Khalid Nadvi
Biografia
He head of the School of Environment, Education and Development (SEED) and Professor of International Development, Global Development Institute (GDI), University of Manchester, U.K. Khalid has previously held positions as Managing Director of the GDI, and Director of Research in SEED.
He is a Political Economist specializing on issues relating to trade and industrial development. In particular his work has focused on small enterprise clusters, global value chains and production networks, global standards, corporate social responsibility and technological upgrading.
He has recently led an ESRC funded large grant study on ‘Rising Powers, Labour Standards and Governance of Global Production’, headed the ESRC funded international network on Rising Powers and Global Standards and am the Research Co-ordinator for the ESRC's Programme on ‘Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures’ Research Programme. His research has been published in over 30 leading journal articles and book chapters.
He has acted as a consultant for a number of leading international agencies including UNIDO, ILO, UNCTAD, IADB and the World Bank.
