Contact details
- Name:
- Dr Mark Simpson
- Qualifications:
- PhD (LSE)
- Position/Fellowship type:
- Senior Research Fellow
- Fellowship term:
- 01-Jan-2017 to 31-Jan-2025
- Institute:
- Institute of Commonwealth Studies
- Location:
- Senate House Malet Street London WC1E 7HU
- Email address:
- Mark.Simpson@sas.ac.uk
Research Summary and Profile
- Research interests:
- History
- Regions:
- Africa
- Summary of research interests and expertise:
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Inequality and Poverty Reduction, State-Business Relations, Informal Economies, Post-Conflict and Post-Crisis Multi-Sectoral Reconstruction, Social Protection and Economic Recovery Strategies. Analysis and translation of evidence into policy advice for governments and multilateral organisations.
- Project summary relevant to Fellowship:
Currently researching the links between Western international development policies and aid flows, and democratic regression in aid-recipient countries.
- Publication Details
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Related publications/articles:
Date Details 01-Jan-2019 The Primacy of Regime Survival: State Fragility and Economic Destruction in Zimbabwe (co-authored with Tony Hawkins), Palgrave MacMillan.