Arthur Lewis and the Institutions of Independence — Issue 01 source record

Public institutional records and attributed research

The Saint Lucian economist’s record extends from development theory to university administration and regional finance. Named responsibilities reveal the practical work behind his public contribution.

Compiled 14 November 2026

Key extracts & findings

SOURCE 1

NobelPrize.org — Sir Arthur Lewis, autobiography

Source extract: “high marks are not everything.” Public record: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/1979/lewis/biographical/

SOURCE 2

NobelPrize.org — Sir Arthur Lewis, facts

Source extract: “the determination of the terms of trade between developing and developed countries.” Public record: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/1979/lewis/facts/

SOURCE 3

University of Manchester — Arthur Lewis

Source extract: “from 1948 until 1957.” Public record: https://www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/economics/about/history-and-heritage/arthur-lewis/

SOURCE 4

Kirkpatrick & Barrientos — The Lewis Model after Fifty Years, Manchester, September 2004

Source extract: “Lewis’s key insight into the structural dualism characterising developing countries.” Public record: https://hummedia.manchester.ac.uk/institutes/gdi/publications/workingpapers/depp/depp_wp09.pdf

SOURCE 5

UWI Cave Hill — Sir W. Arthur Lewis

Source extract: “He was UWI’s first West Indian Vice-Chancellor (1962-3).” Public record: https://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/salises/about-us/sir-w-arthur-lewis/

SOURCE 6

CDB — Founding president retrospective, 23 January 2026

Source extract: “Serving as President from 1970 to 1973.” Public record: https://www.caribank.org/newsroom/news-and-events/cdb-celebrates-life-and-enduring-legacy-founding-president-sir-arthur-lewis

SOURCE 7

Princeton — Lewis biography and papers, 30 January 2006

Source extract: “the first black full professor at Princeton when he arrived in 1963.” Public record: https://www.princeton.edu/news/2006/01/30/book-chronicles-life-nobel-laureate-princetons-first-black-full-professor

Short source extracts retain third-party ownership. Institutional descriptions and dated announcements are not independent outcome evaluations. Some restricted pages were inspected through indexed text; no interviews or field visits are claimed.