Pierre-Richard Agénor is the Hallsworth Professor of International Macroeconomics and Development Economics at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. He has published numerous articles in leading professional journals and made contributions to a wide range of fields and topics in economics, including international macroeconomics, development economics, growth theory, labor economics, financial regulation, gender equality, and poverty reduction. He is the author of several books, including The Economics of Adjustment and Growth (Harvard University Press), Public Capital, Growth and Welfare (Princeton University Press), and Development Macroeconomics (with P. J. Montiel, Princeton University Press).