Search ABOUT STUDY RESEARCH PEOPLE PUBLICATIONS ALUMNI EVENTS People > Academic & Research Staff > Christopher Adam ACADEMIC & RESEARCH STAFF PUBLICATIONS & OUTREACH STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE & SUPPORT STAFF RESEARCH STUDENTS EMERITI VISITORS OFFICE HOLDERS SHARE Prof Christopher Adam Professor of Development Economics On Leave: 2021-22 Christopher Adam's research is on the macroeconomics of low-income countries, in particular those of Africa, with a focus on monetary economics and public finance; and growth and structural change in low-income countries, including in response to climate change and natural disasters. His work uses methods of quantitative macroeconomics including stochastic and deterministic general equilibrium techniques. Christopher Adam is a Visiting Scholar at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a member of the FCDO-IMF research program on the macroeconomics of low-income countries; an advisor Lead Academic for the International Growth Centre (IGC); and an advisor to the Monetary and Economics Department of the Bank of International Settlements (BIS). From 2003-05 he served as external Macroeconomic Adviser to the Policy Division at the Department for International Development (DFID) and represented DFID as Vice Chair of the African Economic Research Consortium from 2006 to 2016. In 2011-12 he served as Special Advisor to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee Inquiry into Aid Effectiveness. He is currently Managing Editor of the Oxford Review of Economic Policy and an associate editor of the Journal of Development Economics. In September 2021 he was appointed Delegate for Economics to Oxford University Press. RESEARCH TEACHING & SUPERVISION PUBLICATIONS NEWS IN THE MEDIA Africa: Policies for Prosperity LEARN MORE STAFF PROJECT view Public investment and natural disasters LEARN MORE STAFF PROJECT view Macroeconomic dynamics in low-income countries LEARN MORE STAFF PROJECT view christopher.adam(at)qeh.ox.ac.uk +44 (0)1865 281802 St Cross College Personal website Oxford Department of International Development Queen Elizabeth House 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB tel: +44 (0)1865 (2)81800 Sign up for our e-newsletter Staff intranet Accessibility Statement Privacy Policy Cookie Statement Copyright Site credits Weblearn - resources for students and staff We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to improve and monitor the website. A cookie is a small file of letters or numbers that we place on your device, if you agree. For more information please see our cookie statement I agree Decline