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frances.stewart@qeh.ox.ac.uk
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Research interests

Appropriate technology; basic needs; adjustment and poverty; development during conflict; group behaviour; horizontal inequalities; human development.

Frances Stewart

Professor Emeritus of Development Economics

Frances Stewart was Director of ODID from 1993-2003 and Director of the Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity (CRISE) at the department between 2003 and 2010. She has a DPhil from the University of Oxford and an honorary doctorate from the University of Sussex

Among many publications, she is coauthor of UNICEF’s influential study, Adjustment with a Human Face (OUP 1987); War and Underdevelopment (OUP 2001); and leading author and editor of Horizontal Inequalities and Conflict: Understanding Group Violence in Multiethnic Societies (Palgrave, 2008). She has directed a number of major research programmes including several financed by the UK Government’s Department for International Development, and others by the Swedish Development Agency and the Carnegie Corporation

An Emeritus Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford, Frances has acted as consultant for early Human Development Reports; she has been President of the Human Development and Capability Association; President of the British and Irish Development Studies Association; Chair of the United Nations Committee on Development Policy and Vice-Chair of the Board of the International Food Policy Research Institute

She received the Leontief prize in 2013 for advancing the frontiers of economic thought from Tufts University. She was given the UNDP’s Mahbub ul Haq award for her lifetime’s achievements in promoting human development in 2009; and named one of fifty outstanding technological leaders for 2003 by Scientific American (Policy Leader in Economic Development Strategies for promoting anti-poverty campaigns to help quell armed conflicts in developing countries).

  • Books and monographs

    Stewart, Frances
    Graham Brown, Arnim Langer ( ) Affirmative Action in Plural Societies: International Experiences . , Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
    Stewart, Frances
    A Langer, R Venugopal ( ) Horizontal Inequalities and Post-conflict Development . , Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
    Stewart, Frances
    ( ) Horizontal Inequalities and Conflict: Understanding Group Violence in Multethnic Societies . , Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
    Stewart, Frances
    J Ohiorhenuan ( ) Post-conflict Economic Recovery: Enabling Local Ingenuity . , New York: UNDP
    Stewart, Frances
    R Saith, B Harriss-White ( ) Defining Poverty in the Developing World . , Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
    Stewart, Frances
    EVK FitzGerald, R Venugopal ( ) Globalization, Violent Conflict and Self-Determination . , Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
    Stewart, Frances
    V FitzGerald and Associates ( ) War and Underdevelopment (Volume 1: The Economic and Social Consequences of Conflict; Volume 2: Country Experiences) . , Oxford: OUP pps 267/312
    Stewart, Frances
    E Wayne Nafziger, R Vayrynen ( ) War, Hunger, and Displacement: The Origins of Humanitarian Emergencies (Volume 1: Analysis, Volume 2: Case Studies) . , Oxford: OUP
    Stewart, Frances
    J Klugman, B Neyapti ( ) Conflict and Economic Growth in Africa: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda . , Paris: OECD
    Stewart, Frances
    A Berry, R Culpeper ( ) Global Development Fifty Years After Bretton Woods, Essays in Honour of G K Helleiner . , Macmillan
    Stewart, Frances
    ( ) Adjustment and Poverty: Options and Choices . , Routledge pp 243
  • Journal articles and special issues

