Mark Gersovitz studies the economies of poor countries. Current interests include: health especially infectious diseases, public finance, capital markets, rural-urban interactions, political violence. He has traveled widely in Africa, Asia and the Middle East as a researcher and adviser, and has been a consultant to the World Bank, the IMF, the UNDP, the ADB and other organizations. From 1992-94 he was the editor of The World Bank Research Observer and The World Bank Economic Review and has been on the faculties of Princeton, Michigan at Ann Arbor and Johns Hopkins.
