Implementation and Impact

Policy ‘Implementation’: Government of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana

Prior to joining the International Growth Centre I was embedded within the Ministry of Communities, Government of Guyana 2016 - 2018. In this role I was working closely with the Minister, Permanent Secretary and Head of Planning. Guyana had its first local government elections for 20 years in 2016, and I helped build local government capacity, particularly focusing on municipal finance reform.

Policy ‘Impact’: International Growth Centre

Since joining the International Growth Centre’s Cities that Work initiative, I have engaged with, and received externally validated policy ‘impact’ with the following government policy decision-makers. They vary in breadth and depth and represent a non-exhaustive list.

2018:

Bandung, Indonesia. (Technical staff); Surabaya, Indonesia. (Mayor & Technical Staff); Abeokuta, Nigeria. (Technical staff); Lagos, Nigeria. (Technical staff); New Clark City, Philippines. (Technical staff); Cape Town, South Africa. (Technical staff); Johannesburg, South Africa. (Technical staff); Bangkok, Thailand. (Technical staff); Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. (Technical staff).

2019:

Kabul, Afghanistan. (Acting Mayor); Accra, Ghana. (Mayor & Technical staff); Kampala, Uganda. (Executive Director & Technical Staff); Hargeisa, Somaliland. (Mayor & Technical staff).

2020:

Monrovia, Liberia. (Mayor); Paraguay. (Former Minister of Habitat); Tengen, Germany (Mayor); Senegal (Minister of Town Planning, Housing and Public Hygiene); Dakar, Senegal (Mayor and Technical Staff); Kampala, Uganda. (Executive Director & Technical Staff); Hargeisa, Somaliland. (Mayor & Technical staff); Lilongwe, Malawi (Executive Director & Technical staff); Mzuzu, Malawi. (Technical staff); Freetown, Sierra Leone (Mayor); Punjab, Pakistan. (Technical staff); Somaliland. (Ministry of Public Works, Land and Housing Technical Staff); Amman, Jordan. (Technical Staff); Cape Town, South Africa (Technical Staff).

2021:

Kampala, Uganda. (Technical staff); Egypt. (Former Minister of State for Environment Affairs); Nebbi, Uganda (Technical staff).

2022:

Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Technical staff); Mymensingh, Bangladesh. (Mayor and technical staff); Eldoret, Kenya. (Mayor); Kampala, Uganda (Deputy Lord Mayor); Dakar, Senegal. (Deputy Mayor); Tanzania, (Minister of Housing); Yaounde VII, Cameroon. (Mayor); Niger. (Minister of Territorial administration); Mozambique. (Minister of State Administration and Public Service); Rwanda. (Minister of Local Government); Tanzania. (Minister of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements); Arbaoua, Morocco. (Mayor); N’Djamena [District 4], Chad. (Mayor); Mandlakazi, Mozambique. (Mayor); Maputo, Mozambique. (Councillors); Kenya. (Minister of Devolution); Trikala, Greece. (Mayor); Bucharest [District 2], Romania, (Mayor).

2023:

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Technical staff); Bangladesh. (Tax Technical staff); Accra, Ghana. (Technical Staff); Ethiopia. (Prime Minister Advisor)

2024:

Freetown, Sierra Leone. (Mayor); Punjab, Pakistan. (Executive Director); Cape Town, South Africa. (Technical staff); Accra, Ghana (Technical Staff)

Policy ‘Impact’: Harnessing Global Value Chains

Please see the LSE Global Investments & Local Development Blog for an updated list of Policy Impact from our book ‘Harnessing Global Value Chains for Regional Development’

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