Eric Werker is the William Saywell Professor at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University. Werker’s recent research has focused on the political economy of private sector development, economic diversification in resource-rich economies, and the interface between resource projects and local and national economies. Werker is a research affiliate of the International Growth Centre and the United Nations University WIDER and has been a policy advisor to national governments and regional organizations. He earned his A.B. and Ph.D in economics at Harvard.