Institute of Development Studies

Biography

Dr Stephen Devereux is a development economist working predominantly on food security, famine, rural livelihoods, social protection and poverty reduction issues. His research experience has mainly been in eastern and southern Africa, especially Ethiopia, Malawi and Namibia. His books include 'Fieldwork in Developing Countries', 'Theories of Famine', 'Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa', 'The New Famines', 'Social Protection in Africa', and 'Social Protection for Africa's Children'.

Selected Projects and Recent Work »»

• ALINe
• Future Agricultures Consortium
• Home Grown School Feeding programme
• FACT Malawi
• Destitution in the North East Highlands, Ethiopia
• Swaziland’s Food and Cash Transfers project
• Malawi Social Protection Framework
• Making Cash Count
• Lesotho's Cash and Food Transfers project
• Kenya Hunger Safety Net programme

Thematic Expertise

Agriculture; Food Security; Social Protection.

Geographic Expertise

Sub Saharan Africa; Botswana; Ethiopia; Ghana; Kenya; Lesotho; Malawi; Mozambique; Namibia; Rwanda; South Africa; Swaziland; Uganda; Zambia.

Selected Publications »»

• Devereux, S., Béné, C., Chopra, D., Koehler, G., Roelen, K., Sabates-Wheeler, R. and te Lintelo, D. (2011) 'Social Protection for Social Justice', IDS Bulletin 42.6, Brighton: IDS
• Sabates-Wheeler, R. and Devereux, S. (2011) 'Transforming Livelihoods for Resilient Futures: How to Facilitate Graduation in Social Protection Programmes' 023, Brighton: Future Agricultures Consortium
• Devereux, S. (2010) 'Better Marginalised than Incorporated? Pastoralist Livelihoods in Somali Region, Ethiopia', European Journal of Development Research 22:678–695, London: Palgrave Macmillan
• Devereux, S. and Longhurst, R. (2010) 'Incorporating Seasonality into Agricultural Project Design and Learning', IDS Bulletin 41.6:88-95, Brighton: IDS
• Devereux, S. (2010) 'Book Review: ‘Famine: A Short History’, by Cormac O’Grada', Journal of Agrarian Change 10.4:594-596, London: Wiley
• Misselhorn, A. et al. (2010) 'Vulnerability to What?' in Ingram, J., Ericksen, P. and Liverman, D. (eds), Food Security and Global Environmental Change, London: Earthscan
• Devereux, S., Webb, D. and Handa, S. (2010) 'Social Protection for Africa’s Children' in Handa, S., Devereux, S. and Webb, D. (eds), Social Protection for Africa’s Children, London: Routledge
• Blank, L., Devereux, S. and Handa, S. (2010) 'The Case for Social Protection for Children' in Handa, S., Devereux, S. and Webb, D. (eds), Social Protection for Africa’s Children, London: Routledge
• Devereux, S. and Sabates-Wheeler, R. (2010) 'Transformative Social Protection for Africa’s Children' in Handa, S., Devereux, S. and Webb, D. (eds), Social Protection for Africa’s Children, London: Routledge
• Handa, S., Devereux, S. and Webb, D. (2010) Social Protection for Africa’s Children, London: Routledge
• Devereux, S. and White, P. (2010) 'Seasonality and Social Protection in Africa', Frontiers of Social Protection Brief 8, Johannesburg:
• Devereux, S. and Lund, F. (2010) 'Democratising Social Welfare in Africa' in Padayachee, V. (eds), The Political Economy of Africa, London: Routledge
• Devereux, S. and Vincent, K. (2010) 'Using Technology to Deliver Social Protection: Exploring Opportunities and Risks', Development in Practice 20.3:367-379, London: Routledge
• Devereux, S. (2010) 'Dependency and Graduation', Frontiers of Social Protection Brief 5, Johannesburg:
• Devereux, S. (2010) 'Seasonal Food Crises and Social Protection in Africa' in Harriss-White, B. and Heyer, J. (eds), The Comparative Political Economy of Development: Africa and South Asia, Abingdon: Routledge