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Alison Evans (DP96) new Director of ODI

Alison Evans, IDS alumni (DPhil96), is to be the new Director at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). Alison takes over the post from Simon Maxwell on 1 May 2009. She said about her appointment:  'I am delighted that the Board has been able to appoint a successor who will build on this legacy and lead ODI to further success.' Alison is an international and influential authority on aid and development.

Alison Evans is currently Director of Programmes at ODI for Poverty and Public Policy. She has a BA in economics from the University of Sussex, an MPhil in Development Economics from Cambridge, and a PhD from the Institute IDS. She was a Lecturer in Economics at the University of Sussex, before joining the World Bank in 1994. 

Alison returned to the UK in 2000, working first as an independent consultant and then as a Research Fellow at IDS. She joined ODI as a Director of Programmes in 2006. She has published widely on poverty, aid and gender.

Alison Evans