David Hulme is the Professor of Development Studies at the University of Manchester where he is the Executive Director and the Interim Managing Director of the Global Development Institute. He is also the CEO of the Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre. David has more than 30 years of experience in rural development, poverty and poverty reduction, microfinance, the role of NGOs in conflict and peace and development, environmental management, social protection, and the political economy of global poverty. He has worked extensively across Bangladesh, South Asia, East Africa, and the Pacific.