Dr Jodie Keane is a Senior Research Fellow with ODI’s International Economic Development Group whose research focuses on the trade and climate nexus. She is an experienced trade economist and project manager who has worked with multiple governments and international organisations to achieve trade and development outcomes, over the last 15 years. Between 2015-2020 she served as Economic Adviser to the International Trade Policy Unit of the Commonwealth Secretariat, with a focus on emerging trade issues. She has a PhD in economics from SOAS University of London, taught seminars on comparative economic growth in Africa and Asia (SOAS) and on the political economy of trade at the Department of International Relations, London School of Economics. She has published journal articles, book chapters, and edited volumes on global value chains and Least Developed Countries.