Overseas Development Institute

Fellowship Scheme 40th Anniversary Speeches

For the Fellowship Scheme's 40th anniversary in 2003, and to welcome the 2003-05 Fellows, a celebration was held at the House of Commons attended by many Fellowship alumni. Several gave speeches which can be downloaded from this website. Please click on the links below to access the relevant pdf files.

Introduction: The ODI Fellowship Scheme: The Future of Technical Cooperation?
Adrian Hewitt (Ministry of Labour, Malawi, 1974-76). Now Research Fellow and Head of Fellowship Scheme, Overseas Development Institute

Life as a Fellow:

Dr Vincent Cable MP, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson (The Treasury, Kenya, 1966-68)

Sir Suma Chakrabarti, Permanent Secretary, DFID (Ministry of Works, Botswana, 1981-83)

Professor Peter Davies, Vice-President and Chief Economist, BP (Ministry of Finance, Swaziland, 1972-74)

Romilly Greenhill, Now Policy Officer ActionAid, then Senior Economist, Jubilee Research (Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Uganda, 1999-2001)

Professor Anne Mills, Professor of Health Economics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (Ministry of Health, Malawi, 1973-75)

Sir Andrew Turnbull, Cabinet Secretary (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Foreign Trade, Zambia, 1968-70)

Dr Martin Weale, Director, National Institute of Economic and Social Research (National Statistical Office, 1977-79)

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