Jake Johnston is a Senior Research Associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) in Washington, DC. At CEPR his research has focused predominantly on economic policy in Latin America, the International Monetary Fund and US foreign policy. He is the lead author for CEPR’s Haiti: Relief and Reconstruction Watch blog and has authored papers on Haiti concerning the ongoing cholera epidemic, aid accountability and transparency and the US foreign aid system. His articles and op-eds have been published in outlets such as The New York Times, The Intercept, NACLA, Boston Review, VICE News, Al Jazeera America, and Le Monde Diplomatique. His book, Aid State: The Fight for Haiti and What it Reveals About the World, is forthcoming from St. Martin’s press.
Johnston holds a BA in Economics from Boston University, and an MA in Writing from Johns Hopkins University.
Johnston was an event speaker at the Dialogue.
