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Marcus Manuel currently researches development finance issues, based at Overseas Development Institute (ODI). He has worked in international development for thirty years. He was a director in the UK’s Department for International Development (DfID), overseeing offices in a range of countries in Africa and Asia. He also was a deputy director at HM Treasury, where he led on international development issues.