- Associates
- Adrian Atkinson
- Jo Beall
- Edesio Fernandes
- Nigel Harris
- Michael Mattingly
- Patrick McAuslan
- Desmond McNeill
- Sheilah Meikle
- Diana Mitlin
- Caroline Moser
- Babar Mumtaz
- Ronaldo Ramirez
- Michael Safier
- Keith Sargent
- Katja Schäfer
- Michael Slingsby
- Anna Soave
- Nadia Taher
- Peter Townroe
- John Turner
- Patrick Wakely
- Louis Wassenhoven
Jo BEALL
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- Specialisation
- Cities in situations of war and conflict; decentralisation, local governance and service delivery; and urban poverty, social exclusion and gender.
- Country experience
- South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Colombia.
- Languages
- English
- Educational and professional qualifications
- 1981
- BA Economic History
- 1982
- MA Economic History
- 1997
- PhD Geography, London School of Economics
- 2005-
- Professor of Development Studies, Development Studies Institute (DESTIN), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
- 2004-07
- Director, Development Studies Institute (DESTIN), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
- 2001-05
- Reader in Development Studies and Director Development Management Programme, DESTIN, LSE
- 1994-2000
- Lecturer in Department of Social Policy, LSE
- 1991-94
- Co-director of the Gender Policy and Planning Programme and Lecturer in Urban Social Policy, Development Planning Unit, University College London (UCL)
- 1990-92
- Part-time Lecturer in Social Policy, LSE
- 1989
- Visiting Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University
- 1984-88
- Lecturer in Comparative African Government, Department of African Studies, University of Natal, Durban
EMPLOYMENT
- 2005-06
- Afghanistan.Academic advisor and overview paper writer for study of Urban Livelihoods in Afghanistan, Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (European Union and AREU).
- 2004
- Afghanistan. Urban Issues Paper (World Bank AREU).
- 2004
- UK. Department for International Development (DFID) Corporate Strategy Paper on Social Exclusion.
- 2002-04
- Bangladesh. Department for International Development (DFID) external Advisor to the Human Rights and Governance Programme (HUGO)/ Manusher Jonno.
- 2001-02
- Uganda and Zambia. Department for International Development (DFID) Head of external evaluation of IUDD City Community Challenge Fund Pilot Programmes.
- 2001
- Brussels.Gender Impact Assessment of International Role of Community Research for the Council of the European Union.
- 2000
- South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho. Department for International Development (DFID) Mapping of Social Development Capacity in Southern Africa.
- Kenya and UK. UN – Habitat Policy Paper on Gender and Urban Governance.
- UK and Washington DC. Report on Globalisation and Social Exclusion: Implications for Urban Policy (World Bank).
- 1999
- UK. Operations Evaluation Department: Review of Use of Sociological and Anthropological Methods and Perspectives in World Bank Poverty Assessments (World Bank).
- 1997
- Australia. Gender and Sustainability paper for UNEP.
- 1997-99
- Brussels, South Africa, Botswana. European Commission (EC) (DGVIII) Various in role of Regional Gender Expert on Southern Africa.
- 1995–97
- Kenya and UK. United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) Gender Policy Paper and Action Plan.
- 1996
- Japan. Participation and urban empowerment paper (UNEP).
- Dubai and Istanbul. Background paper on gender for Habitat II conference.
- 1994
- Paris and UK. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Various, Urban Affairs Division.
- 1993
- Pakistan. Study of informal social safety nets as background to the World Bank Pakistan Poverty Assessment (DFID).
- 1991
- Kenya. Evaluation of micro-credit programme for women (SIDA).
- 1990-94
- Sweden and Tanzania. Gender training for Swedish International Development Agency, partner governments and consultants (SIDA).
- 1991-94
- Malaysia, Kenya and Egypt. Urban poverty training inputs for Urban Management Programme (DFID, UNCHS, UNDP, World Bank)
CONSULTANCY AND RESEARCH
- 2002-
- Council for Assisting Refugee Academics, Member of Council.
- 1997-2002
- ActionAid, Board of Trustees.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
External Associations
- 2004-
- Editorial Board, Journal of Development Studies.
- 2000-
- Editorial Advisory Board, Development Southern Africa.
- 1999-2004
- Editor, Journal of Southern African Studies (JSAS).
- 1998-
- Editorial Board, Gender and Development.
- 1993-
- Editorial Board, Journal of Southern African Studies (JSAS).
Journal Board Membership
- 2002-05
- Honorary Research Fellow, School of Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.
- 1992-96
- Profesora Invitada, Centro de Investigaciones Sobre Dinamica Social, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
- 1989-90
- Visiting Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.