 Uma
Lele
Uma Lele, is currently Senior Advisor, Independent Evaluation Group. She was the first woman to obtain a Ph.D. in agricultural
economics at Cornell University, and the first female fellow
of the American Agricultural Economic Association from a developing
country. She has held various research, operational and advisory
positions in the World Bank with extensive experience in South
and Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America. She
has published extensively on problems agricultural and rural
development, aid effectiveness, technology and environment.
She has served as visiting professor at Cornell University,
Graduate Research Professor and Director of International Studies
at the University of Florida, and Director of former President
Carter's Global Development Initiative at the Carter Center
in Atlanta, Georgia. She has advised a number of private foundations,
UN agencies, bilateral donors and the CGIAR. For more information about Uma Lele, visit: http://www.umalele.org
Manmohan
Agarwal
Manmohan Agarwal, an Indian national, received his Ph.D. in economics
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is currently a
professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru
University where has taught macroeconomics and international economics
for twenty years. He has worked at the World Bank in the Development
Economics Department and the Latin American region, and at the IMF
in the Trade Policy division of the Policy and Development Department
as a specialist on trade policy in transition economies.
Caroline
Bahnson
Caroline Bahnson earned her B.A. in political science from the
University of Copenhagen and M.Sc. in international relations and
history from London School of Economics with a focus on foreign policy
and conflict studies. Before joining the World Bank in 2000 to work
on IEG 's evaluation of social funds, she worked, among other places,
for the Danish Embassy in Ukraine, and a small Washington-based research
organization dealing with European security issues and weapons trade.
Her main areas of interest are conflict and post-conflict reconstruction,
and the politics of international interventions and development aid.
Chris
Barrett
Chris Barrett is Associate Professor in the Department of Applied
Economics and Management at Cornell
University. He received his graduate training at Oxford (M.S.)
and Princeton (Ph.D.). Prof. Barrett's research focuses on three interrelated
areas: poverty, hunger, food security, economic policy, and the structural
transformation of low-income societies; issues of individual and market
behavior under risk and uncertainty; and the relationship between
poverty, food security, and environmental stress in developing areas.
Among his current research projects are several initiatives concerning
poverty traps and environmentally sustainable agricultural development
strategies in the low-income tropics, with a focus on eastern and
southern Africa.
Edward
Bresyan
Mr. Bresnyan completed his Ph.D. in Food and Resource Economics (University
of Florida) in 1996 and joined the World Bank in 1997, where his work
program has focused on a series of community-based rural poverty alleviation
projects in Northeast Brazil. Prior to his tenure with the Bank, Mr.
Bresnyan lived and worked for some five years as a Peace Corps Volunteer
in Honduras. He also also conducted numerous small business training
short courses for both microentrepreneurs and grassroots practitioners.
Additionally, while completing his Ph.D., Mr. Bresnyan served as the
Carter Center Representative to Guyana while working on President
Carter's Global Development Initiative.
Josefina
Cutura
Jozefina Cutura earned her B.A. in International Relations from
Stanford University and a master's degree in public policy from
Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, where she
focused on international development, and issues of gender and
conflict. Prior to joining IEG 's evaluation of global programs, she
worked on two World Bank projects in Indonesia that focused on
women's participation in village governance and on decentralization
in conflict-affected areas. Jozefina's prior work experience
includes research at Harvard's Women in Public Policy Program and at
Stanford University.
Carl
Eicher
Dr. Carl Eicher, a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at
the Michigan State University, Dept. of Agricultural Economics,
holds degrees from both Harvard and Michigan State University. He
has been a longstanding scholar of African agriculture and has written
extensively on the subjects of agricultural research and development.
In addition to having worked in Nigeria, Zimbabwe and the USA, Dr.
Eicher has been a member of several World Bank and USAID missions
to various African countries. A former visiting senior research
fellow of ISNAR (1988), Dr. Eicher has also held a small number
of consultancies with other CG centers.
Bruce
Gardner
Bruce L. Gardner is Distinguished University Professor and Chair,
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University
of Maryland. Dr. Gardner served as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
under President Bush, 1989-1991, and as a senior staff economist
on the President's Council of Economic Advisers under Presidents
Ford and Carter, 1975-1977. He has published three books and many
articles, principally on agricultural policy analysis and issues,
and has consulted widely on these issues with U.S. and international
organizations. He was President of the American Agricultural Economics
Association in 2000-01, has received several AAEA awards for published
research, and is a Fellow of the Association.
