Duncan Green (aid expert)
Development specialist
Duncan Green is Senior Strategic Adviser at Oxfam GB and Professor in Practice in International Development at the London School of Economics.
Previous employment
Previous jobs include Head of Research at Oxfam GB, Senior Policy Adviser on Trade and Development at the Department for International Development (DFID). He was responsible for looking at trade in goods. His post at DFID was originally a secondment from CAFOD. At CAFOD he had been their trade and globalization Policy Analyst. He has also been Head of Research and Engagement at the Just Pensions project, a member of an advisory board member to the Globalisation and Poverty Programme (www.gapresearch.org) and a board member of the Ethical Trading Initiative.
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