    Stewart, Frances
    ( ) ODS 2018 Annual Lecture: The Human Development Approach: An Overview . Oxford Development Studies
    Stewart, Frances
    ( ) Horizontal Inequalities: Two Types of Trap . Journal of Human Development 10 (3) 315-40
    Stewart, Frances
    G Ranis, E Samman ( ) Human Development: Beyond the Human Development Index . Journal of Human Development 7(3) 323-58
    Stewart, Frances
    ( ) Groups and Capabilities . Journal of Human Development 6(2) 185-204
    Stewart, Frances
    C Laderchi, R Saith ( ) Does It Matter That We Don't Agree on the Definition of Poverty? A Comparison of Four Approaches . Oxford Development Studies 31(3) 243-74
    Stewart, Frances
    G Ranis, A Ramirez ( ) Economic Growth and Human Development . World Development 28 (2) 197-220
    Stewart, Frances
    G Ranis ( ) Strategies for Success in Human Development . Journal of Human Development 1 (1) 49-70
    Stewart, Frances
    ( ) Crisis Prevention: Tackling Horizontal Inequalities . Oxford Development Studies , Oxford: Carfax Publishing 23 (3) 245-62
    Stewart, Frances
    A Berry ( ) The Real Causes of Inequality . Challenge 43 (1) 44-93
    Stewart, Frances
    G Ranis ( ) V-Goods and the Role of the Urban Informal Sector in Development . Economic Development and Cultural Change 47 (2)
    Stewart, Frances
    G Ranis ( ) The Asian Crisis and Human Development . IDS Bulletin 47 108-119
    Stewart, Frances
    ( ) Aid in the 21st Century: Reconciling the Real and the Desirable . Development 42 (3) 16-21
    Stewart, Frances
    L De Maio, R van der Hoeven ( ) Computable General Equilibrium Models, Adjustment and the Poor in Africa . World Development 27 (3) 453-70
    Stewart, Frances
    ( ) Food Aid During Conflict: Can One Reconcile its Humanitarian, Economic and Political Economy Effects? . American Journal of Agricultural Economics 80 560-65
    Stewart, Frances
    F Humphreys, N Lee ( ) Civil Conflict in Developing Countries Over the Last Quarter of a Century: An Empirical Overview of Economic and Social Consquences . Oxford Development Studies 25 (1)
    Stewart, Frances
    S Daws ( ) Global Challenges: The Case for a United Nations Economic and Social Security Council . Viewpoint 10
    Stewart, Frances
    ( ) Groups for Good or Ill . Oxford Development Studies , Carfax Publishing 24 (1)
    Stewart, Frances
    S Lall ( ) Trade and Industrial Policy in Africa . Development 2 64-7
    Stewart, Frances
    ( ) Globalisation and Education . International Journal of Educational Development 16 (4) 327-33
    Stewart, Frances
    ( ) The Governance and Mandates of the International Financial Institutions . IDS Bulletin 26 (4)
    Stewart, Frances
    ( ) Basic Needs, Capabilities and Human Development . Greek Economic Review 17 (2) 83-96
  • Chapters

