Dr Jane Hutchison

AssocDip Ag (W.Aust.I.T.), BA Hons (Murd) Ph D (Murd)

Jane Hutchison works on social and political change in the Philippines. At present she is researching the political economy of urban land reform in Manila, particularly the slum-eradication programs of multilateral agencies. With Dr Andrew Brown, she is the editor of the final New Rich volume, Organising Labour in Globalising Asia (Routledge, 2001). She has also contributed chapters on the political economy of development in the Philippines in Garry Rodan et al (eds) The Political Economy of South-East Asia (Oxford University Press, 1997, 2001 and 2006). With Carol Warren, Jane chairs Murdoch University’s Development Studies Program. Since 2004 she has been a member of the Oxfam Australia Board and since 2008 Chair of that Board's Governance Committee.