Tony Vaux

Tony Vaux has worked on aid issues for over forty years, first as an aid manager with Oxfam and later as an independent consultant with DFID, the UN and many other organizations. He has worked on disasters, development and the role of aid in war situations. He has experience in many different countries especially in Africa, Asia, the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. His previous book The Selfish Altruist published in 2001 described the challenges faced by an Oxfam aid manager. This new...See more

Tony Vaux has worked on aid issues for over forty years, first as an aid manager with Oxfam and later as an independent consultant with DFID, the UN and many other organizations. He has worked on disasters, development and the role of aid in war situations. He has experience in many different countries especially in Africa, Asia, the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. His previous book The Selfish Altruist published in 2001 described the challenges faced by an Oxfam aid manager. This new book draws on his wider experience especially in analyzing conflict, violence and war and conducting high-level evaluations of disaster responses. He now lives in semi-retirement in Cumbria with his wife Sally. See less