Nigel Poole is Emeritus Professor of International Development at SOAS University of London. He has worked in international agriculture and related areas of research in Latin America, parts of Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South and East Asia. He has an MA in Aspects and Implications of Biblical Interpretation from the London School of Theology, serves in his local Anglican Parish and Deanery, and is chairman of the Wye and Brook India Trust which supports the education of poor children in Delhi, India.