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| ROBERT F. ICHORD,
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| Robert F. Ichord, Jr.
is Chief of Energy and Infrastructure
in USAID’s Bureau for Europe and
Eurasia. He manages and supports energy
and infrastructure programs and projects
in the countries of the former Soviet
Union and Central and Eastern Europe.
He plays a leading role in U.S. Government
policy and program development with
respect to electric power restructuring
and regulatory reform in Europe and
Eurasia and issues related to energy
security, supply diversification, nuclear
safety and global climate change. He
initiated the first U.S. energy assistance
programs in Eastern Europe in 1990-91
and in the New Independent States in
early 1992. He pioneered Utility and
Regulatory Partnership programs with
the U.S. Energy Association and the
U.S. National Association of Regulatory
Utility Commissioners. He is recipient
of the Agency’s George Marshall
and Science and Technology Awards; and
in May 2006, received a Superior Honor
Award from the Department of State for
his role in achieving the Athens Energy
Community Treaty and regional energy
programs in Central Asia.
Dr. Ichord was previously Chief of
Energy and Natural Resources in the
Asia, Near East and Europe Bureau.
From 1978-1989, he played a key role
in developing $1 billion of new energy
assistance projects in power generation
and distribution, energy efficiency
and rural energy systems, with particular
emphasis on Pakistan and the ASEAN
region. Prior to joining USAID’s
Bureau for Asia in 1978, he was point
man for energy and developing countries
at the Department of Energy, representing
DOE at meetings with the World Bank
and the International Energy Agency
on North-South energy issues. He holds
a B.A. from Denison University in
International Relations (1969); an
M.A. in International Development
from the Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy at Tufts University (1971);
and a Ph.D. in Political Science from
the University of Hawaii (1975), where
he was awarded a fellowship from the
East-West Center Technology and Development
Institute. He has authored numerous
articles on energy and development,
including a book on Indonesia’s
Energy Policy. |
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| RON ISRAEL |
| Ron Israel is Vice President
at Education Development Center (EDC),
where he serves as Director of the Global
Learning Group. During his tenure in
this position, EDC has become a leader
in the field of youth workforce development,
international formal and non-formal
education and human capacity development.
Mr. Israel has worked with groups of
scholars and teachers from countries
around the world, facilitating projects
within a broad array of cultural settings.
He has over twenty years of consulting
and project management experience in
the fields of education, health, the
environment, and civil society programs.
He has consulted for a variety of EDC
clients including USAID, the United
Nations Development Programme, UNESCO,
UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank. Most
recently, he has authored the Workforce
Development Program Guide, published
under the USAID Global Workforce in
Transition Project, 2007. |
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| ALI KAMEL |
| Ali Kamel has been a senior
economist and team leader in USAID/Egypt’s
Office of Economic Growth (Policy and
Private Sector) since 1989 and co-manages
the technical assistance and cash transfer
economic policy reform activities. Over
this 18-year period, he has negotiated
and managed activities relating to policy
reform in the agricultural sector, trade,
customs, privatization, fiscal, labor
and financial sectors. During 1999-2003,
he was the team leader for USAID’s
cash transfer Development Support Program
I and II (DSP I and II). He serves as
co-CTO for the $125 million umbrella
Technical Assistance for Policy Reform
II (TAPR II) program, which covers seven
components in trade and customs, financial
sector and banking, fiscal policy and
budgets, commercial law, regulatory
reform and competitiveness, legal and
business/economic education, and program
support activities. He is currently
managing a nationwide regulatory reform
(guillotine) activity with 12 ministries
and several private associations. |
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| HAIDAR KORBI |
| Hajdar Korbi is Head of
the Macroeconomics Department in Kosovo’s
Ministry of Economy and Finance. In
this role, he is responsible for the
production and regular updating of the
Medium Term Expenditure Framework, including
the analysis necessary for the formulation,
resolution, and implementation of economic
policies. He also coordinates the work
on producing the Kosovo Development
Strategy and Plan 2007(8)-2013. Other
duties include regular macro-fiscal
projections; in-depth briefings to the
Ministry; and reports on the main macro-economic
policy issues and developments in Kosovo.
Mr. Korbi also teaches at the American
University of Kosovo. His prior experience
mostly related to the banking sector,
in particular to lending activities
and auditing.
Mr. Korbi received a Masters in Economics
from Staffordshire University, UK
and also completed a research program
in Public Policy at London School
of Economics. |
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| AGIM KRASNIQI |
| Agim Krasniqi has been
Budget Director for the Ministry of
Economy and Finance since 2003. Krasniqi
is responsible for preparation of Kosovo’s
Public Investment Program, fiscal impact
assessments related to new legislation,
institutional capacity building and
modernization of Kosovo’s budget
system. He is broadly responsible for
strengthening public expenditure management,
including improving and coordinating
policy formulation to ensure a linkage
between sources of allocation, enhancing
transparency in the process of budget
formulation, increasing efficiency in
public spending, increasing fiscal discipline
in the process of budget execution,
and improving the budget system and
budget procedures. Mr. Krasniqi has
a Masters degree in Economics from University
of Prishtina. |
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STEPHEN LEWARNE |
| Stephen Lewarne is Executive
Vice President for The Services Group
(TSG). Dr. Lewarne oversees all of TSG’s
technical divisions. He previously served
as oversees as Minister of the Department
for Reconstruction while also USAID’s
Chief of Party under the United Nations
Interim Administration in Kosovo. Lewarne
worked as a Macroeconomic Policy Advisor
in the Philippines, advising the International
Finance Group of the Department of Finance
on macroeconomics and pension reform.
He was also Chief of Party for USAID’s
Monetary Reform Project in Central Asia.
Stephen has held several private sector
posts in the oil and gas industry in
Central Asia and Russia. As the Advisor
to the U.S. National Research Council
in Washington D.C., he briefed senior
policy makers on issues related to the
break up of the Soviet Union. He holds
a Ph.D. from Indiana University in Monetary
Policy and Macroeconomics. |
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| ROBERT LITAN |
| .Robert Litan is vice
president of Research and Policy at
the Kauffman Foundation. Dr. Litan has
been affiliated with The Brookings Institution
for nearly 20 years, first as a Senior
Fellow and since 1996 as director of
Economic Studies and holder of the Cabot
Family Chair in Economics. At Brookings,
he led a team of economists monitoring
the global economy and seeking answers
to economic policy issues in the U.S.
and around the world. The group’s
rigorous, independent research was designed
to increase the public’s understanding
of how the economy works and how to
make it better. During his time with
Brookings, Litan authored or co-authored
more than 25 books and 200 articles
for professional journals and magazines.
He co-founded and serves as the Director
of the AEI-Brookings Joint Center on
Regulatory Studies.
Dr. Litan has had a distinguished
career in public service. He served
on the staff of the Council of Economic
Advisers (1977-79), as Deputy Assistant
Attorney General in the Antitrust
Division of the Justice Department
(1993-95), and Associate Director
of the Office of Management and Budget
(1995-96). He also has been a consultant
to the Treasury Department on financial
policy issues. Dr. Litan received
his B.S. degree in Economics, graduating
summa cum laude, from the Wharton
School Department of Finance at the
University of Pennsylvania; his J.D.
from Yale Law School; and both a Master
of Philosophy and Ph.D. in Economics
from Yale University.
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