Bill Herrin
Fields: Urban, regional, and housing economics; development economics; applied econometrics.
Recent Teaching: Introductory Macroeconomics; Introductory Microeconomics; Housing Economics and Finance; Development, Modernization, and Cultural Change; Development Economics.
Recent Papers:
"Migration and Wealth Accumulation in Uganda"
"Incomplete Compensation and Migration Behavior: Has Anything Changed Between 1990 and 2000?"
Take a look at some interesting things my friends are doing for their home community in Western Kenya: Friends of Yimbo , and the resource that motivates many of the contributions I make concerning what works best: Aid Watch (worth consulting daily if you're involved with this kind of thing).
FOY asks the Yimbo community to work toward getting what it wants most, then provides a little help from its friends. The first project is construction of a school library/community center. The ground breaking was July 2008. Some US friends will celebrate with the locals when the facility opens later this summer (2009).
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Bill Herrin
Professor of Economics
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