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1 Nita Rudra 120 Hartwood Drive, Pittsburgh, PA Phone: Cell: efax: Education Ph.D. Political Economy and Public Policy, University of Southern California, 2000 M.A Economics, University of Southern California, 2000 M.A. Political Science, University of South Florida, 1992 B.A. Political Science, University of Florida, 1989 Publications and Working Papers Book Who Really Gets Hurt? Globalization and the Race to the Bottom in Developing Countries Cambridge University Press. Globalization and the Politics of Natural Resources (A special issue of Comparative Political Studies) Edited with Nathan Jensen. Articles Openness and the Politics of Potable Water Comparative Political Studies Why International Organizations Should Basic Needs Back In. International Studies Perspective. May Welfare Regimes in Developing Countries: Unique or Universal? Journal of Politics. May Globalization and the Strengthening of Democracy in the Developing World. American Journal of Political Science. October Globalization, Democracy and Effective Welfare Spending in Developing Countries. with Stephan Haggard. Comparative Political Studies. November Are Workers in the Developing World Winners or Losers in the Current Era of Globalization? Studies in Comparative International Development. Fall Globalization, Inequality, and Welfare Spending in Developing Countries. International Studies Quarterly. vol Globalization and the Decline of the Welfare State in Less Developed Countries, International Organization, Spring [Reprinted in John G. Ruggie, Embedding Global Markets: An Enduring Challenge, Hampshire, UK: Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2008.] Chapters in Books 1

2 Reassessing the Relationship between Globalization and Welfare: Welfare Spending and International Competitiveness in Less Developed Countries (2002) in Coping with Globalization. Steve Chan and James Scaritt (eds). Frank Cass Publications. Articles (non-peer reviewed) Decentralization & Local Governance in Bangladesh: An Analysis of Stakeholder Perspectives (with Shonali Sardesai) Social Development Department, The World Bank. Political Analysis of Decentralization: Capturing the Stakeholder Perspective Lessons Learned from the Bangladesh Study. February Social Development Notes. Social Analysis and Social Policy. World Bank. No Works in Progress and Under Review. Why Governments Love Globalization: The Political and Economic Consequences of Welfare Reform with Irfan Nooruddin. Under Review, Journal of Politics. Reassessing the Links Between Regime Type and Economic Performance: Why Some Authoritarian Regimes Show Stable Growth and Others Do Not. with Siddharth Chandra Preparing for submission. World Politics. Are Developing Countries Defying the Embedded Liberalism Hypothesis? with Irfan Nooruddin. Under review. British Journal of Political Science. Is Trade Good For the Poor? with Daniel Tirone. Paper prepared for submission to Review of International Politics How Democracies Escalate the Race to the Bottom: Internatioanl Trade and Government Revenue with Ida Bastiaens. Paper prepared for submission to American Political Science Review. Commerce, Trade, and Obesity with Megumi Naoi. Paper prepared for submission to American Political Science Review. How Foreign Direct Investment Affects Preferences for Redistribution: An Experimental Analysis with Sera Lenardi Fellowships and Awards Senior Researcher Fulbright Award to India. Awarded by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. August 2010-April International Affairs Fellowship. Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

3 Employment Experience Carl Beck Award, International Studies Association. Best Graduate Paper, January 2000.Finalist for Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Area Studies Fellowship, Harvard University, January CIS Best Essay Award, Center for International Studies, Best Graduate Essay, University of Southern California, April CIS Dissertation Support Fellowship, Center for International Studies, University of Southern California Main Fellowship for Dissertation Completion, University of Southern California, Fall Allens Graduate Fellowship, University of Southern California, Outstanding Literacy Award, Abhijan magazine, Fall Present Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) Courses: Power, Order and Change in the Global Economy Poverty and the World Economy Global Political Economy Globalization and Welfare in Developing Countries Doctoral Seminar in International Political Economy Summer 07 - present Consultant, World Bank (Social Development Department) Fall Summer 07 Social Development Specialist, World Bank (CFR Fellowship) Spring 2000 Spring 1993 Adjunct Professor, Occidental College Course: International Political Processes Adjunct Professor, USF Courses: Pacific Century: An Introduction to Modern Asia Introduction to Comparative Politics Research Experience University of California- San Diego, Visiting Scholar Worked with Stephen Haggard on the effects of democratization and globalization on social spending in developing countries. Teaching Interests 3

