Annual Meeting 2006 The 42nd Annual Meeting of The Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development
June 4-6, 2006
Speakers and Panelists
Peter Timmer joined the Center for Global Development in March of 2004. Most recently, he served as Vice President and Chief Economist at Development Alternatives, Inc. Prior to joining DAI Timmer was Dean of Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UC San Diego. Timmer has also held professorships at Harvard, Cornell, and Stanford.
In 1992, he received the Bintang Jasa Utama (Highest Merit Star) from the Republic of Indonesia for his contributions to food security. He served as the chief outside advisor to USAID in developing their strategy on growth and agriculture for the Natsios Report (Foreign Assistance in the National Interest). Timmer's work at the Center focuses on three broad topics: the nature of "pro-poor growth" and its application in Indonesia; the supermarket revolution in developing countries and its impact on the poor; and new research on the full array of mechanisms by which rich countries have an impact on poor countries.