• Ph.D. in Economics, University of Oxford
• B.A. Honors in Economics and Philosophy, University of London

• International Political Economy
• Development Economics
• Public Economics & Finance
• Philosophy and Methodology of the Social Sciences
• East & West Africa
• Latin America & Caribbean

• Co-Chair, Division of Social Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences, Howard University
• Chairman, Review Committee for Graduate Program in English, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Howard University

• Books & Monographs
• The Human Development Paradigm (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2003, forthcoming)
• The Conversation of Economic Development: Historical Voices, Interpretations, and Reality (New York & London: M.E. Sharpe, 1997)
• Sugar Industry Diversification in Developing Countries (Washington, DC: The World Bank, 1990)
• Political Economy of Economic Policy: The Quest for Human Betterment (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1988)
• Conflicting Paradigms in the Economics of Developing Nations (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1986)
• The IMF Policy Paradigm: The Macroeconomics of Stabilization, Structural Adjustment, and Economic Development (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1985)
• Public Finance, Planning, and Economic Development: Essays in Honor of Ursula Hicks [editor] (St. Martin’s Press, 1973)
• “The Economics of Racial Discontent,” Studies in Race and Nations Series, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver (Denver, CO: 1972)
• “Planning from Below,” Institute for Social & Economic Research, University of the West Indies (Mona, Jamaica: 1970)
• The Economic Development of Guyana (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969)

• The Bretton Woods Policy Paradigm Revisited
• Interpretations: Philosophy of Economics and the Social Sciences

Dr. David served as the

• Economic Advisor to the President of Guyana
• Chairman, Department of Economics & Management, Fisk University
• Vice-Chair, Fisk University Planning Commission

Recently, Dr. David received various awards from Howard and other universities including

• Most Productive Ph.D. Faculty Mentors by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (1998) and
• Received the Sustained Superior Performance Service Award, Howard University (1997)
• George Webb Medley Scholar, University of Oxford

Additionally, Dr. David served as consultant to national and international institutions, including

• The World Bank
• The United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD)
• The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
• The Booker T. Washington Foundation and
• The Metropolitan Applied Research Corporation (MARC), New York