Peter Knight

PETER KNIGHT is an economist specializing in the use of Information and Communication Technologies to accelerate social and economic development. He is a founding member, researcher and Board member of the Fernand Braudel Institute for World Economics in Sao Paulo and author and/or organizer of seven books on the Internet and development. He has held a variety of technical and management positions at the World Bank, Cornell University, Ford Foundation, Brookings Institution and at the Training Center for Economic Development (CENDEC) in Rio de Janeiro. He has a PhD from Stanford University and graduated from Oxford University and Dartmouth College. ptknight@braudel.org.br