Kevin Charles Watkins is at the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

as a visiting professor of development practice at the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa.Guardian article with full bio
/ref>Financial Times article
/ref> Recently the chief executive of

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, from October 2016 until his resignation in July 2021.Save the Children blog entry
/ref> He was previously at the

Overseas Development Institute ODI (formerly the 'Overseas Development Institute') is a global affairs think tank, founded in 1960. Its mission is "to inspire people to act on injustice and inequality through collaborative research and ideas that matter for people and the p ...

as executive director in June 2013. His research focuses on education, globalization and human development. He is a former nonresident senior fellow at th
Center for Universal Education
at the

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. He was previously the director and lead author of the

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Academic background

Kevin Watkins has a BA in politics and social science from

Durham University , mottoeng = Her foundations are upon the holy hills (Psalm 87:1) , established = (university status) , type = Public , academic_staff = 1,830 (2020) , administrative_staff = 2,640 (2018/19) , chancellor = Sir Thomas Allen , vice_chan ...

(

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). He also has a doctorate from

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. He spent one year in India doing research for his dissertation: "The economics and politics of Indian Nationalism from 1880–1947".UNESCO biography
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Career

Kevin Watkins served as researcher for the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee (1983). He was then appointed as head of international development at the Catholic Institute for International Relations (1987–2001). He also became head of research in

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(1991) where he covered issues such as debt relief, education,The Oxfam education report 2000
/ref> social policy and poverty. In 2000, he was part of the drafting committee for the framework of action and the six

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goals during the

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. From 2004 to 2008, he was director of the

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’s

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. During this time, he directed a total of three reports, from 2005-2008: *Human Development Report 2007/8
''Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world''
*Human Development Report 2006
''Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis''
*Human Development Report 2005
''International cooperation at a crossroads: Aid, trade and security in an unequal world''
As lead author of the

he produced the 2009, 2010 and 2011 reports: Education For All Global Monitoring Report
/ref> *EFA Global Monitoring Report 2011
hidden crisis: Armed conflict and education''
*EFA Global Monitoring Report 2010
the marginalized''
*EFA Global Monitoring Report 2009
inequality: why governance matters''
He was Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Global Economic Governance Programme at

of the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

. He has participated on the

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as a discussion leader on the IdeasLab on the Global Redesign Initiative (Values and People) in 2010.World Economic Forum biography
/ref> In addition, he is a board member of the

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’s Innocenti Research Centre and the

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. He also has a blog on The Guardian

References

External links

EFA Global Monitoring Report

* ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lSS2mk1wyY Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2011
Interview: Kevin Watkins (EFA-GMR Director)

UN says world leaders must act to stop systematic rape of girls in conflict zones (The Guardian Article)

Kevin Watkin's blog on the Guardian

Kevin Watkins at the Doha Debates (6 December 2010)

The Human Development Reports

Oxfam
{{DEFAULTSORT:Watkins, Kevin Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Development specialists Alumni of University College, Durham Alumni of the University of Oxford

Academic background

Career

See also

References

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