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I am a Humanitarian and Development Program Results Management Expert (i.e. former World Bank Staff) with 24+ years of diverse experience working with donor agencies, national, sub-national & local governments, academia, institutions, civil society, private sector and communities, in the following thematic areas:- development results accountability; - climate, conflict & disaster resilience; - resilient regional/urban development; - basic infrastructure provision; - socioeconomic & environmental safeguards and impacts;- democratic governance;- decentralization & intergovernmental fiscal relations; - civil service reform; and, - public sector capacity-building.I worked in these areas with international aid agencies and programs, including the Asian Development Bank, United Nations Secretariat, UN-Habitat, the World Bank Group, UNDP, UNCDF, USAID, UKAID (DFID), AFDB, EU/EBRD, GEF, PPIAF, Water & Sanitation Program and Cities Alliance, at both the HQ-level and Regional/Country-levels (i.e. South/SE/Central Asia, Pacific, East/West/Southern Africa, Balkans & Eastern Europe, and Latin America & Caribbean)..Examples of my value-added expertise in advancing humanitarian and development results include:a. rigorous evaluation of multilateral donor program relevance, effectiveness, impact and sustainability, b. SDGs/MDGs coherence, results, performance, financing, institutions, and partnerships,c. donor social & environmental safeguards oversight and accountability mechanisms,d. urban and rural resilience to climate, conflict, disaster and socioeconomic vulnerability,e. sustainable basic service delivery, infrastructure provision and socioeconomic development,f. fiscal decentralization and intergovernmental institutional strengthening,g. mitigating displacement and resettlement costs viz informal networks, livelihoods restoration etc.

Listed skills include International Development, Capacity Building, Policy Analysis, Sustainable Development, and 47 others.