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I am a research fellow at UNESCO working at the Inclusive Policy Lab. I hold a BA in Political Science from McGill University and an MSc in Comparative Social Policy from the University of Oxford. My research utilizes both quantitative and qualitative methods to identify causal conditions and outcomes for the political, economic, and social inclusion of persons with disabilities.
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Vidya is a Senior Research Officer in the Chronic Poverty Advisory Network at ODI. She is an mixed methods policy researcher specializing in poverty dynamics, conflict, and gender. Her work focuses predominantly on the role of state fragility and conflict in sustaining poverty traps, and gendered human capital development as a means of long-term poverty reduction. Vidya maintains a geographic interest in South Asia and the Middle East North Africa region, while her fieldwork experience is predominantly centred around South and East Asia. She holds an MPhil in Economics from the University of Cambridge.
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I am a PhD student at UCLouvain and fellow of the World Inequality Lab.
I work on inequality and tax policy in Sub-Saharan African countries.
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I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. My current research focuses on underspending of social welfare funds. I have a PhD in Development Studies from SOAS University of London. My areas of research interest are citizenship, structural social inequalities, and development in India.
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My research looks at the history and politics of development in Africa, with a particular focus on the role of non-state actors in development; on the role of religious and religious organisations in development; and on issues around health and development in Africa; and on what 'localisation' means in relation to both development and humanitarian action. My main geographical focus has been on eastern Africa, though I have also worked on research projects exploring these themes in other sub-Saharan African regions, and in Asia.
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I am a specialist in global commodity chains, sweatshop labour, global labour standards, CSR and ethical trade, labour unfreedom in garment factories and home-based settings, and on the political economy of India. I do also work on gender and globalisation and feminist and social reproduction approaches.
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Experienced Research and Public Policy Expert with 17 years of experience working on evidence based policy development including; research, interdisciplinary policy analysis, impact assessment, advocacy and international cooperation at national, regional and international levels. Prior joining Qatar Foundation, he worked for UNFPA Regional Office; EU Program on Family and Child Rights and the Egyptian Prime Minister’s Office. His research focuses on the politics of social policies, social justice and interdisciplinary policy analysis from socio-economic perspective in the Arab region, with a particular emphasis on Gulf and Mashreq contexts. His areas of expertise include social protection systems, resilience mechanisms, maternity protection, social inclusion/ exclusion, labour policy transformations, family policies, demography and sustainable development. He also published and coauthored peer-reviewed articles, policy briefs and research reports on issues related to disability protection, social welfare system, housing and family formation/dissolution, work-family balance policies, political economy of international aid, monitoring and evaluation under humanitarian circumstances, among others. He delivered high-quality consultancies, led research, policy and advocacy programs in the aforementioned fields, and participated as a speaker in numerous national, regional and international conferences and expert meetings.
Publications can be found on:
https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/ahmed-aref
Ahmed is affiliated with the Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath, UK and can be reached on:
Email: a.aref@bath.ac.uk
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I am a recent graduate in International Development and International Relations from McGill University who will start a Master's degree in International Affairs at the Graduate Institute Geneva. I work on the Inclusive Policy Lab for the Social and Human Sciences Sector at UNESCO, Paris.
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Dr. Jayanta Choudhury presently works as Faculty, Department of Rural Studies, Tripura University after working at State Institute of Rural Development, Tripura and National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad, India. He did his Ph.D. and Masters in Rural Development from Visva-Bharati University, West Bengal. He teaches Inclusive Rural development; Rural Development Planning & Project Management; Financial Inclusion; Social Enterprises, etc. to PG students. He is author of 8 books and more than 35 research articles published in National and International journals and in edited volumes. He serves as Associate Editor for International Journal of Rural Development & Management Studies (IJRDMS) and TUI – A journal on Tribal Life and Culture. He has leaded various internationally funded development projects in India and Bangladesh. Received Global Award (Best Professor in Rural Development) from World Education Congress-2015 and Broad Outlook Learner Teacher (BOLT) Award-2006 from AIR INDIA, Mumbai. He is active board member of various Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) including Financial Inclusion Trust (under the aegis of Bandhan Bank, India).
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Associate Professor and Senior Research fellow at the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, the National University of Malaysia. Graduated First Class in Bsc. Economics specializing in Econometrics at the National University of Malaysia, Msc. Economics from Warwick University, United Kingdom and PhD from the Australian National University (ANU). A recipient of the Chevening Scholarship in 2005, Australian Endeavour Postgraduate in 2008 and the 2014-2015 Malaysian Fulbright Scholar Program. Research interests include international trade, industrialization, productivity and economic growth. Currently a member of the Malaysia National Committee for Pacific and Economic Cooperation (MANCPEC) and a consultant for the Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) and UN ESCAP on Non-Tariff Measure issues.