His main focus has been on Bangladesh but he has worked extensively across South Asia, East Africa and the Pacific.

[1][2][3][4] Hulme was born in Ormskirk near Liverpool, and moved at the age of 19 to the University of Cambridge from which he graduated with honors as BA in Economic geography in 1974.

[6] His most recent appointment, in September 2013, is as the vice-chair of the ESRC/DFID Poverty Alleviation Research Grants Committee.

[9] In October 2013, Hulme contributed to the British Academy’s ‘Emerging Powers Going Global’ conference.

[10] Hulme was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to research and international development.