Education
Stanford University; Carleton University.
Stanford University; Carleton University.
Formerly Director of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (1997–2004) and Canada"s International Development Research Centre (International Development Research Centre) (1991–1997), Doctor Bezanson"s career has included a number of development and diplomatic roles. He has held senior posts with the Inter-American Development Bank and the Canadian International Development Agency (Canadian International Development Agency), and between 1985 and 1988 was Canadian Ambassador to Peru and Bolivia. Prior to that he was a lecturer and researcher in Ghana, and a teacher in Nigeria.
Doctor Bezanson was born in Kingston, Ontario.
He is a graduate of Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, and of Stanford University, California. He is the author of numerous publications on international development.
