Education: BA, University of East Anglia; MSc, University of London; DPhil, University of Oxford

Career: Howard White is Fellow in Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. An economist with interests in poverty analysis, macroeconomic debates especially related to growth and distribution, Howard White works on all aspects of aid effectiveness and poverty reduction. He has published widely on macroeconomic aspects of aid impact, and is now specializing in micro-level impact evaluations, the determinants of human development and aid effectiveness. He has worked in a number of African countries (most recently Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia) as well as Sri Lanka and Vietnam. Howard White is Joint Managing Editor of The Journal of Development Studies (see url below).

Publications include: Targeting Development: Critical Perspectives on the Millennium Development Goals (co-editor) 2004, Books, Buildings and Learning Outcomes: An Impact Evaluation of World Bank Assistance to Basic Education in Ghana (co-author) 2005; numerous articles in professional journals

Contact details: Address: Ids 145, Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 9RE, England; Tel: +44 (0)1273 606261; Tel: +44 (0)1273 678747; Fax: +44 (0)1273 621202; Email: h.white@ids.ac.uk ; Website: http://www.ids.ac.uk/ ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00220388.asp/ .