Institute of Development Studies

Biography

Senior Gender Convenor and BRIDGE manager within Knowledge Services at IDS. She is a social anthropologist by training. Her specialist area is gender and migration, with a focus on South East Asia - particularly Thailand. Alyson has worked in the non-governmental sector in Thailand, focusing on women's and children's rights issues in the Mekong region. Other roles include Programme and Communications Coordinator for Imp-Act, a research programme with the aim of improving the impacts of microfinance in developing countries.

Thematic Expertise

Gender.

Selected Publications »»

• Brody, A., Greeley, M. and Wright-Revolledo, K. (2005) Money with a Mission 2: Managing the Social Performance of Microfinance
• Brody, A., Copestake, J., Greeley, M., Kabeer, N. and Simanowitz, A. (2003) 'Microfinance, Poverty and Social Performance', IDS Bulletin 34.4, Brighton: IDS