Sir Timothy Patrick Lankester, KCB (born 15 April 1942), is a former

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, and the first economic private secretary to

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. Lankester is the son of Preb. Robin Prior Archibald Lankester and Jean Dorothy Gilliat. He was educated at

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. After undertaking

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(1960–61), he went up to

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( BA

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, MA,

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), before completing an MA at

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. He worked for the

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, first in

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, then in

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(1970–73). From 1973 until 1995, he worked in the

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. He was

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at the Overseas Development Administration from 1989 until 1994. He left the

after a brief spell in the

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. Lankester sits on the board of the

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and the MBI Al Jaber Foundation in the UK. He was Director and Principal of the

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from 1996 until 2000 and made an Honorary Fellow in 2002. He became President of

in 2001 and retired in 2009. Lankester is Chairman of the Council of the

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and a member of the joint advisory board of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in

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. He is also Chair of the Wells Maltings Trust,

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Honours

Lankester was appointed Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath in 1994.

Publications

*Lankester, T. (2013). ''The politics and economics of Britain's foreign aid: the

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affair''. London,

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. *Lankester, T. (2005). International Aid Experience, prospects and the moral case. ''Cultura''. 2, 131-153. *Lankester, T. (2004). 'Asian drama': the pursuit of modernisation in India and Indonesia. '' Asian Affairs''. 35, 291-304. *Lankester, T. (1993). ''Twenty five years of development: a perspective from the Overseas development administration''. Norwich,

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. School of Development Studies.

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