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Jacopo Bencini's picture
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German Development Institute researcher on climate policy and non-state climate action worldwide, and Africa in particular. I hold a MA in International Relations, and I got a specific background in climate diplomacy, EU-Africa relations, and international aid and development policies. Before joining DIE I have been working for the International Center for Climate Governance, and I participated to an innovative policy-writing experience jointly organized by the African Union, and the European External Action Service (EEAS) of the European Union, in 2017. Since 2014 I am a city councilor in my hometown, Pontassieve (Italy). I am also a volunteer for the international ONE campaign against extreme poverty.
Vesna Djuteska Bisheva's picture
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Employment Specialist in UNDP's Istanbul regional Hub
TRAORE Bakary's picture
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Lead Economist (Africa, Europe and Middle East Desk) at the OECD Development Centre
Haile Kibret's picture
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Economics Specialist at UNDP
Ahmed Khan's picture
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Currently I work at IIED in London as a Senior Researcher in the Shaping Sustainable Markets Division. I explore ideas to contribute to resolving wicked environmental problems (natural resources and livelihood linkages, food systems and global value chains, climate change, etc.) I am interested in the multiple linkages and pathways between the environment (natural resources), the economy (markets), and society (well-being) through governance mechanisms.
Myrna Clara Asuncion's picture
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I have attended the recent MOST academy in the Philippines and would like to learn more on the topics that were discussed. I find these relevant formulation and assessing education policies.
Sanju Deenapanray's picture
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Managing Director of ELIA, Ecological Living In Action Ltd, in Mauritius. ELIA – Ecological Living In Action Ltd that provides consultancy and training services in climate change, carbon accounting and finance, ecological literacy, energy futures, corporate sustainability reporting, and institutional learning for sustainability mainly in Sub-saharan African and Middle East countries. He is currently a member of the Mauritius Sustainability Index Supervisory Committee, and a member of the Business Mauritius sub-committee on Sustainable Cities and Communities.
Brian Polkinghorn's picture
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Brian works in conflict regions on cross border cooperation projects involving a wide ranges of actors.
Naj Ghosheh's picture
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I am a legal and policy researcher in the Inclusive Labour Markets, Labour Relations, and Working Conditions Branch of the International Labour Organisation in Geneva, Switzerland. My work is focused on working conditions and remuneration (notably wage protection). I am interested in cross-disciplinary research, mainly involving socio-legal analysis and the interaction of law and economics in policy and legal decision making. I have provide legal and policy analysis to the ILO tripartite constituents (i.e. governments, workers, and employers) in countries around the world, and notably in Europe and Asia.
Li Yang's picture
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Li Yang is a research associate at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and a research fellow at the World Inequality Lab (WIL) at Paris School of Economics. Previously, he was a researcher in the World Bank DEC research group in Washington D.C. from 2013 to 2017, a Marie Curie research fellow at Paris School of Economics from 2018 to 2020, and a Stone research fellow at INSEAD from 2020 to 2021. He was also the coordinator for East and South Asia at the World Inequality Lab from 2018 to 2021. His main research interests pertain to income and wealth inequality, economic history and political economy. His research output has been published in scientific journals such as American Economic Review, China Economic Review and the British Journal of Sociology. He was awarded a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship from European Commission in 2018 and a research grant from the World Bank DEC research group for individual research in 2014.

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