Background
Stewart, Frances Julia was born on April 8, 1940 in Kendal, England. Daughter of Nicholas and Clarissa Elisabeth Kaldor.
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Stewart, Frances Julia was born on April 8, 1940 in Kendal, England. Daughter of Nicholas and Clarissa Elisabeth Kaldor.
B A (Philosophy, Political and Economics), Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy University Oxford, 1961, 1967,
1976.
Economics Assistant, Treasury, London, 1961-1962. Economics Assistant, National Economics Develp. Office, London, 1962-1964.
Economics Assistant, Economics Adviser, United Kingdom Department Economics Affairs, London, 1964-1967. Lector, University E. Africa, Nairobi, since 1967. Research Officer, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford, 1970-1972.
Full time Consultant, Policy Planning Division World Bank, 1978-1979. Fellow, Somerville College Senior Research Officer, Institute, Institution Commonwealth Studies, Oxford University, since 1972. Editorial Board, World Development.
Junior, Senior, Webb Medley Prize Economics, University Oxford, 1960, 1961. Council, Intermediate Technology Development Group, since 1981. Council, Royal Economic Society, United Kingdom, since 1984.
Author: Technology and Underdevelopment, 1977, Technology and Underdevelopment, 2d and paperback edition, 1978, Technology and Underdevelopment, Spanish edition. Author: (Georgia Cornia and R. Jolly) Adjustment with a Human Face, 1987. Author: Adjustment and Poverty: Operions and Choices, 1995.Author: (with Valpy Fitzgerald and others) War and Underdevelopment, 2001.
A predominant interest has been in technology
and Third World Countries. This led to analysis of strategies of development, especially the Basic Needs approach. A parallel, and related, concern has been with the international system as it affects the Third World.
From a theoretical perspective, my work has led to recognition of the limitations of pure neoclassical models — the need to allow for a wider range of influences and motives, and for substantial discontinuities, especially with respect to technology. I have worked within a structuralist framework (loosely defined), recognising, and attempting to analyse rigorously, the influence of interest groups on policies. Significant contributions have been: (1) extension of the neoclassical view of technology choice to include a wider range of influences.
One consequence was to emphasise the importance of the composition of units (i.e. the proportion of investible resources controlled by different types of decision-maker) as a determinant of choice of technique. (2) development of the concept of appropriate products as part of appropriate technology, adopting a Lancaster approach to consumption. (3) recognition of the role of the capital goods sector in Thirld World countries, as a way of realising a different direction of technology change.
(4) early (1973) recognition of the potential for South-South trade. With Michael Stewart, I developed the idea of a Third World currency to promote such trade. (5) the development of a macro-planning framework for ‘Basic Needs’ (with John Fei and Gustav Ranis).
One important element is the recognition that ultimate welfare does not occur at the point of the consumption of goods, but depends on the impact of these goods on health and well-being. The metaproduction function relates to human well-being. And (6) attempts to analyse operational interest groups rigorously to understand policy formulation domestically and internationally.
Board directors International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, since 2000, United Nations University, Tokyo, 1992—1998. Member United Nations Planning Committee, New York City, 1995—1998. President United Kingdom Development Studies Association, 1990—1992.
Founding adviser, consultant Human Development Report United Nations Development Programme.
Married Michael James Stewart, June 23, 1962. Children: Lucy Goffi, Kitty, David.
