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Enrique Mendizabal chairs
the group. He works on the Civil
Society Partnership Programme. His responsibilities include
the development of ODI's research on the use of evidence and
the contribution of networks to pro-poor policy processes.
He has seven years experience working in the development field
in trade and development and poverty reduction, both in the
UK and in Peru. Among his areas of interest he has specialised
in children and vulnerable groups, public sector reform and
urban development. Enrique has worked in projects for the
Peruvian government, DFID, USAID, IDRC, the Inter-American
Development Bank, the World Bank, UNICEF and Save the Children.
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Lauren Phillips
works on financial market performance, capital flows and financial
crises; the role and reform of international institutions;
perceptions of political risk; Latin America. Lauren is a
Research Fellow in the International
Economic Development Group.
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Alina Rocha Menocal
has done extensive research on democratisation and decentralisation
processes in comparative perspective, with special emphasis
on Latin America. Her interests include democratisation processes;
accountability; participation and empowerment; decentralisation;
democratic governance, institution building and the rule of
law, poverty and social policy.
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Massimiliano Cali's interests include
economic geography, trade and development; spatial inequalities
in developing countries; agricultural economics; Latin America
and South Asia.
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David Booth
is a research fellow in the Poverty
and Public Policy Group. A sociologist, he was formerly
Professor of Development Studies at the University of Wales,
Swansea. He has published on social development theory, including
Rethinking Social Development (1994) and on political and
social issues in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa. His
current research projects are on state responsiveness to poverty
and the politics of PRSPs, with fieldwork in Uganda, Ghana
and Bolivia. Other work is concerned with PRS monitoring,
Poverty and Social Impact Analysis and assessing the evaluability
of general budget support as a modality of poverty-focused
aid.
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Peter Newborne is a trained lawyer and
socio-economist, specialising in legal and institutional aspects
of water and river basin management, in developing and OECD
countries. Current work includes analysis of recent water reforms
(eg. in Mexico), comparative study of what “integrated” water
resources management may mean in practice in different contexts,
the extent of incorporation of water issues in poverty reduction
strategies, and analysis of forms of, and channels for, claiming
rights of access to water. Peter is a member of the Rural
Policy and Governance Group.
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Peter
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Laura Jarque is
a communications officer at ODI and covers communications
work for the Latin American and Caribbean group. She has an
MSc in Globalisation and Latin American Development and lived
in Ecuador.
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Carolina Kern
is responsible for information management within ODI's Humanitarian
Policy Group. Her training is in policy and government.
She lived in Venezuela for 8 years.
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Dirk Willem te Velde
researches foreign direct investment and development; regional
integration; EU trade policy (including Cotonou); financing
international public goods; industrial development and is
particularly interested in the Caribbean.
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Andrew Lawson leads the Centre
for Aid and Public Expenditure. He is a public finance specialist
with extensive experience of the design, management & evaluation
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Caroline Moser researches conflict and violence;
gender; livelihoods; human rights perspectives; security; empowerment;
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Alan is a political economist with expertise in the areas
of governance, accountability, the roles of parliaments and
civil society organisations, aid/development effectiveness,
and policy coherence for development. He is particularly interested
in the ways in which global and international policies, processes
and rules relate to (shape, constrain, enable) domestic policies,
processes, rules and development outcomes. And conversely, he
is interested in understanding whether and how domestic developing
country concerns and voice feed into, and are influential in,
the global/international policy arena.
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Sheila Page
researches in the areas of international and regional trade;
the WTO; comparative trade and development performance; capital
flows and foreign investment; tourism; Southern Africa and
Latin America. She is a Senior Research Associate in the ODI
International
Economic Development Group.
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Steve Wiggins
has 27 years of experience of working, researching and teaching
economic and management aspects of agricultural and rural
development. Rural livelihoods, Rural economies and Household
economics; Governance, including management, of rural development;
Change in farming systems, with particular interest in dairying;
Credit and rural banking; Environmental change. Extensive
knowledge of Latin America and Africa. Steve is a Research
Fellow in the ODI Rural
Policy and Governance Group.
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