracy with the People: Institutions in the Middle, Why Do People Vote? Examining Motivations and Influences

Research Description: ANIRUDH KRISHNA (Ph.D. in Government, Cornell 2000; Masters in Economics, Delhi 1980) is Associate 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. For the past seven years, he has been examining poverty dynamics at the household level, tracking movements into and out of poverty of over 35,000 households in a varied group of nearly 400 communities of India, Kenya, Uganda, Peru and North Carolina, USA. He has published more than forty journal articles and book chapters. 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.

Teaching (Spring 2010):

  • Pubpol 264.51, Communites & development Synopsis
    Sanford 102, M 02:50 PM-05:20 PM
  • Pubpol 264s.50, Assisting development Synopsis
    Sanford 150, W 04:25 PM-06:55 PM

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. A. Krishna. One Illness Away: How People Escape Poverty and Why they Become Poor. Oxford University Press, 2010.
  2. P. Kristjanson, A. Krishna, N. Mango, N. Johnson, and M. Radeny. "Understanding Poverty Dynamics in Kenya." Journal of International Development (forthcoming).
  3. A. Krishna. "Are More People Becoming Vulnerable to Poverty? Evidence from Grassroots Investigations in Five Countries." Globalization and Emerging Societies: Development and Inequality. Ed. Boike Rehbein and Jan Nederveen Pieterse Palgrave Macmillan, 2009: 61-82.
  4. A. Krishna. "Who Became Poor, Who Escaped Poverty, and Why? Developing and Using a Retrospective Methodology in Five Countries." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (forthcoming).
  5. K. Ananthpur and A. Krishna. "Formal Perceptions of Informal Justice." Strengthening Governance through Access to Justice. Ed. Amita Singh and Nasir Aslam Zahid New Delhi: PHI Learning, 2009

Curriculum Vitae

Bio/Profile
Research: Poverty; democracy; social capital; international development; South Asian politics; community organization; civil society; governance; empowerment tertiary: public-private partnerships; aid targeting and aid coordination

Anirudh Krishna