His family returning to the UK just prior to France falling to the Nazi's 1940.
He also worked in the mid-70s as a research professor in the Institute of Development Studies (University of Nairobi) in Kenya.
This was followed by a return to the UK for a brief posting at Newcastle University before moving to the post that was to see him to the end of his career - a professorship in Development Economics at the School of Development Studies at the University of East Anglia.
[1][2] Tribe reports that following might be viewed as his major works: Tribe identifies the common features of these works a being their "rigorous economic analysis and a focus on people and the improvement of their living standards.
Tribe, John T. Thoburn, Richard Palmer-Jones (2005) Development economics and social justice: essays in honour of Ian Livingstone, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2005 ISBN 0-7546-3879-0, ISBN 978-0-7546-3879-7 Livingstone, Ian (1981) Development Economics and Policy: Readings, London, George Allen and Unwin [3]