Humphrey School of Public Affairs (2007–19) and as a director of Valmont Industries, Inc. Previously he served as a trustee of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1998–2014, Vice Chair 2009–14), Mitchell Hamline School of Law (2007–16), and the Robina Foundation (2013–20). He has served as a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council of the Hubert H. Lewis is a trustee of Wallin Education Partners (Board Chair 2016-21), is on the Visiting Committee of the Center for Development Economics at Williams, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. His practical experience with and studies of fiscal policy in several countries led to his 1984 book, Taxation for Development. Masire was Botswana’s second President (1980–98) and was Vice President and Minister of Finance from Independence in 1966 until 1980.īecause of his work in Southern Africa, Lewis was asked by the Council on Foreign Relations to analyze the South African economy, which resulted in his 1990 book, The Economics of Apartheid.

Masire’s Very Brave or Very Foolish? Memoirs of an African Democrat (2006). With Charles Harvey he coauthored Policy Choice and Development Performance in Botswana (1990).

In 1975, Lewis began a long association with Botswana, serving as Economic Consultant to the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning on a resident basis in 1977––82, on short term assignments between 19, and occasionally until 1998. He also lived in Nairobi (1971–73) where he served as an Economic Advisor to the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Kenya.

His work as Research Advisor to the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics in Karachi (1963–65), resulted in two books, including Pakistan: Industrialization and Trade Policy (1970).

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