Dr. Halima Begum

Dr. Halima Begum works for the UK government’s Department for International Development (DFID). She is currently the First Secretary (Development) and the Beijing-based coordinator for the UK-China Action Plan on Food Security Cooperation. Halima is responsible for promoting collaboration with China on in Asia and Africa, ensuring lessons from China's development informs an international understanding on poverty reduction. Previously she was First Secretary for Education for DFID in Nepal and in London she led the UK's engagement on the global education partnership known as the Fast Track Initiative (FTI). She's also worked at the Centre for Civil Society, at the London School of Economics where she managed a comparative study of social capital; and at Action Aid she worked on a multi-country campaign on basic rights. Halima has published several papers and articles on development and civic participation, including a publication on Social Capital in Action (2004).

Halima Begum 博士目前是英国国际发展部一等秘书和英中食物安全合作计划驻北京协 调员，她的主要职责是推动英国和中国在亚洲和非洲问题上的合作，分享中国发展的经验、 促进世界范围内的减贫。在此之前，Begum 博士是英国国际发展部尼泊尔教育项目的一等 秘书，在伦敦负责和领导英国政府开展了全球教育合作计划（“快车道计划（FIT）”）。Begum 博士同时也在公民社会中心(Centre for Civil Society)、伦敦经济学院和行动援助组织工作， 她在伦敦经济学院的工作主要是从事社会资本的比较研究，在行动援助组织的工作是致力于 基本权利的国际活动。Halima Begum 博士已经在《Social Capital In Action》等杂志就市民参 与和发展问题发表了多篇文章。