John Young

John Young joined ODI in May 2001 after five years in Indonesia managing the DFID Decentralised Livestock Services in the Eastern Regions of Indonesia (DELIVERI) Project - an action-research project to promote more decentralised and client-oriented livestock services – where he also led on communication, policy engagement and monitoring and evaluation. Before that he was ITDG's Country Director in Kenya, responsible for managing the group's practical project and research work on a wide range of technologies to ensure that lessons were effectively communicated to government and non-government policy makers. Since joining ODI he has been involved in projects on decentralisation and rural services, information and information systems, strengthening southern research capacity, and research communication. John started and then developed the RAPID programme into a global leader on the research-policy interface, and was instrumental in developing RAPID’s key approaches on policy influence (ROMA). Now, after two years as Deputy Director of ODI, John continues to lead the RAPID programme, with an emphasis on impact assessments and evaluation, and with organisation-wide responsibility for developing strategic partnerships.