
Marcus Manuel
Marcus Manuel's former ODI roles include founding Director of Budget Strengthening Initiative (BSI) and Head of Centre of Aid and Public Expenditure (CAPE).
Prior to joining ODI, Marcus held a number of senior management roles within the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) with responsibilities for staff and programmes in Africa and Asia. His final role was Director Pan Africa Strategy and Programmes, one of the three directors responsible for managing DFID’s programmes in Africa with focus on Africa wide strategies; institutions and issues, including regional trade; conflict prevention and humanitarian support. Other roles were Deputy Director, West Africa (2004–06) and Deputy Director, Asia (2003–04).
Before working at DFID, Marcus worked at HM Treasury. His final role was head of the newly created department in HM Treasury responsible for advice on all aspects of international development (including DFID expenditure, debt policy and creation of the International Financing Facility) (2001–02).
Between 1996–2000, Marcus was seconded from HM Treasury to work as the Senior Adviser in the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Uganda. He also worked as an ODI fellow in the South Pacific and as an energy analyst in British Petroleum’s Corporate Strategy Department.
Media coverage
Marcus Manuel has in-depth knowledge of issues relating to Africa and he is available to comment, in particular, on fragile states as well as aid financing and budgeting. He has been interviewed by, for example, the Guardian.
Latest tweets from @marcus_manuel
- 20 JanRT @DevReimagined: THREAD: #China’s new white paper on international development cooperation was released 1 week ago. We’ve been analyzing…
- 16 JanInteresting IGC report on new development: EU's ablity to fund African national armies directly. More opportunitie… https://t.co/KdVMQ3tAH4
- 15 JanFully agree - great paper and clear case for current aid allocation shifting much more to the poorest… https://t.co/idBEzHK3iI
- 11 JanWhich pathways forward can place #Inequality and a new social contract at the front and centre of post-Covid19… https://t.co/atw66H0Ku2
- 03 DecThis week Homi Kharas @CGDev https://t.co/iuvPIrkKKO argued that Ukraine needs more aid than Tanzania. My review of… https://t.co/eR3CBqW92X
- 25 NovFigures refer to annual costs so also illustrate potential impact every year until 0.7% is restored. #SR2020 https://t.co/z0frV3t0xr
- 25 Nov#SpendingReview reveals tough choices. £3.7 billion reduction in #OveseasAid would be enough to pay for 35 million… https://t.co/U4VoyUcG0a
- 25 NovAs background to UK spending review I estimate that every £100 million change in aid could affect 1 million lives -… https://t.co/CRGvam7EnI
- 20 Nov@CarterPaddy @EconMitch @SamHugh3s @AW_Baker @charlesjkenny @euanritchie @RachaelCalleja I agree it is continuous a… https://t.co/wjSkvMKFSR
- 20 Nov@AW_Baker @SamHugh3s @charlesjkenny @euanritchie @CarterPaddy @EconMitch @RachaelCalleja Post conflict countries ha… https://t.co/CLhqCbjuVg
- 20 Nov@CarterPaddy @EconMitch @SamHugh3s @AW_Baker @charlesjkenny @euanritchie @RachaelCalleja But why such an arbitrary… https://t.co/GchY7qjWKF
- 20 Nov@SamHugh3s @AW_Baker @charlesjkenny @euanritchie @CarterPaddy @EconMitch @RachaelCalleja PS liked analysis in terms… https://t.co/JAFA9jjsx4
- 20 Nov@SamHugh3s @AW_Baker @charlesjkenny @euanritchie @CarterPaddy @EconMitch @RachaelCalleja 3/3 Uniform 30% of current… https://t.co/hwveJbDPd1
- 20 Nov@SamHugh3s @AW_Baker @charlesjkenny @euanritchie @CarterPaddy @EconMitch @RachaelCalleja 2/3 Good to see unit elast… https://t.co/AsSSsJ2aLs
- 20 Nov@SamHugh3s @AW_Baker @charlesjkenny @euanritchie @CarterPaddy @EconMitch @RachaelCalleja 1/3 Great new analysis rig… https://t.co/fFSyJIhTXf
- 20 NovGreat new analysis rightly highlighting underaided countries (NB one minor misunderstanding - my index does allow… https://t.co/ISI69qag90
- 09 Novwell argued pitch for rebalancing aid so more goes to the poorest and for climate adaptation. I'd add - combine th… https://t.co/t7lV0phbla
- 09 Nov@EdBarney1 Many MICs show growth plus social policies (esp social protection) work - e.g. China, India, Bangladesh,… https://t.co/tqUoXOtauD
- 09 NovTimely new analysis on understanding what determines donors' choices #endpoverty https://t.co/g3rGihJYVi
- 09 Nov@EdBarney1 Political choice - the three best bilateral donors are nine times better than the worst three at priorit… https://t.co/WHMV3PQTuv