Institute of Development Studies

The Institute of Development Studies "is a leading global organisation for research, teaching and communications on international development.

"IDS was founded in 1966 and enjoys an international reputation based on the quality of its work and its commitment to applying academic skills to real world challenges. Its purpose is to understand and explain the world, and to try to change it – to influence as well as to inform."

"The institute receives no core funding from the British government but comes from a combination of research grants and fees from advisory work, teaching, and publication sales. The UK Department for International Development (DFID) is the Institute's largest funder. IDS also receives funds from the European Union, various UN agencies, and a wide range of aid agencies, trusts and foundations. The Institute's annual turnover is around £12million and it has a total staff of about 200 and a current student body of more than 130."

Trustees
Accessed August 2008:


 * Chair - Richard Manning
 * Ex Officio - Lawrence Haddad, Director, IDS
 * Ex Officio - Michael Farthing, Vice-Chancellor, University of Sussex
 * Company Secretary - Malcolm Barter, Director of Strategic Operations, IDS
 * Julie Brittain - Head of Library, IDS
 * Ken Caldwell - Director of Programme Operations, Save the Children Fund UK, London
 * Richard Carey - Deputy Director, DAC Secretariat, OECD, Paris
 * Peter Freeman - Former Director, Finance and Aid Policy, UK Department for International Development
 * Martin Greeley - Fellow, IDS
 * Mia Horn af Rantzien - Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the WTO, Geneva
 * Neil Kemp - Former Director of Education Services, British Council, London
 * Uma Lele - Former Senior Advisor, Operations Evaluation Department, World Bank, Washington
 * Robin Mansell - Dixons Chair in New Media and the Internet, Interdepartmental Programme on Media and Communication, London School of Economics
 * Mary McKeown - Freelance Social Development Advisor
 * Mandivamba Rukuni - Programme Director, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Pretoria
 * Gita Sen - Sir Ratan Tata Chair Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
 * Salil Shetty - Director, Millennium Campaign of the UN, New York
 * Adrian Wood - Professor of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford

Honorary Members
 * Hugh Beevor, Chair of the Royal Mint Board, London
 * Carol Cosgrove-Sacks, Director, Trade Division, UN Economic Commission for Europe, Geneva
 * Mike Faber, Former Director of IDS
 * Carlos Fortin, Deputy Secretary-General, UNCTAD, Geneva
 * Paul Isenman, Former Head, Strategic Management of Development Cooperation Division, OECD, Paris
 * Richard Jolly, Research Associate and former Director of IDS
 * Emanuel de Kadt, Former Deputy Director of IDS
 * Alex Shakow, Former Executive Secretary, WB/IMF Development Committee, World Bank, Washington
 * John Toye, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford, and former Director of IDS

Contact

 * Web: http://www.ids.ac.uk

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