Rob Davies is a Zimbabwean economist, living in Harare. He worked for many years at the University of Zimbabwe. He has also taught at a number of Universities in the UK, USA and South Africa. He has been a visiting research fellow at the Human Science Research Council in Pretoria. He currently provides capacity building advice to the National Treasury in South Africa, is a Senior Research Fellow at TIPS, a director of tralac in Cape Town and a Research Associate for the Department of Financial and Management Studies, SOAS, University of London. He has published on a wide range of topics including the informal sector, trade, health, economy-wide modelling and political economy.