Background
Professor Hulme was born in Ormskirk near Liverpool, and moved at the age of 19 to the University of Cambridge from which he graduated with honors as Bachelor in Economic geography in 1974.
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David Hulme
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In 1984 the received his Doctor of Philosophy in Land Settlement Schemes and Rural Development at the James Cook University in Queensland, Australia while working as a development practitioner in Papua New Guinea.
Career
Currently, He is the president of the Development Studies Association. He has worked on rural development, poverty and poverty reduction, microfinance, the role of non-government organisations in development, environmental management, social protection and the political economy of global poverty for more than 30 years. His main focus has been on Bangladesh but he has worked extensively across South Asia, East Africa and the Pacific.
Recently, he has been a leading international expert in the discussion of the Millennium Development Goals and the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
His most recent appointment, in September 2013, is as the vice-chair of the Economic and Social Research Council/Department for International Development Poverty Alleviation Research Grants Committee. Hulme"s current interests in global poverty and global governance extends from his extensive study of poverty at a micro-level, emphasising the significance of the macro landscape and the role of major institutions to the success of poverty reduction. include ‘Global Poverty: How Global Governance is Failing the Poor’ and ‘The Millennium Development Goals and Beyond: Global Development After 2015’ with Rorden Wilkinson (2012) (one of Routledge"s bestsellers).
The book Just Give Money to the Poor (2010) recently co-authored with Armando Barrientos and Joseph Hanlon was shortlisted by The Guardian as one of the recommended books for people interested in development studies. He has been engaged with high level debates about emerging powers and the Post-2015 Development Agenda and the Millennium Development Goals.
In October 2013, Hulme contributed to the British Academy’s ‘Emerging Powers Going Global’ conference.
Achievements
Membership
Among other appointments, Professor Hulme is currently an academician of the Academy of Social Sciences, a member of the Scientific Committee of the Comparative Research on Poverty Programme of the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and a board member of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (United Nations Research Institute for Social Development).
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Married Georgina Anne Gear, October 26, 1974. Children– Edward, Jasmine.
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