Paul Colliers is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is the Professor of Economics and Public Policy, at Blavatnik School of Government and a Professorial Fellow of St Antony’s College at Oxford University. From 1998–2003 he took a five-year Public Service leave during which he was Director of the Research Development Department of the World Bank. He is currently a Professeur invité at Sciences Po and a Director of the International Growth Centre. His research covers the causes and consequences of civil war; the effects of aid and the problems of democracy in low-income and natural resources rich societies; urbanization in low-income countries; private investment in African infrastructure and changing organizational cultures.