Stephen Gelb is an independent development economist currently based in London. He worked in South Africa for thirty years, researching macroeconomics and growth, foreign investment, and political economy and inequality, and advising government. He taught graduate economics, political science and development studies in South Africa, Canada, the US and Switzerland.
He was Lead, Private Sector Development, at ODI Global in London and has extensive research experience across Africa and Asia. He has written widely on South Africa, on foreign direct investment, value chains and multinational corporations in Asia and Africa, on small enterprises in urban areas, and on remittances and diaspora finance.