Chris
Gerrard
Chris Gerrard, a Canadian national, has an M.Phil. in economics
from Oxford University and a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from
the University of Minnesota. He is a senior economist in the Bank's
Independent Evaluation Group (IEG). He has served as the task
manager for the World Bank Institute training program on "Policy
and Institutional Reform for Sustainable Rural Development",
a world-wide program with a special emphasis on Africa. He was a professor
of agricultural economics at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada,
for thirteen years. He worked in Ethiopia with the U.N. Economic Commission
on Africa and in Kenya for U.S. Agency for International Development.
His main interests are macroeconomic and sectoral adjustment, agricultural
policy and institutional reform, decentralization, natural resource
management, and the theory and practice of collective action.
Ramesh
Govindaraj
Dr. Ramesh Govindaraj, an Indian national, served as Pharmaceutical
Advisor in the World Bank before he joined the Independent Evaluation Group. Dr. Govindaraj was a Senior Research Fellow at the Harvard
School of Public Health for five years, working on health economics
and policy issues. He has worked as a practicing physician in India,
in an international NGO, and in an international research-based pharmaceutical
company. Dr. Govindaraj has consulted extensively for international
and bilateral agencies, research institutions, and pharmaceutical
firms. His research interests include pharmaceutical policy and economics,
health economics, and health sector reform. Dr. Govindaraj has an
M.B.B.S. and an Ophthalmology degree from the University of Delhi,
India, and an M.S. in Health Policy and Management and a D.Sc. in
International Health Economics and Policy from Harvard University.
Syed Arif
Husain
Syed Arif Husain, a Pakistani American, has a Ph.D. in agricultural
economics with a minor in forest management and economics from the
University of Minnesota. He has served as a faculty member in the
College of Natural Resources and the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute
of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Syed was a core
team member for the IEG review of the World Bank's 1991 Forest Policy
and its Implementation. He has also worked for the Standing Panel
for Impact Assessment Committee of the Consultative Group on International
Agricultural Research and for the Global Information and Early Warning
System of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Syed
has written over 20 research articles on issues pertaining to the
linkages between environmental sustainability and economic development
at the national and regional level.
Maisha
Hyman
Maisha Hyman, a U.S. national, earned her B.A. in French at
the University of the District of Columbia. She is currently
pursuing a graduate degree in Career Counseling. During her
career at the Bank, Maisha's work has been focused on providing
resource support and research assistance to large studies,
including the IEG Global Evaluation and IEG 's Review of the
Bank's 1991 Forest Policy. She was also the Task Manager for
one of IEG 's Innovation Fund projects, which sought to provide
training in web design, event planning, and research methods
for IEG 's administrative staff.
Kristina
Kavaliunas
Kristina Kavaliunas, a Lithuanian and U.S. national, has a
B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Delaware
and an MBA from the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
She worked in research for DuPont in both the USA and in Germany
before transitioning to work in the international business
and development in Slovakia and Lithuania. Ms. Kavaliunas,
who joined the Bank in 2001, speaks five languages.
Lauren
Kelly
Lauren Kelly, a U.S. national, earned her M.A. in Development
Economics/Conflict Management at the Johns Hopkins School
of Advanced International Studies, and B.A. in Political Science
from the University of Rochester. She was a contributing member
to IEG 'S Forest Policy and Implementation Review. Before joining
the World Bank in 1998, she co-founded and staffed a United
States Congressional Briefing Series on security and defense
policy issues, which was co-sponsored by bipartisan members
of the U.S. Congress, the Center for Strategic International
Studies, and which was funded by several foundations in support
of peace and security aims. Ms. Kelly has worked as a legislative
aid in the U.S. Congress in the field of U.S. foreign policy
and in the European Parliament (Brussels and Strasbourg) where
her research centered on security and defense policy in Europe
and EU-US relations.
Yianni
Konstantopoulos
Yianni Konstantopoulos earned his B.S. in Biological Sciences
with minors in Creative Writing and Applied Ethics from the
George Washington University in the District of Columbia.
He has also obtained a Masters in Public Health from that
institution focusing on the complex aspects influencing global
health promotion and disease prevention. Prior to joining IEG ’s evaluation of global programs to examine the current
environment of the international health sector, Yianni served
as scientific advisor and public affairs liaison for NeuroLogic
Inc, a global mental-health research institution. His interest
in health and development has grown during his time at the
World Bank, and he is currently working with the International
Taskforce on Global Public Goods.
