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Adam Fforde
British economist

Adam Fforde

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British economist
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Adam Fforde is an economist specializing in Vietnam.

Education

Born in London in 1953, he was educated at Westminster School and the University of Oxford. Changing his academic focus from Engineering to Economics, Fforde attained his Ph.D (with a thesis on 'Problems of Agricultural Development in North Vietnam') from Cambridge University in 1982.

Career

He spent the 1980s and 1990s in Hanoi and Canberra advising on development practice for national aid agencies and NGOs operating in South-East Asia.

Accepting a Fellowship in 1999 at the National University of Singapore, Fforde subsequently held a number of academic posts in Melbourne, Australia. He is currently among the most widely-cited academics writing on contemporary Vietnam, as well as the author of textbooks and critical works on the theory and methodology of development practice.

He is a Professorial Fellow at Victoria University's Centre for Strategic Economic Studies.

Personal life

Fforde is the eldest son of John Fforde (1921-2000), a senior figure in the Bank of England, and the brother of British novelist Jasper Fforde (born 1961).He is married with four children and currently lives in Melbourne, Australia.

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