Freddie Carver

Freddie is a researcher and analyst working on the political economy of aid and displacement in the Horn of Africa, based in Ethiopia. He has worked in the aid sector since 2003, both on humanitarian and development programming and for a decade as a governance and conflict adviser for the British government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). He knows South Sudan and the Horn of Africa best, although he has also worked on programmes in West Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Since 2016 he has worked as a freelance researcher and consultant, focusing particularly on the nature of transnational networks emanating from the Horn. He is an RVI Fellow and an ODI Research Associate. 

Freddie is a Researcher at the Rift Valley Institute