Bill
Lesser
William Lesser has been in the Department of Applied Economics
and Management at Cornell
University since receiving his Ph.D. in agricultural economics
with a specialization in marketing from the University of Wisconsin
in 1978. Much of his work has focused on the farm and consumer-level
effects of biotechnology on agriculture. A particular specialization
is the ramifications of patents and Plant Breeders' Rights.
He has also examined ownership of and access to genetic resources.
Work has involved advising the governments of Brazil, Bangladesh,
Switzerland and Indonesia, among others. He has written three
books and numerous articles and chapters on the subject of agricultural
biotechnology.
Karin
Perkins
Karin Perkins has a Master's Degree in Development Policy from
Cornell University, with a background in agricultural and resource
economics. Among other professional positions, she has worked with
the Third External System Review of the Consultative Group on International
Agricultural Research, Cornell University's International Institute
for Food, Agriculture and Development, the Foreign Agricultural Service
of U.S. Department of Agriculture, and World Resources Institute.
In addition, Karin was a contributing member of IEG 's Forest Policy
Implementation Review. She has lived and worked in Latin America and
Indonesia. Karin has a particular interest in agricultural research
policy and management.
Saeed
Rana
Saeed Rana, a Pakistani national, has 45 years of practical experience
working on water resources planning, implementation, and management
of projects and programs. He received his training in water resources
engineering at universities in Pakistan and the United States. Joining
the Bank in 1981, he has worked on a variety of water and agricultural
projects in the Middle East and North Africa, and South Asia regions,
and was head of agriculture and water sectors in the World Bank resident
mission in Bangladesh. Before joining the Bank, Mr. Rana worked for
25 years in the public sector in Pakistan and in the private sector
in Turkey, Indonesia, and the United States. Since his retirement
from the Bank, he has been involved in the Bank's Quality Assurance
Group panels for supervision and Quality at Entry assessments in the
field and at headquarters. He has served as a member of the Water
Policy Advisory Group of the Government of Bangladesh since 1998.
Saeed Rana has also lent his expertise to IEG 's reviews of the Bank's
water and forest policies.
Mandivamba
Rukuni
Dr. Mandivamba Rukuni, a Program Director for the W. K. Kellogg
Foundation, received a PhD from the University of Zimbabwe and a MSc
in Tropical Agricultural Development from the University of Reading,
(Pennsylvania). Prior to his current position he was a professor of
Agricultural Economics at the University of Zimbabwe and visiting
professor at Michigan State University. Dr. Rukuni has consulted for
the World Bank, the USDA, USAID, CIDA, the Ford Foundation and the
German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) as well as ISNAR and
CIMMYT. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of IFPRI
and Chair of the Proposal Evaluation Committee for the IFPRI 2020
Vision Network for East Africa, and has previously been a member of
a few TAC panels as well as the CGIAR Change Design Management Team.
Naveen
Sarna
Naveen Sarna has over 18 years of experience dealing, among other
issues, with institutional research, governance, World Bank country
operations, and productivity growth across countries. Previously,
he worked as a country economist/officer for Belize, Guyana, Surinam,
and Trinidad and Tobago in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region
of the World Bank. He has over eight years experience working in India
for the Ministries of Finance and Industry as a member of the India's
civil service. He has also served as an economic attaché for
the Indian government at the Indian Embassy in Washington DC. Naveen
Sarna earned his Ph.D. (Economics) and M.A. (Economics) from the University
of Maryland and an M.A. (Economics) from the Delhi School of Economics
in India. He has worked closely with Professor Mancur Olson and co-authored
an article on "Governance and Growth" that was recently
published in Public Choice.
Kirsten
Spainhower
Kirsten Spainhower earned her B.S. in environmental sciences at
the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, specializing in
wetland biology and botany. Her work in developing countries includes
agroforestry extension in Benin, West Africa, as a Peace Corps Volunteer
and teaching business English in Bangkok, Thailand, for Castrol Oil
Company. She has also worked in the private sector as a Wetland Technician
for a private consulting firm and as an Urban Forester for a power
company, both in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. For the past three years,
Kirsten has worked at the World Bank as part of the Environmentally
and Socially Development Department Forest Team and the Latin America
and the Caribbean Global Environment Facility coordination unit. She
is currently enrolled at the Yale
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies to pursue a Master's
of Forestry degree.
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