Frances Stewart (economist)

The Honourable
Frances Julia Stewart
Born (1940-08-04) 4 August 1940 (age 84)
Kendal, Westmorland, England, UK
NationalityBritish
Academic career
FieldDevelopment economics
InstitutionOxford Department of International Development (ODID), Oxford University
Alma materSomerville College, Oxford
Information at IDEAS / RePEc
Notes
Parents: Nicholas Kaldor (deceased); relatives: Mary Kaldor (sister)

Frances Julia Stewart (born 4 August 1940)[1] is professor emeritus 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 to 2010.

  1. ^ Toye, John (2011), "Social wellbeing and conflict: themes from the work of Frances Stewart", in FitzGerald, Valpy; Heyer, Judith; Thorp, Rosemary (eds.), Overcoming the persistence of inequality and poverty, Houndsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York: Palgrave, ISBN 9780230249707