Andrew Goudie (economist)
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Andrew William Goudie CB is the Chief Economic Adviser to the Scottish Government.

Educated at Queens' College, Cambridge
Queens' College, Cambridge
Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou , and refounded in 1465 by Elizabeth Woodville...

, Cambridge University, he joined the Scottish Office
Scottish Office
The Scottish Office was a department of the United Kingdom Government from 1885 until 1999, exercising a wide range of government functions in relation to Scotland under the control of the Secretary of State for Scotland...

 in 1990.

He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2011 New Year Honours.

Positions

  • Director of Cambridge Econometrics
  • Economist at the World Bank
    World Bank
    The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...

  • Principal Economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
    The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is an international economic organisation of 34 countries founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade...

     (1995)
  • Chief Economist for the Overseas Development Administration/Department for International Development
    Department for International Development
    The Department For International Development is a United Kingdom government department with a Cabinet Minister in charge. It was separated from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1997. The goal of the department is "to promote sustainable development and eliminate world poverty". The current...

    (1996)
  • Chief Economic Adviser to the Scottish Government (1999)
  • Visiting Professor at The University of Strathclyde (2011)
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