Education: BA (Mod), Economics and Politics, University of Dublin 1982; MSc, Fiscal Studies, University of Bath 1985; PhD, University of Bath 1991

Career: Oliver Morrissey has been Professor in Development Economics, Director of the Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade (CREDIT) and Deputy Head of School and Director of Studies for Postgraduate Research at the University of Nottingham since 2004. He joined Nottingham in 1989. He was a Research Assistant at the Economic and Social Research Institute in Dublin from 1982–84. Later he was a Research Officer at the Centre for Development Studies in Bath from 1987–89. He was a Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute (joint appointment) from 2000–04. His research interests include the macroeconomic effects of aid and trade policy reform in Africa. Present research concentrates on the fiscal impact of aid, volatility of capital flows, trade and non-policy barriers to export growth, and the political economy of policy reform. Oliver Morrissey has been Joint Managing Editor of The Journal of Development Studies (see url below) since 2006 and co-editor of the journal Development Policy Review since 2000.

Publications include: The Irish Wealth Tax: A Case Study in Economics and Politics, Dublin: ESRI Monograph No. 123 (co-author) 1985, British Aid and International Trade (co-author) 1992, Poverty, Inequality and Rural Development (co-editor)1994, Political and Economic Reform in Developing Countries (co-editor) 1995, Evaluating Economic Liberalisation (co-editor) 1999, Globalisation and Trade: Implications for Exports from Marginalised Economies (co-editor) 2001, Economic Policy and Manufacturing Performance in Developing Countries (co-editor) 2001, The Political Economy of Foreign Aid, Edward Elgar (co-editor) 2004, Trade, Growth and Inequality in the Era of Globalisation (co-editor) 2006; numerous articles in international journals on aid policy and effectiveness, trade policy reform, conditionality and adjustment

Contact details: Address: Room B4, School of Economics, The Sir Clive Granger Building, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, England; Tel: +44 (0)115 951-5475; Fax: +44 (0)115 951-4159; Email: oliver.morrissey@nottingham.ac.uk ; Website: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/economics/ ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00220388.asp/ .