David Hulme

Overview

David Hulme is Professor of Development Studies at the University of Manchester where he is Executive Director of the Global Development Institute and CEO of the Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre. He has worked on rural development, poverty and poverty reduction, microfinance, the role of NGOs in conflict/peace and development, environmental management, social protection and the political economy of global poverty for more than 30 years. His main focus has been on Bangladesh but he has worked extensively across South Asia, East Africa and the Pacific.  His recent books include Should Rich Nations Help the Poor? (Polity, 2016), Global Poverty: Global Governance and Poor People (Routledge, 2015), Governance, Management and Development (Palgrave, 2015), and Just Give Money to the Poor (Kumarian Press, USA, 2010).

Biography

Current Positions

Professor of Development Studies 
Executive Director, Global Development Institute (GDI)
CEO, Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre (ESID)
CEO, Brazil in Africa Research Programme

Previous Roles

• Head of Institute of Development Policy and Management (IDPM) (2010-2013)
• Professor of Development Studies, Leverhulme Professorial Research Fellow (2006-2009),
• Associate Director Chronic Poverty Research Centre (2005-2010)
• Associate Director ESRC Global Poverty Research Group (to 2007)
• Associate Director Brooks World Poverty Institute (from 2006),
• Associate Director, Institute for Development Policy and Management (from 2009)
• Director and Founder of Chronic Poverty Research Centre (2000-2005),
• Joint Director and Co-founder for ESRC Global Poverty Research Group (from 2002),
• Director of Institute for Development Policy and Management (1992-1997), 

Visiting Appointments

2012 and 1996: Institute of Developing Economies Advanced Studies Tokyo

01/2006- :BRAC University, Bangladesh - Visiting Professor, BRAC Development Institute

04/2002-04/2006: Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies - Visiting Professor and Joint Director Programme for Research on  Chronic Poverty in Bangladesh (PRCPB)