Sanford School of Public Policy
Duke University
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Phyllis Pomerantz, Professor of the Practice Emerita
Office Location: 268 Rubenstein Hall, Box 90237, Durham, NC 27708
Duke Box: 90237
Email Address: phyllis.pomerantz@duke.edu
Areas of Expertise
- International
- International Development
- Poverty
Education:
Ph.D., Tufts University, 1978
Executive Development Program, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, 1998
MALD, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Medford, MA, 1976
M.A., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Medford, MA, 1975
B.A., Tufts University, Medford, MA, 1974
Research Description: International development and aid effectiveness; poverty reduction; global programs; African economic development; leadership and governance in developing countries
Typical Courses Taught:
- Pubpol 383d, Poverty reduction and ifis
- Pubpol 389, Leadership & development mini-seminar
- Pubpol 383e, Politics of international aid
Office Hours:
Fall 2012: Tuesdays and Thursdays: 2:45-4:00 pm and by appointment
Recent Publications (More Publications)
- Pomerantz, PR. Foreign Aid: Policy and Practice. January, 2023. 1-239 pp. [doi] [abs]
- Pomerantz, P. Another COViD-19 Victim: International Education. The Hill (June, 2020). [abs]
- Pomerantz, P. UN Summit is a Recipe for Global Gridlock. The Globe and Mail (September, 2015).
- Pomerantz, P. "Global Programs, Aid Effectiveness, and Poverty Reduction." Problems, Promises, and Paradoxes of Aid Africa’s Experience. Ed. Muna Ndulo and Nicolas van de Walle Cambridge Scholars Publishing, November, 2014 [abs]
- Pomerantz, P. Betrayed: Politics, Power and Prosperity by Seth Kaplan. Governance: an international journal of policy, administration, and institution 27.4 (April, 2014): 731-735. [abs]
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Phyllis Pomerantz is Professor of the Practice of Public Policy at the Center for International Development at the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, where she teaches graduate seminars on themes related to aid effectiveness, global poverty reduction, leadership, and governance.
Pomerantz started working for the World Bank in 1979 as an economist and rural development specialist in the Latin America and Caribbean region. She subsequently held a series of managerial positions, including Chief of Brazil Agriculture (1989-1992), Chief of Infrastructure Operations in Southern Africa (1992-1994), and Country Manager and Country Director of Zambia and Mozambique (1994-2000). Pomerantz became the World Bank’s first Chief Learning Officer in 2001, a position she held until September 2005 when she retired.
Prior to joining the World Bank, Pomerantz served as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Hartwick College, a lecturer at Tufts University and a Research Associate at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. While at the World Bank, she was an Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
Pomerantz holds an M.A. in International Relations, an MALD.(International Development) and a Ph.D. in International Relations/International Development from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. She also attended Harvard Business School’s Executive Development Program. She is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, and she has worked in over 20 countries around the world.
Her current research interests are centered on aid effectiveness, governance, and global public goods and programs. Selected publications include "Development Theory" in The Sage Handbook on Governance, Mark Bevir (ed) (London: Sage, 2011);">Aid Effectiveness in Africa: Developing Trust Between Donors and Governments (Lexington Books, 2004) and “A Little Luck and A Lot of Trust: Aid Relationships and Reform in Southern Africa” in At the Frontlines of Development: Reflections from the World Bank (World Bank, 2005).
Bio/Profile
Phyllis Pomerantz is Professor of the Practice of Public Policy at the Center for International Development at the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, where she teaches graduate seminars on themes related to aid effectiveness,global poverty reduction,leadership, governance and global public goods/programs.
Pomerantz started working for the World Bank in 1979 as an economist and rural development specialist in the Latin America and Caribbean region. She subsequently held a series of managerial positions, including Chief of Brazil Agriculture (1989-1992), Chief of Infrastructure Operations in Southern Africa (1992-1994), and Country Manager and Country Director of Zambia and Mozambique (1994-2000). Pomerantz became the World Bank’s first Chief Learning Officer in 2001, a position she held until September 2005 when she retired.
Prior to joining the World Bank, Pomerantz served as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Hartwick College, a lecturer at Tufts University and a Research Associate at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. While at the World Bank, she was an Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
Pomerantz holds an M.A. in International Relations, an MALD.(International Development) and a Ph.D. in International Relations/International Development from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. She also attended Harvard Business School’s Executive Development Program. She is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, and she has worked in over 20 countries around the world.
Her current research interests are centered on aid effectiveness, governance, and global public goods and programs. Recent publications include "Development Theory" in The Sage Handbook on Governance, Mark Bevir (ed) (London: Sage, 2011);">Aid Effectiveness in Africa: Developing Trust Between Donors and Governments (Lexington Books, 2004) and “A Little Luck and A Lot of Trust: Aid Relationships and Reform in Southern Africa” in At the Frontlines of Development: Reflections from the World Bank (World Bank, 2005).
