Frances Stewart

For other people named Frances Stewart, see Frances Stewart (disambiguation).
Frances Julia Stewart
Born (1940-08-04) 4 August 1940
Kendal, Cumbria
Nationality United Kingdom
Institution Oxford Department of International Development (ODID), Oxford University
Field Development economics
Alma mater Somerville College, Oxford
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Frances Julia Stewart (born 4 August 1940),[1] is professor of development economics and director of the Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity (CRISE), University of Oxford. A pre-eminent development economist, she was named one of fifty outstanding technological leaders for 2003 by Scientific American. She was president of the Human Development and Capability Association from 2008–2010.

Early life

Frances Stewart was born in Kendal on 4 August 1940, the daughter of Clarissa Goldschmidt, a history graduate from Somerville College, Oxford and the economist Nicholas Kaldor. Her sister is the London School of Economics political scientist Mary Kaldor. The family moved to Cambridge in 1950.[1]

She studied at Cambridgeshire High School for Girls and then gained a first-class degree from Oxford University in philosopy, politics and economics (PPE).[1]

Selected bibliography

Books

Chapters in books

Journal articles

Papers

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 3 Toye, John (2011), "Social wellbeing and conflict: themes from the work of Frances Stewart", in FitzGerald, Valpy; Heyer, Judith; Thorp, Rosemary, Overcoming the persistence of inequality and poverty, Houndsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York: Palgrave, ISBN 9780230249707

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Educational offices
Preceded by
Martha Nussbaum
President of the Human Development and Capability Association
September 2008 – September 2010
Succeeded by
Kaushik Basu
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