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Arthur Lewis

1915–1991

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Sir Arthur Lewis (1915–1991) was a Saint Lucian economist who won the Nobel Prize in 1979 for his pioneering work on economic development, particularly the dual-sector model. He was the first Black professor at the University of Manchester and later served as a vice-chancellor at the University of the West Indies, shaping development economics with a focus on structural transformation and labor migration.

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The Theory of Economic Growth (1955)
Economic Development with Unlimited Supplies of Labour (1954)
The Evolution of the International Economic Order (1978)
Growth and Fluctuations 1870–1913 (1978)
Selected Economic Writings (1983)
Racial Conflict and Economic Development (1985)

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