Clare Lockhart

Clare Lockhart is the director of the Institute for State Effectiveness, where she works on issues of international economics, governance and technology. She has worked in over twenty countries across Asia, Africa and Europe on their economic strategies. She regularly contributes to the media and writes on topics of governance and public finance in publications including the Financial Times, Washington Post and Foreign Policy. She regularly teaches classes on Governance and Technology and served on the faculty at Yale University for nine years, serves on the faculty of the School of Politics, Policy, and Governance, and has guest lectured at several universities. 

Lockhart holds degrees from the University of Oxford and Harvard University and is a member of the Bar of England and Wales. She is the coauthor with Ashraf Ghani of Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World (2008). Foreign Policy Magazine named her one of the “100 Most Influential Global Thinkers” and World Economic Forum nominated her as a Young Global Leader.