Professor Jonathan Kydd (born 1951 in

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) is a leading expert in Agricultural

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, has examined the demand and supply constraints affecting poor farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, and has argued for dramatic policy reform and increased attention to governance issues in the region.Poulton, Kydd and Dorward, "Overcoming Market Constraints on Pro-Poor Agricultural Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa" Development Policy Review, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 243-277, May 200

/ref> Professor Kydd garnered notoriety for his analysis of the 2001/2002

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,Kydd, Dorward and Vaughan, "The Humanitarian Crisis in Southern Africa: Malawi," Submission to the International Development Committee, October 200

/ref> Malawi, Malawi's redeployment of labour in the 1970s,Christiansen and Kydd, "The Return of Malawian Labour from South Africa and Zimbabwe" The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol. 21, No. 2. (Jun., 1983), pp. 311-326

/ref> and his analysis of Zambia, Zambia's transition to coffee crops.Kydd, "Coffee after Copper? Structural Adjustment, Liberalisation, and Agriculture in Zambia" The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol. 26, No. 2. (Jun., 1988), pp. 227-25

/ref> Professor Kydd is currently Dean of the University of London International Programmes (which has a current enrolment of over 50,000 students) and Visiting Professor at the

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."Professor Jonathan Kydd appointed Dean of University of London External System" 18 May 2007 Prior to his appointment at the

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, Professor Kydd was Director of the Distance Learning Programme, Centre for Environmental Policy at

, which focuses on international development and poverty reduction, sustainability, environment, biodiversity, economics and agribusiness. While in the latter role, Professor Kydd was instrumental in helping to create the MSc in Applied Environmental Economics, a programme which now boasts over 1000 students and over 40 courses."Working on the land", Imperial College London Website
/ref> Professor Kydd has extensive experience in Africa (he was Senior Lecturer in Economics at the

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in the early 1980s) and the natural resources sector, together with a particular interest in the role of the private sector in development. His subject expertise is in agricultural policy analysis (especially links between the agricultural sector and the macro economy); economic liberalisation and structural adjustment; the role of the agricultural sector in the transition from central planning to the market; rural development and finance; food security and agricultural projects.Jonathan Kydd Bio, World Bank Website
/ref> Professor Kydd is a non-executive director of CDC Plc, a leading private equity investor in emerging markets.CDC Board of Directors, Website
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kydd, Jonathan People associated with University of London Worldwide Academics of Imperial College London Living people People from Hemel Hempstead People educated at Kimbolton School Academic staff of the University of Malawi Alumni of the University of Sussex 1951 births