Peter Middlebrook


Peter J. Middlebrook

Born November 15, 1965 (1965-11-15) (age 44)
Lincoln, United Kingdom
Occupation Political Economist
Alma mater Durham University (Ph.D.)
University of Northumbria (BSc)
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Dr. Peter J. Middlebrook (born in Lincoln, U.K., 15 November 1965) is an English political economist/Political Scientist specialising in emerging markets and the development of Transition economies. He is best known for his work as an economic advisor to governments in Africa, Central and South Asia, as well as OECD countries. He specialises in the political economy of public and private investment in Central Asia, South Asia and the Horn of Africa with a particular focus on investment finance, Public-Private Partnership, the privatisation and transformation of national economies and productive infrastructure and other public goods. He originated the concept and framework for right-financing as a practical tool to guide both private and public investment.[1][2]

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Biography

Middlebrook is the Managing Director of Geopolicity Inc.,[3] an international management consultancy and think tank specialising in political and economic intelligence and diagnostic and analytical advisory services to Investment Banks, Government, and International Financial Institutions. He worked for the World Bank in Afghanistan and India as an economist and as a Senior Advisor to the Government of Afghanistan on the Afghan National Development Strategy and Afghanistan Compact where he worked as an advisor to the Office of the President. He was also the overall coordinator and working group team leader on the successful Securing Afghanistan's Future exercise, a seven-year US$27.5 billion public investment program presented to an international conference in Berlin attended by 65 finance and foreign ministers.[4]

Dr. Middlebrook has published widely on emerging markets, global recession, geo-strategic interests and on the challenges of Economic Development and reconstruction of States, restructuring of government institutions, political analysis and the political economy of economic growth and poverty reduction.[5] He is also a keen independent observer on global foreign policy issues.[6][7][8][9][10][11]

In 2006 he was invited by the US Council of Foreign Relations to make a presentation on Moving Forward: Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Afghanistan[12] and has worked extensively on National Security issues advising the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development[13]] including conducting national security policy reviews in Afghanistan and Sierra Leone for the World Bank and UK Government.[14]] He is a member of the Cranfield University Security Sector Management National Security Working Group.[15] In 2009 he co-authored a UK Conservative Party Back Bench paper on Afghanistan with Member of Parliament Patrick Mercer and the former Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan Richard Kemp.[16]

He is related to Martin Middlebrook the famous British Military Historian, and was one of the three founders of the Great Ethiopia Run with world record holder and Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie.

Education

He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree First Class (Hons) from the University of Northumbria in Newcastle on Environmental Management, UK and a PhD from the University of Durham under the Professorship of the renowned Geopolitical specialist Ewan Anderson, Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies UK on Public Policy in Ethiopia and India in relation to growth economics.

Books

When the Public Works: Generating Employment and Social Protection in Ethiopia, Lambert Academic Publishing. 2009. ISBN 978-3838306728

Music

Middlebrook is also British born singer and songwriter Jamie Brooke. During the 1980s he supporting acts such as English Pop Rock musicians Chas & Dave, 10cc and Howard Jones (musician).His debut album Violet Symphony was written in Afghanistan, recorded in India and mastered in New York and is distributed by The Orchard.

References

  1. ^ Right-financing Security Sector Reform" (PDF). Centre for International Cooperation, University of New York. 2006.
  2. ^ Right-financing the Future" (PDF). Right-financing the Future. 2008.
  3. ^ Geopolicity Inc."
  4. ^ Government of Afghanistan National Development Strategy" (PDF). GoI. March 2004.
  5. ^ Fighting Hunger and Poverty in Ethiopia" (PDF). 2005.
  6. ^ Living on a Life Support Machine: The Challenge of Rebuilding Afghanistan" (PDF). Foreign Policy in Focus. January 2006.
  7. ^ Lessons in post Conflict Reconstruction" (PDF). Foreign Policy in Focus. January 2006.
  8. ^ Beyond Bonn: Re-visioning the International Compact for Afghanistan" (PDF). Foreign Policy in Focus. November 2005.
  9. ^ War Report
  10. ^ All Along the Watch Tower" (PDF). Asia Times Online. November 2007.
  11. ^ Taming the Torrid Zone" (PDF). Asia Times Online. 2005.
  12. ^ United States Council of Foreign Relations" CFR. February 2006.
  13. ^ OECD DAC Handbook on Security System Reform" OECD. 2006.
  14. ^ Public Finances and Security" World Bank. 2006.
  15. ^ Cranfield University National Security Working Group
  16. ^ From Insurgency to Stabilisation in Afghanistan" (PDF). Patrick Mercer. 2009.

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