Peter T. Knight is an economist specialized in the use of information and communication technologies for accelerating economic, social, and political development. A resident of Rio de Janeiro since 2000, he is a founding member, researcher, and member of the Board of Directors of the Fernand Braudel Institute of World Economics in São Paulo and has worked as a consultant since 1997.
In a career of over 20 years with the World Bank, his last three positions were Lead Economist for the Brazil Department, Chief of the National Economic Management Division of the Bank’s external training arm, and Chief of the Electronic Media Center. Previously he held positions at Cornell University, the Ford Foundation and the Brookings Institution.
Peter holds a PhD from Stanford University and degrees in Government from Dartmouth College and Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University. He has published ten other books, six of them dealing with the use of the Internet for development.
Peter T. Knight is an economist specialized in the use of information and communication technologies for accelerating economic, social, and political development. A resident of Rio de Janeiro since 2000, he is a founding member, researcher, and member of the Board of Directors of the Fernand Braudel Institute of World Economics in São Paulo and has worked as a consultant since 1997.
In a career of over 20 years with the World Bank, his last three positions were Lead Economist for the Brazil Department, Chief of the National Economic Management Division of the Bank’s external training arm, and Chief of the Electronic Media Center. Previously he held positions at Cornell University, the Ford Foundation and the Brookings Institution.
Peter holds a PhD from Stanford University and degrees in Government from Dartmouth College and Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University. He has published ten other books, six of them dealing with the use of the Internet for development.