David Lawson

Biography

Profile: ACIB, BA MA PhD University of Nottingham

Advisory and Consultancy Experience

Extensive consultancy experience with international and national organisations. Recent assignments completed for Department of International Development(DFID), World Bank, Government of Lesotho, Government of Uganda.

Administrative Positions

Program Director, MA Public Policy and Management (PPM).

Co-Convenor, IDPM/SoSS Development Economics Seminar Series.

Professional Positions

2012 - , University of Helsinki, IDS, Docent

2011 OECD, Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) - Invited Expert

2010-11, University of Helsinki, Visiting Research Fellow

2009-, World Health Organisation (WHO), Scientific Resource Group (SRG) on Equity Analysis and Research, Panel Expert.

2009-, Brooks World Poverty Institute (BWPI), University of Manchester, Faculty Associate.

2009-, Herbert Simon Institute (HSI), MBS, University of Manchester, Fellow.

2003-10, Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC), Research Fellow.

2003-8, Global Poverty Research Group (GPRG), Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) at Oxford University, and the Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) at Manchester University, Research Fellow.

2007, United Nations University-World Institute for Development Economics Research ( UNU-WIDER), Helsinki, Finland, Visiting Research Fellow.

2005-7, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), BRAC, Bangladesh, Visiting Research Fellow.

Further information

Additional Information

Country Experience:

Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mexico, Namibia, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Uganda.

Teaching:

Programme Director MA International Development: Public Policy and Management (PPM)

Convenor: Economic Analysis of the Public Sector (EAPS); Public Sector Reform and Management (PSRM)

Contributor: Gender and Development

Guest lectures & Seminars (selected)

2010, Poverty and Development, Institute of Development Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland.

2010, Public Policy and Health Care: A Comparative Analysis Across Countries, University of Tampere, Finland

2009, The Role of Pensions in Poverty Reduction, Invited Guest Lecture, Korean Institute of Public Administration, Seoul, South Korea.

2009, Pensions and Poverty - Furthering Our Understanding Through Combined Research Methods, Invited Guest lecture Korean Development Institute School, Seoul, South Korea.

2008, How Gender and Extreme Poverty: Influence Labour Market Outcomes in Bangladesh, Invited speaker MATT2, Bangladesh Civil Servants short course, University of Manchester

2007, Gender and Poverty: Empirical Methods and Evidence, Plenary speaker at Gender and Economics Workshop, Accra, Ghana (World Bank workshop for mid-senior level civil servants from Gambia, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone).

2007, Hewlett Foundation Workshop on Unsafe Abortion Related Morbidity and Mortality and Economic Impact, Invited Technical Panel Expert, IDS, Sussex.

1. Genuine Q-Squared - Methodological Issues Associated with Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to Understanding Poverty Dynamics: Evidence from Uganda, Invited Plenary presentation at What Works for the Poorest, BRAC International Conference, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

2006, Using Life Histories for Poverty Analysis, Invited Expert and Speaker Life Histories Workshop, Government of Senegal/CPRC, Senegal

2006, Poverty Data Analysis, Course Facilitator, World Bank-IMF, Global Data Dissemination System (GDDS). Accra, Ghana

2004, ''Health, Poverty and Poverty Dynamics in Africa'', Invited Lecture for IV Mediterranean Seminar on International Development - Africa''s Crisis, Palma, Majorca.

Current PhD Students

Ibrahim Kasirye, ''Agriculture and Gender in Developing Countries: The Case for Uganda''.

Gordon Abeke, ''Determinants of Utilisation of Maternal Healthcare Services in Ghana''