Frances Stewart
Frances Julia Stewart | |
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Born |
Kendal, Cumbria | 4 August 1940
Nationality | United Kingdom |
Institution | Oxford Department of International Development (ODID), Oxford University |
Field | Development economics |
Alma mater | Somerville College, Oxford |
Information at IDEAS / RePEc |
Frances Julia Stewart (born 4 August 1940)[1] is professor of development economics and director of the Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity (CRISE), University of Oxford. A pre-eminent development economist, she was named one of fifty outstanding technological leaders for 2003 by Scientific American. She was president of the Human Development and Capability Association from 2008–2010.
Early life
Development economics |
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Economies by region |
Economic growth theories |
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Frances Stewart was born in Kendal on 4 August 1940, the daughter of Clarissa Goldschmidt, a history graduate from Somerville College, Oxford, and the economist Nicholas Kaldor. Her sister is the London School of Economics political scientist Mary Kaldor. The family moved to Cambridge in 1950.[1]
She studied at Cambridgeshire High School for Girls and then gained a first-class degree from Oxford University in philosophy, politics and economics (PPE).[1]
Selected bibliography
Books
- Stewart, Frances (1977). Technology and underdevelopment. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press. ISBN 9780891587187.
- Stewart, Frances (1985). Basic needs in developing countries. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 9780801823831.
- Stewart, Frances (1985). Planning to meet basic needs. London: Macmillan. ISBN 9780333340196.
- Stewart, Frances (editor); Lall, Sanjaya (author) (1986). Theory and reality in development: essays in honour of Paul Streeten. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9780312797263.
- Stewart, Frances; Jolly, Richard; Cornia, Giovanni A. (1987). Adjustment with a human face: protecting the vulnerable and promoting growth (a study by UNICEF). Volume 1. Oxford Oxfordshire Oxford Oxfordshire New York: Clarendon Press Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198286103.
- Stewart, Frances; Jolly, Richard; Cornia, Giovanni A. (1987). Adjustment with a human face: ten country case studies (a study by UNICEF). Volume 2. Oxford Oxfordshire Oxford Oxfordshire New York: Clarendon Press Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198286110.
- Stewart, Frances; Ranis, Gustav; Angeles-Reves, Edna (1990). Linkages in developing economies: a Philippine study. San Francisco, California: International Center for Economic Growth ICS Press distributor. ISBN 9781558150492.
- Stewart, Frances; Lall, Sanjaya; Wangwe, Samuel (1992). Alternative development strategies in subSaharan Africa. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9780312067380.
- Stewart, Frances (1992). North-South and South-South: essays on international economics. Basingstoke: Macmillan. ISBN 9780333490884.
- Stewart, Frances; FitzGerald, Valpy; and Associates (2001). War and underdevelopment: the economic and social consequences of conflict. Volume 1. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199241866.
- Stewart, Frances; FitzGerald, Valpy; and Associates (2001). War and underdevelopment: country experiences. Volume 2. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199241897.
- Stewart, Frances; Saith, Ruhi; Harriss-White, Barbara (2007). Defining poverty in the developing world. Basingstoke England New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230516724.
- Stewart, Frances (2008). Horizontal inequalities and conflict: understanding group violence in multiethnic societies (Foreword by Kofi Annan). Basingstoke England New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230245501.
- Stewart, Frances; Cornia, Giovanni A. (2014). Towards human development new approaches to macroeconomics and inequality. Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198706083.
Chapters in books
- Stewart, Frances (1994), "Are adjustment policies in Africa consistent with long-run development needs?", in Cornia, Giovanni A.; Helleiner, Gerald K., From adjustment to development in Africa: conflict, controversy, convergence, consensus, New York, New York: St. Martin's Press, ISBN 9780333613627.
- Stewart, Frances; Ranis, Gustav; Samman, Emma (2009), "Country patterns of behavior on broader dimensions of human development", in Kanbur, Ravi; Basu, Kaushik, Arguments for a better world: essays in honor of Amartya Sen | Volume II: Society, institutions and development, Oxford New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 119–138, ISBN 9780199239979.
Journal articles
- Stewart, Frances (December 1991). "Are adjustment policies in Africa consistent with long-run development needs?". Development Policy Review. Wiley. 9 (4): 413–436. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7679.1991.tb00196.x.
- Stewart, Frances; Cornia, Giovanni A. (September–October 1993). "Two errors of targeting". Journal of International Development. Wiley. 5 (5): 459–496. doi:10.1002/jid.3380050503.
- Stewart, Frances; Ranis, Gustav; Ramirez, Alejandro (February 2000). "Economic growth and human development". World Development. Elsevier. 28 (2): 197–219. doi:10.1016/S0305-750X(99)00131-X.
- Stewart, Frances; Deneulin, Séverine (June 2002). "Amartya Sen's contribution to development thinking". Studies in Comparative International Development. Springer. 37 (2): 61–70. doi:10.1007/BF02686262.
- Stewart, Frances; Saith, Ruhi; Laderchi, Caterina R. (2003). "Does it matter that we do not agree on the definition of poverty? A comparison of four approaches". Oxford Development Studies. Taylor and Francis. 31 (3): 243–274. doi:10.1080/1360081032000111698.
- Stewart, Frances (September 2011). "Inequality in political power: a fundamental (and overlooked) dimension of inequality". The European Journal of Development Research. Palgrave Macmillan. 23 (4, special debate section: the politics of poverty and inequality): 541–545. doi:10.1057/ejdr.2011.23.
Papers
- Stewart, Frances (2003). Horizontal inequalities: a neglected dimension of development (working paper 1). Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK: Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, CRISE. OCLC 50161455. Pdf version.
Further reading
- Toye, John (2011), "Social wellbeing and conflict: themes from the work of Frances Stewart", in FitzGerald, Valpy; Heyer, Judith; Thorp, Rosemary, Overcoming the persistence of inequality and poverty, Houndsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York: Palgrave, ISBN 9780230249707 (link to pdf)
References
External links
- Frances Stewart page at Oxford
- Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity (CRISE)
- Frances Stewart author page at Macmillan publishers
- HDCA website
Educational offices | ||
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Preceded by Martha Nussbaum |
President of the Human Development and Capability Association September 2008 – September 2010 |
Succeeded by Kaushik Basu |