Robert Calderisi

A former director of the World Bank and 1968 Quebec Rhodes Scholar, Robert Calderisi studied history in Montreal, economics at Oxford, and African history at the University of Sussex. During his career in international development, he lived and worked in Africa for more than thirty years. He is the author of two critically acclaimed books: The Trouble with Africa: Why Foreign Aid Isn’t Working (2006), which The Economist selected as one of the best books of the year, and Earthly Mission: The Catholic Church and World Development (2013). Reviewers have praised his gift for storytelling, his lively and unpretentious style, his combination of humanity and humour, and his challenging of received ideas.