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Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development

Task Force Members

 

Philip Alston
Professor of Law
New York University School of Law
Patrick Asea
Director, Economic and Social Policy Division
UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Haidari Amani
Executive Director
Economic and Social Research Foundation (Tanzania)
Ernest Aryeetey
Director
Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (Ghana)
Andrew Cassels
Director
MDGs, Health and Development Policy
World Health Organization
Jamie Drummond
Debt Aids Trade Africa (DATA)
Yassine Fall
Senior Advisor, Economic Security and Rights
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
Richard Freeman
Professor of Economics
Harvard University
Gonzalo Pizarro
Policy Advisor, Water Resources
Rebecca Grynspan
Director, ECLAC Subregional Headquartes in Mexico
UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Pekka Haavisto
Chariman, UNEP - Post-Conflict Assessment Unit
United Nations Environment Programme
Aynul Hasan
Coordinator, Poverty Centre
UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Peter Heller
Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Macartan Humphreys
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Columbia University
Ambassador Ruth Jacoby
Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Government of Sweden
Carlos Jarque
Manager, Sustainable Development Department
InterAmerican Development Bank
Allan Jury
Chief
Food Security, Safety Nets and Relief Service
World Food Programme (WFP)
Zhu Ling
Deputy Director, Institute of Economics
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Mahmood Mamdani
Professor of Anthroplogy and International Affairs
Columbia University
Thomas Merrick
Special Advisor to the Executive Director on Poverty
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
John Okidi
Executive Director
Economic Policy Research Center (Uganda)
Habib Ouane
Director, Division for Least Developed Countries
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Hafiz Pasha
Assistant Administrator, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Michael Platzer
Chief, Operations Branch Centre for International Crime Prevention
United Nations Office on Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP)
Steven Radelet
Senior Fellow
Center for Global Development
Atiqur Rahman
Lead Strategist and Policy Coordinator, Economic Policy and Resource Strategy Department
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Frédéric Richard
Director, Strategic Research and Economics Branch
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Ana-Teresa Romero
Deputy Director
ILO Office for the United Nations, New York
International Labour Organization
Sudhir Shetty
Sector Manager, Poverty Reduction Group
Poverty Reduction & Economic Management Network
World Bank
Joe Smolik
Senior Economist
UN Economic Commission for Europe
Suresh Tendulkar
Professor of Economics
Delhi School of Economics
Clive Thomas
Head of the Institute of Development Studies
University of Guyana
Ashutosh Varshney
Director, Center for South Asian Studies
University of Michigan
Xianbin Yao
Assistant Chief Economist
Economic Analysis and Operations Support Division
Asian Development Bank
Rene Zapata
Deputy Director, Bureau of Strategic Planning
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
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