The causes of unemployment in less developed countries and some research topics

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W. Arthur Lewis was born on the island of St Lucia. He taught political economics at several universities and worked at the United Nations in the 1950s, before embarking on a career at Princeton. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for economics in 1979, jointly with T. W. Schultz, for their work on development economics. [more] W. Arthur Lewis was born on the island of St Lucia. He taught political economics at several universities and worked at the United Nations in the 1950s, before embarking on a career at Princeton. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for economics in 1979, jointly with T. W. Schultz, for their work on development economics. Copyright © International Labour Organization 2012.