Alan Heston is Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania. He did his BA, MA and Ph.D. from the Universities of Oregon, Washington and Yale. He joined Penn in 1962 and retired in 2003, with time in the United Nations, India and Pakistan. Along with Irving Kravis and Robert Summers, he founded the International Comparison Program (ICP) in 1968. In 1998, he was designated along with…
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Robert M. Groves is the Gerard J. Campbell, S.J. Professor in the math and statistics department as well as the sociology department at Georgetown University where he has served as the Executive Vice President and Provost since 2012. Groves is a social statistician who studies the impact of social cognitive and behavioral influences on the quality of statistical information. His research has…
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Lanre Kolade has been the Group Chief Executive Officer for CSquared since November 2018. He has over 21 years of experience in the telecommunications industry spanning both Francophone and Anglophone Africa. Before joining CSquared, he was Managing Director of Vodacom Business in Nigeria. He also previously served as Managing Director of Vodacom Business for the West, East, Central, & South-…
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Njuguna S. Ndung'u is the Executive Director of the African Economic Research Consortium based in Kenya. Before joining AERC,, he held the position of Kenya's Central Bank Governor, from 2007 until March 2015. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and master's and bachelor's degrees in economics from the University of Nairobi. Prior to his appointment as Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya, Prof. Ndung'u held positions at the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), the University…
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Adam Storeygard joined Tufts after receiving his Ph.D. from Brown University. His research interests are in development and urban economics, and particularly in urbanization, transportation, and the economic geography of sub-Saharan Africa. Much of his work uses geographic data, including satellite data. Professor Storeygard's work has appeared in journals including the American Economic Review…
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Mr. Abay has a BSc in Urban Planning and a MSc in Architecture and Urban Design and Development from Addis Ababa University.He served as North Wollo Zone Deputy Administrator, Head of Urban Works and Development and Deputy Head of Amhara Bureau of Industry and Urban Development, Head of Amhara Road Transport. Head of Amhara Road and Transport Bureau.
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Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki of the Republic of Niger is the Chief Executive Officer of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Agency. He was appointed to the position in January 2009. A former Prime Minister of Niger, from 1997 to 2000, Dr. Mayaki has a Master’ degree from the National School of Public Administration (Enap), Quebec, Canada and a PhD in Administrative Sciences from the…
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Abir Lemseffer, Director General of the Initiative for the Adaptation of African Agriculture to Climate Change. Abir leads the Initiative for the Adaptation of African Agriculture to Climate Change. Launched in 2016, the AAA Initiative aims to reduce the vulnerability of Africa and its agriculture to climate change by supporting knowledge exchange, policy making and climate-smart agriculture…
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Gunhild A. Stordalen is the founder and executive chair of EAT. She is a driving force in linking climate, health and sustainability issues across sectors to transform the global food system. Together with her husband Petter A. Stordalen, Gunhild established the Stordalen Foundation in 2011, under which she later founded the EAT Initiative together with Professor Johan Rockström and the Stockholm…
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Dag-Inge Ulstein was a member of the Bergen City Council with responsibility for finance, innovation and real estate from 2015 to 2019. Before that, he had responsibility for social services, housing and local area development on the City Council from 2013 to 2014. He has also worked as general manager and counsellor at the Haraldsplass discussion therapy center in Bergen from 2012 to 2014. Mr…
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