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Education

Ph.D., Agricultural Economics (Rural Finance), Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ State University, 1996.
M.S., Economics, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ State University, 1994.
MLS, Latin American Economic Development, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ State University, 1991
B.S., International Studies, Summa Cum Laude, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ State University, 1989

Bio

Julia Paxton is a Professor of Economics at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ University where she teaches classes on poverty, development economics, and altruism. She has worked on a number of microfinance research projects for the World Bank, the United Nations, USAID, and foreign governments. She holds a doctorate in Agricultural Economics, specializing in microfinance, from The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ State University.

Research Interests

Microfinance, altruism, service-learning, poverty and economic development