    Stewart, Frances
    G Ranis, E Samman ( ) Country Patterns of Behavior in Broader Dimensions of Human Development . In K Basu, R Kanbur Arguments for a Better World , Oxford: Oxford University Press
    Stewart, Frances
    ( ) Policies Towards Horizontal Inequalities in Post-coflict Reconstruction . In T Addison, T Bruck Making Peace Work: The Challenges of Social and Economic Reconstruction , Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
    Stewart, Frances
    A Langer ( ) Macro Adjustment Policies and Horizontal Inequalities . In P Arestis, J Eatwell Issues in Global Development: Essays in Honour of Ajit Singh , Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
    Stewart, Frances
    ( ) Addressing Discrimination and Inequality Among Groupgs . In J von Braun, R Vargas Hill, R Pandya-Lorch The Poorest and Hungry: Assessment, Analysis and Actions , Washington DC: IFPRI
    Stewart, Frances
    G Ranis, Y Dong ( ) Successful Transition Towards a Virtuous Cycle of Human Development and Economic Growth: Country Studies . In K Haq, R Ponzio Pioneering the Human Development Revolution, An Intellectual Biography of Mahbub ul Haq , New Delhi: Oxford University Press
    Stewart, Frances
    ( ) Do We Need a New \"Great Transformation\"? Is One Likely? . In G Mavrotas, A Shorrocks Advancing Development , London: Palgrave Macmillan
    Stewart, Frances
    ( ) Basic Needs Approach . In DA Clark The Elgar Companion to Development Studies , Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
    Stewart, Frances
    GK Brown, C Crocker ( ) Motivations for Conflict: Groups and Individuals . In C Crocker, F Osler Hampson, P Aall Leashing the Dogs of War: Conflict Management in a Divided World , Washington DC: US Institute of Peace Press
    Stewart, Frances
    G Ranis ( ) Dynamic Links between the Economy and Human Development . In JA Ocampo, KS Jomo, S Khan Policy Matters: Economic and Social Policies to Sustain Equitable Development , London: Zed Books
    Stewart, Frances
    ( ) The Evolution of Economic Ideas: From Import Substitution to Human Development . In EVK FitzGerald, R Thorp Economic Doctrines in Latin America , London: Palgrave Macmillan
    Stewart, Frances
    ( ) DO PRSPs Empower Poor Countries and Disempower the World Bank Or Is It the Other Way Round? . In G Ranis, JR Vreeland and S Kosack Globalization and the Nation State , London: Routledge
    Stewart, Frances
    ( ) Horizontal Inequalities: A Neglected Dimension of Development . Wider Perspectives on Global Development , Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
    Stewart, Frances
    G Ranis ( ) V-goods and the Role of the Urban Informal Sector in Development . In G B Navaretti, R Raini, G Zanalda Labour Markets, Poverty and Development , Oxford: OUP
    Stewart, Frances
    M O'Sullivan ( ) Democracy, Conflict and Development - Three Cases . In G Ranis, S-C Hu, Y-P Chu The Political Economy of Comparative Development in the 21st Century, Essays in Memory of John C H Fei , Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
    Stewart, Frances
    G Ranis ( ) The Asian Crisis: Social Consequences and Polices . Structural Aspects of the East Asian Crisis (OECD Proceedings) , Paris: OECD pp 133-163
    Stewart, Frances
    A Berry ( ) The Evolution of Development Economics and Gustav Ranis' Role . In G Saxonhouse, T N Srinivasan Development, Duality and the International Economic Regime, Essays in Honour of Gustav Ranis , University of Michigan Press
    Stewart, Frances
    ( ) Civil Wars in Sub-Sahran Africa: Counting the Economic and Social Cost . In D Ghai Renewing Social and Economic progress in Africa , London: Macmillan
    Stewart, Frances
    A Berry ( ) Globalization, Liberalization, and Inequality: Expectations and Experience . In A Hurrell, N Woods Inequality, Globalization, and World Politics , Oxford: OUP
    Stewart, Frances
    S Daws ( ) An Economic and Social Security Council at the United Nations . In D Sapsford, J Chen Development Economics and Policy , Macmillan
    Stewart, Frances
    A Berry ( ) Market Liberalisation and Income Distribution: The Experience of the 1980s . In A Berry, R Culpepper, F Stewart Global Development Fifty Years After Bretton Woods, Essays in Honour of G K Helleiner , Macmillan
    Stewart, Frances
    ( ) Basic Needs, Capabilities and Human Development . In A Offner In Pursuit of the Quality of Life , Oxford: Clarendon Press
    Stewart, Frances
    ( ) Comment on 'John Williamson and the Washington Consensus Revisited' . In L Emmerij Economic and Social Development into the XXI Century , Inter-American Development Bank
    Stewart, Frances
    G Ranis ( ) The Urban Informal Sector Within A Global Economy . In U Kirdar Cities Fit for People , United Nations Publications
    Stewart, Frances
    ( ) Global Financial Institutions for the Next Century . In R Culpeper, C Pestiau Development and Global Governance , Ottawa: IDRC/The North South Institute
    Stewart, Frances
    ( ) Why We Need a Structured Market . In G Helleiner, S Abrahamian, E Bacha, R Lawrence, P Malan Poverty, Prosperity and the World Economy, Essays in Memory of Sidney Dell , Macmillan
  • Reports

    Stewart, Frances
    V FitzGerald ( ) Memorandum submitted to the Treasury Committee on The International Monetary Fund, Minutes of Evidence, 4th November 1996 . , London: HMSO
  • Working papers

    Stewart, Frances
    ( ) Consumption, Globalisation and Theory: Why There is Need for Radical Reform . Consumption for Development - Background Papers for the Human Development Report 1998
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