Paul Glewwe is a Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota and the current Director of the Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy. His interests are economics of education, poverty and inequality in developing countries, and applied econometrics. Since receiving his Ph.D., he has worked in the following countries: Cambodia, China, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Honduras, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Malaysia, Morocco, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Viet Nam. His recent publications have appeared in the Handbook of the Economics of Education, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Literature, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Public Economics and World Bank Economic Review.