Howard Stein

Howard is a Professor in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS) and the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan. He is a development economist educated in Canada, the US and the UK who has taught in both Asia and Africa. He is the editor or author of more than a dozen books and edited collections. His research has focused on foreign aid, finance and development, structural adjustment and neoliberaism, health, gender and development, institutional transformation and development, industrial policy, export processing zones, agricultural policy, and poverty and rural property right transformation. During 2025/2026 Professor Stein is a Visiting Fellow at the Balsillie School of International Studies Affairs and Visiting Researcher at the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability at the University of Waterloo.