# W. Arthur Lewis (@arthur-lewis)

W. Arthur Lewis was a Saint Lucian economist, university leader, and policy adviser who helped establish development economics as a field. At Manchester he became Britain's first Black professor and developed his most influential account of labor transfer and capital accumulation. He shared the 1979 economics prize for pioneering research on development problems.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from W. Arthur Lewis's public record._

## Topics

- [Dual-Sector Development](/@arthur-lewis/dual-sector-model.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Institution Builder](/@arthur-lewis/institution-builder.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Trade and Global History](/@arthur-lewis/trade-and-history.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Development Planning and Postcolonial Institutions](/@arthur-lewis/development-planning-and-postcolonial-institutions.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [The Dual-Sector Model](/@arthur-lewis/the-dual-sector-model.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [The Lewis Turning Point](/@arthur-lewis/the-lewis-turning-point.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/economics/about/history-and-heritage/arthur-lewis/
- blog: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/history-heritage/history/nobel-prize/
- blog: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/1979/lewis/biographical/
- blog: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/1979/lewis/facts/

## Ask this twin

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```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

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