I am a Research Associate at the Research and Policy in Development programme at ODI. My background is in economics with a specialization in decentralization and local governance reforms, community participation in local governance and service provision, in particular education, and evidence-based policy influencing processes.  I have more than ten years of field experience at national and local level in Asian countries. I joined ODI in 2008 after two years working with UNDP in Vietnam on a programme to improve research management and policy engagement at the Vietnamese Academy for Social Science. Prior to that, I worked and lived in Nepal and Cambodia with GTZ and DED managing local governance reforms and community development. I have an MPhil in economic development, and a PhD in education and development founded on research on the decentralisation reforms in Cambodia. I have has a good knowledge of the design and monitoring of processes that enable the translation into policies of research evidence. I have acquired extensive experience facilitating meetings, workshops and trainings for governmental and non-governmental actors and am a PRINCE2 and MSP APM qualified project and programme manager. I am currently based in Dumaguete, Philippines

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