Dirk Willem te Velde

Dr Dirk Willem te Velde is the programme leader of the Investment and Growth Programme. He has extensive research experience including for DFID’s research window; the Research Programme Consortium on Institutions and Pro-Poor Growth, and has led teams providing policy advice in-country in sub-Saharan Africa (e.g. Malawi, Botswana) and the Caribbean, and has worked with and for business and NGOs. He has advised a wide variety of developing countries and UN agencies, the Wold Bank and the EC. He has written and edited four books, 15 journal articles and 20 book chapters related to growth, trade and investment issues. He has a PhD from Birkbeck College, University of London.

Dirk's interests include include economic growth, foreign direct investment effects and policies; trade in services; the WTO, regional integration and impact assessments; public goods; Africa and the Caribbean.