Lindsay Whitfield is a Research Fellow at the Global Economic Governance Programme, University of Oxford. She completed her doctorate in 2005 in Politics at the University of Oxford. She holds an M.Phil. in Development Studies from the University of Oxford, and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science and Economics from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (USA). Her research focuses on the intersection between African politics and foreign aid. She has written several articles on foreign aid in Ghana and is writing a book on economic development and the politics of foreign aid in Ghana. She has also co-edited and contributed to Turning Points? The Politics of African States in the Era of Democratization (James Currey, forthcoming).