Naohiro Kitano is Professor at the Global Center for Science and Engineering at Waseda University. He is the former Director of the Japan International Cooperation Agency Research Institute (JICA-RI) and currently Visiting Fellow of the institute. Previously he has also served as Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University, Director General, Development Assistance Department II, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), Director General, East and Central Asia and the Caucasus Department, JICA, and Deputy Director, JICA Research Institute.
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Richard Manning is a Visiting Researcher at the Blavatnik School of Government at University of Oxford. He is also chair of the Board of the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation and was coordinator of the past two replenishments of the AfDB’s soft fund, as well as vice-chair of two earlier replenishments of the Global Fund. Mr. Manning worked for UK Department for International Development (DFID) serving in West Africa and South East Asia, and as Alternate Executive Director at the World Bank.
Justin Yifu Lin is Councilor of the State Council and Honorary Dean of the National School of Development at Peking University. He is also a member of the Standing Committee of Chinese People’s Political Consultation Conference and Vice Chairman of All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. He was previously the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank and Founding Director and Professor of the China Centre for Economic Research (CCER) at Peking University.
Danielle Resnick is a Senior Research Fellow at IFPRI. As a political scientist her research focuses on the political economy of development. Key research areas include the impacts of public sector reforms on accountability and efficiency, drivers of agricultural policy volatility and reform, urban governance structures and their influence on service delivery, democratization and political participation, and foreign aid effectiveness. She currently co-leads IFPRI’s strategic research on Strengthening Institutions and Governance.
Louise Fox is USAID’s Chief Economist. Before joining USAID she served as a Visiting Professor of Development Economic Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and as a consultant in development economics, specializing in employment, labour markets, gender, social service delivery and poverty reduction. Dr Fox has also had a distinguished career at the World Bank where she advised governments in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Eastern Europe.
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