DFID Management Board Membership
Biography: Andrew Steer, Director General Policy and Research
Dr.
Andrew Steer was appointed Director General (acting) for Policy and Research at
Department for International Development (DFID) in April 2008. In this capacity
he is responsible for overseeing Policy and Research Division, Trade Policy
Division (joint with BERR), the Chief Economist and Chief Scientist, and Civil
Society Unit. Andrew is an executive member of the Management Board and he
chairs the Development Committee and Country Planning Review Committee.
Andrew joined DFID in 2007 to become the Director of Policy and Research Division, which oversees five departments/groups charged with leading DFID’s policy and analytical work on growth and investment; climate change and environment; human development; governance and social development; and research.
Andrew arrived from the World Bank , after spending the past nine years in East Asia as the Bank's Director in Vietnam and then Indonesia. In Hanoi, Andrew oversaw the expansion of the Bank’s engagement in Vietnam, becoming the largest IDA-only client. In Jakarta, Andrew was responsible for designing the Bank’s program, and overseeing its implementation.
Prior to that he held a number of senior positions with the World Bank, including head of Country Risk, Chief Author of the World Development Report on “Development and the Environment” , Senior Advisor for Research, and Director for Environment and Social Policy .
Andrew has three decades of experience working on development issues at the country level in Africa and Asia, and on global development issues. He has a PhD in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, has written widely on development issues and has taught Economics at several universities.
Andrew lives in Surrey with his wife and two children.
