Frances Stewart (economist)

Frances Julia Stewart
Born (1940-08-04) 4 August 1940
Kendal, Westmorland, England, UK
NationalityBritish
Academic background
Alma materSomerville College, Oxford
Academic work
DisciplineDevelopment economics
InstitutionsOxford Department of International Development (ODID), Oxford University
Website
Notes
Parents: Nicholas Kaldor (deceased); relatives: Mary Kaldor (sister)

Frances Julia Stewart (born 4 August 1940) is professor emeritus of development economics and director of the Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity (CRISE), University of Oxford. A pre-eminent development economist, she was named one of fifty outstanding technological leaders for 2003 by Scientific American. She was president of the Human Development and Capability Association from 2008 to 2010.