Economist and independent consultant:

• Over ten years experience on trade and development
• Specialising in aid and trade, including aid for trade 
• Experience working with DFID, GTZ, KfW, Sida, Danida, UNCTAD, World Bank and the Commonwealth Secretariat as well as national governments including the Government of Tanzania

 

Specific areas of expertise:

• Trade and trade policy
• Development policy (including mainstreaming trade and the productive sectors in national development strategies/PRSPs)
• Aid effectiveness
• Trade related assistance and aid for trade (including needs assessments; evaluation of trade-related assistance and delivery mechanisms, including choice of aid modalities; harmonisation and alignment of trade-related assistance; donor-government mechanisms for performance assessment of aid; and, promoting effective donor-government dialogue)
• Private sector development
• Policy and institutional reform
• Project management

 

CV and contact details:

CV

 

Recent papers:

Quantifying Aid for Trade* Commissioned by the Commonwealth Secretariat

*written while a Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (until June 2008)