4 Research Interests International Political Economy, International Relations, Comparative Political Economy, Political Economy of Development, Comparative Welfare Policy (includes health, education, social security, labor market protections), Globalization and States/Domestic Politics, Politics of Inequality. North - South issues including the political economy of trade and capital flows; analyzing broad principles of institutional design (related to distribution issues) in developing countries; the consequences of globalization on states and domestic politics; interregional comparisons of social policies (health, education, etc) and international market effect; democratization; the political economy of inequality; integration of qualitative and quantitative research methods. Other Professional Activities Instructor - Half day course on Social and Political Analysis at The World Bank. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, Aug. 29, Articles/ Books Reviewed American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, Spring 2007, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, International Studies Quarterly, International Organization, British Journal of Political Science, International Studies Quarterly, Princeton University Press. Invited Presentations How Democracies Escalate the Race to the Bottom: International Trade and Government Revenues in Developing Countries - College of William and Mary, Feb 9, How Democracies Escalate the Race to the Bottom: International Trade and Government Revenues in Developing Countries - Georgetown University, September 28, Good for the Goose, Bad for the Flock? FDI in Developing Countries University of Southern California, University of California- San Diego, University of California- Santa Barbara. International Relations. April- July, 2011 Is Globalization Good for the Poor? Udaipur, India. February 22, 2011 Duke University. Global Study Abroad program, Good for the Goose, Bad for the Flock? FDI in Developing Countries Indian Institute of Management- Bangalore. Economics Seminar, January 31,

5 Good for the Goose, Bad for the Flock? FDI in Developing Countries Indian Institute of Science- Bangalore, Department of Management Studies December 16, Are Government Really Defying the Embedded Liberalism Hypothesis in Developing Countries? Department of Political Science, Duke University. Social Policy in the Developing World Workshop, May 7-8, Is Globalization Good for the Poor? A Second Look Determinants of Public Health, April 29-30, Boston University. The Distal Globalization as Prison? Juan March Institute. Madrid, Spain. April 16, Globalization and the Race to the Bottom Korbel School of International Affairs. University of Denver. February Overcoming Political Resistance to Decentralization: the Case of Bangladesh (with Shonali Sardesai) The World Bank Brown Bag Luncheon. April 14, 2009 Have Governments Gone Too Far? Mershon Center for International Security Studies at The Ohio State University. May 23, Have Governments Gone Too Far? Seminar on Development Theory and Practice. University of Lund, Sweden. April 4-5, Have Governments Gone Too Far? Seminar on States and Markets. SUNY- Buffalo. May 2, Globalization and the Race to the Bottom presentation at the World Bank, Social Development Department BBL. November 14, Disentangling the Links Between Welfare Spending and Market Expansion in Developing Countries. Global Welfare Change Conference. Texas A & M University. November 1-2, Welfare States in Developing Countries: Unique or Universal. IGIS Research Seminar Series, George Washington University. April 26, Globalization and the Strengthening of Democracy in the Developing World. 7th International Conference on North Korean Human Rights & Refugees. Bergen, Norway. May 9-11, Globalization and the Strengthening of Democracy in the Developing World. Columbia University International Politics Seminar, December 12, Welfare States in Developing Countries: Unique or Universal. Consortium in Latin American & Caribbean Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University, November16, The Two Political Economies of Welfare States in Developing Countries Regulation in Latin America: Internationalization and Domestic Politics Conference. Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, Mexico City, June 2-3,

6 Globalization, Democracy and Social Spending in Developing Countries. Workshop on Distributive Politics and Social Protection in the 21st Century. Mershon Center. Ohio State University. October 29-30, 2004 Globalization and the Politics of Social Spending. Globalization Research Center. University of South Florida. November Is Convergence Inevitable? The Decline of Social Spending in India. Globalization, Civil Society and Philanthropy Conference. Rockefeller Archive Center. Sleepy Hollow, New York. June 5-7, Does Globalization Lead to Democratization in Developing Countries? The Watson Institute of International Studies, Brown University. November 20, Globalization and the Politics of Welfare Spending in India. University of Kentucky. October 11, Patterson School, Globalization and the Expansion of Democratic Rights in Developing Countries. Kellogg Institute, Sullivan Series. University of Notre Dame. April 23, References: James Robinson Professor of Government Harvard University 1033 Mass Ave M-8 Cambridge, MA (617) Robert Kaufman Professor Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey Department of Political Science 89 George Street New Brunswick, NJ (732) Benjamin Jerry Cohen Professor of International Political Economy Univ. of California, Santa Barbara Department of Political Science Santa Barbara, CA (805) John Odell Professor of International Relations University of Southern California School of International Relations Los Angeles, CA (213) \ Peter Rosendorff Associate Professor New York University Wilf Family Department of Politics 726 Broadway, 7th Fl New York, NY (212) Dennis Quinn Professor Georgetown University Mcdonough School of Business 407 New North

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