MA, University of Sussex. UK. (Economics)
MA, MALD The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA (International Development)
BA (Hons), Cambridge University, UK (Social and Political Sciences)

2006 – present Professor, Graduate Program in International Affairs, The New　School; chair of Development Concentration
2004 - 06 Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science, Technology and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
1995-2004 Director and lead author, Human Development Report, UNDP 1980-1994 Assignments UNDP - Chief of West Africa Division; Principal Economist Africa Region; Deputy Resident Representative Burundi; Technical Adviser
1976 – 79: Economist, Agriculture and Rural Development Projects, Europe,　Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank.

2015 Fulfilling Economic and Social Right (with Terra Lawson Remer and Susan Randolph) New York: OUP

2015 MDGs, Capabilities and Human Rights: The Power of Numbers to Shape Agendas. (coedited with A. Yamin). London:Routledge

2015 Post 2015: A New Era of Accountability? (with Desmond McNeill) Journal of Global Ethics, v.11, issue 1

2014 Global Governance for Health: Political origins of health inequalities , The Lancet 383:9917 p 630-667 (with Ole Peter Ottersen et al) Report of the University of Oslo/the Lancet Commission on Global Governance for Health, London

Vice Chair, Committee on Development Policy, a body of the United Nations Economic and Social Council; Member, The Lancet University of Oslo Panel on Global Governance for Health