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Who we are

	Alison Evans Director of Programme Alison Evans leads the Poverty and Public Policy Group.
	Helena Turgel Group Administrator Helena is the Group Administrator for the whole of PPPG, responsible for coordinating administration and dissemination within the group, and the first point of contact for enquiries. Call +44 (0)207922 0430 or email h.turgel@odi.org.uk.

Centre for Aid and Public Expenditure
	Nick Highton Research Fellow and Programme Leader Economic analysis of projects and programmes (macro, micro and sector level), budgetary aid, public financial management, innovative financing.
	Hafsa Mahtab Project Administrator Hafsa is Project Administrator for CAPE. Call +44 (0)207 922 0416 or email h.mahtab@odi.org.uk.
	Simon Burall Research Fellow Aid architecture reform; aid effectiveness; harmonisation and alignment; UN reform; role of civil society and parliaments in aid architecture reform.
	Paolo de Renzio Research Associate Public sector reform and management; public finance; decentralisation; aid management and effectiveness.
	Ruth Driscoll Research Fellow Poverty reduction strategy processes, donor behaviour and social development.
	Verena Fritz Research Associate. Also a member of the Politics & Rights team. Governance and the development of state capacity; corruption;public sector reforms; institutional change; political economy approaches to development; transition countries.
	Geoff Handley Research Officer Public finance management; budget reform.
	Edward Hedger Research Fellow Public expenditure and financial management; governance and accountability; public sector reform; decentralisation and sub-national PFM; political economy of reform processes; institutional development; capacity building.
	Zainab Kizilbash Agha Research Officer How sectors relate with and behave under national reform processes (policy and PFM oriented); normative financing mechanisms in the education sector, aid modalities and aid management.
	Liesbet Steer Research Fellow
	Cecilie Wathne Research Officer Aid effectiveness and economic development.
	Tim Williamson Research Associate Tim Williamson is an economist with extensive experience of the Ministry of Finance, Planning & Economic Development in Uganda.

Politics and Governance
	Diana Cammack Research Fellow and Programme Leader Politics of aid and reform; neopatrimonialism, development and governance; national political economic analysis; human rights.
	Claire Avery Project Administrator Claire is Project Administrator for Politics & Governance. Call +44 (0)207922 0381 or email c.avery@odi.org.uk
	David Booth Research Fellow Institutional issues in development and aid policy; aid modalities and the national policy process.
	Kent Buse Research Fellow Health policy; managing the political dimensions of policy reform; strategic planning; public-private partnership; governance; institutional issues in aid policy; business role in health; HIV/AIDS.
	Marta Foresti Research Fellow and Rights in Action Programme Manager Human rights, voice and accountability, development effectiveness.
	Alan Hudson Research Fellow Development effectiveness; governance, at national and global levels; accountability and voice; parliaments and civil society organisations; and, policy coherence for development.
	Caroline Moser Senior Research Associate Conflict and violence; gender; livelihoods; human rights perspectives; security; empowerment; participation; poverty reduction.
	Tammie O'Neil Research Officer Governance; politics of reform; neopatrimonialism and informal institutions; human rights and poverty reduction.
	Timothy Othieno Research Fellow Conflict and the state; peace building; fragile states; politics and governance; development and foreign policy; Africa (particularly the Horn of Africa and Eastern Africa ); African international relations; South African foreign policy.
	Alina Rocha Menocal Research Fellow Governance; developmental states;democratisation processes and hybrid regimes; political economy of social policies; institution building; aid effectiveness; Latin America in comparative perspective.
	Bhavna Sharma Research Officer Politics and governance, voice and accountability, rights, gender and Latin America.

Poverty and Inequality
	Caroline Harper Research Fellow and Head of Team Programme Leader Caroline leads the Poverty & Inequality work. Chronic poverty; childhood poverty and intergenerational poverty transfers; social development/ exclusion; participation; policy processes.
	Tari Masamvu Project Administrator Tari is the Project Administrator for Poverty & Inequality. Call +44 (0)207922 0339 or email t.masamvu@odi.org.uk.
	Kate Bird Research Fellow Poverty and chronic poverty; policy reform; rural livelihoods, diversification and co-ping strategies; project, programme and policy evaluation.
	Tim Braunholtz-Speight Research Officer Chronic poverty; discrimination, exclusion and incorporation; corruption, conflict and the state; political economy of natural resources.
	Ursula Grant Research Officer Chronic poverty; poverty analysis and policy; urban livelihoods; participation and local governance.
	Kate Higgins Research Officer Poverty impacts of policy reforms; pro-poor growth; spatial poverty; poverty impacts of conflict; intergenerational transmission of poverty; service delivery to marginalized groups and areas; policy and programme evaluation.
	Stephanie Levy Research Fellow Pro-poor growth; public investment; private investment; micro-finance; credit market segmentation; general equilibrium models; Dutch Disease and resource boom; agricultural policies.
	Fiona Samuels Research Fellow Developing ODI's research on HIV and AIDs. HIV/AIDS; livelihoods; food security; stigma and discrimination; social capital.