BA in Politics and Social Science, Durham University; doctorate, University of Oxford, including a year in India for dissertation on The Economics and Politics of Indian Nationalism from 1880-1947. Formerly: Member, Drafting Committee, Dakar Framework for Action; 2000; Author, Education Report, Oxfam; Director and lead author, UNDP Human Development Report. Since January 2008, current position. Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Global Economic Governance Programme, University College, University of Oxford.