Orlanda Ruthven
Development researcher and consultant
Orlanda Ruthven is a development researcher with an Oxford doctorate. She has worked on microfinance and on ethics and working conditions in global supply chains.
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Born in the United Kingdom
About Orlanda Ruthven
Orlanda Ruthven completed a doctorate in international development at the University of Oxford in 2008. Her research looked at ethics in the workplace in a north Indian city that exports metal homeware to Europe and America. She has carried out research and consultancy on microfinance with the UK Department for International Development. Earlier, she worked for two organizations focused on livelihoods, in London and Sri Lanka. She has also worked for Impactt, an organization that helps companies improve working conditions in their supply chains. She holds a degree in anthropology from Manchester and a master's in development studies from SOAS. Her book in our catalog is Portfolios of the Poor.