10 Facts About Paul Streeten

Paul Patrick Streeten was an Austrian-born British economics professor.

Paul Streeten was a professor at Boston University, US until his retirement.

Paul Streeten has been a distinguished academic working on development economics since the 1950s.

Paul Streeten became involved in political activism at an early age, and from 1933 on he was under continual threat of arrest and imprisonment.

Paul Streeten was taken in by a kindly English family, but in 1940 he was interned as an enemy alien.

Paul Streeten was placed in several different camps, and in each one he occupied himself by setting up lecture or literary study groups.

Paul Streeten was associated with the UNDP group that creates the annual Human Development Report.

Paul Streeten served as founding editor of the journal World Development from 1972.

Paul Streeten became Warden of Queen Elizabeth House at the University of Oxford.

Paul Streeten turned 100 in July 2017 and died on 6 January 2019 at the age of 101.