Owen abroad

Owen Barder is a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington DC, and the Director of aidinfo – a programme of Development Initiatives which aims to make aid more transparent and accountable. He lives and works in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Before moving to Ethiopia, Owen worked at the UK Department for International Development, as Director of International Finance and Development Effectiveness, Director of Communications, and Head of Africa Policy.  He previously worked in the Treasury in the UK and in South Africa, and as the Economic Affairs Private Secretary to the British Prime Minister. He has worked at the Center for Global Development in Washington DC, where he helped to develop the idea of Advance Market Commitments, and as a Visiting Scholar in the economics department at Berkeley, California.  Since 2009 Owen has been a member of the Board of Twaweza, which promotes opportunities for citizens in East Africa to hold government authorities to account.

Owen blogs about development and presents Development Drums, a podcast on development issues.

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