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Experts

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IFAD’s staff are some of the brightest and most knowledgeable minds in their fields. Their collective expertise and thought leadership in agriculture, climate, the environment, gender, nutrition, finance, resource management and many other areas, lay the foundation for our innovative, ethical and effective work. 

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Asia and the Pacific 
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Valantine Achancho

Country Director | Bangladesh
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Fernanda Thomaz Da Rocha

Country Director | Pakistan
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Sherina Tabassum

Country Director | Bangladesh
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Umit Mansiz

Country Director, Asia and the Pacific Division
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Roshan Cooke

Country Director | India
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Candra Samekto

Country Director | Fiji
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Frew Behabtu

Country Director | Viet Nam
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Abdelkarim Sma

Lead Regional Economist | Italy
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Nii Quaye-Kumah

Head of MCO and Country Director | China
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Jerry E. Pacturan

Country Director | Philippines
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Hani Abdelkader Elsadani

Head of MCO and Country Director | Indonesia
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Ulac Demirag

Head of MCO and Country Director | India
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Ambrosio Barros

Head of MCO and Country Director | Vietnam
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Sangho Park

Special Programme Officer | Italy
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Kaushik Barua

Lead Portfolio Advisor | Thailand
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Anupa Rimal Lamichhane

Regional Climate and Environment Specialist | India
East and Southern Africa
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Mohamed El-Ghazaly

Country Director | Uganda
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Dagmawi Habte-Selassie

Country Director | Rwanda
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Mariatu Kamara

Country Director | Kenya
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Custodio Mucavel

Country Director | Angola
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Bernadette Mukonyora

Country Director | Malawi
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Caroline Mwongera

Country Director, East and Southern Africa Division | Ethiopia
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Francesco Rispoli

Country Director | South Africa
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Joseph Rostand Olinga Biwole

Acting Country Director | Kenya
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Boleslaw Stawicki

Country Director | Kenya
Latin America and the Caribbean
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Arnoud Hameleers

Country Director & Head, SSTC Knowledge Centre | Brazil
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Dario Rimedio

Senior Regional Finance Officer, Latin America and the Caribbean Division | Panama
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Daniel Anavitarte

Country Director a.i. and Regional Specialist, Latin America and the Caribbean Division
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Anni Mandelin

Country Director, Latin America and the Caribbean | Peru
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Oliver Page

Regional Climate Change and Environmental Specialist | Panama
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Enrique Hennings

Country Director | Panama
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Juan Diego Ruiz Cumplido

Andean and Southern Cone Hub Head | Panama
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Cintia Tatiana Guzmán

Programme Officer, Latin America and the Caribbean Division | Brazil
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Claus Reiner

Country Director & Head, South-South and Triangular Cooperation and Knowledge Centre | Brazil
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Paolo Silveri

Country Director, Latin America and the Caribbean Division
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Rene Castro

Country Director, Latin America and the Caribbean Division | Panama
Near East and North Africa 
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Naoufel Telahigue

Head MCO, Country Director | Italy
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Samir Bejaoui

Country Director | Türkiye
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Rasha Yousef Omar

Country Director | Sudan
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Roberto Longo

Country Director | Türkiye
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Laura Mattioli

Country Director | Uzbekistan
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Liam Chicca

Head MCO, Country Director | Türkiye
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Philippe Remy

Country Director | Italy
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Tawfiq El-Zabri

Country Director | Egypt
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Mohamed Abdelgadir

Head MCO, Country Director | Egypt
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Gianluca Capaldo

Senior Portfolio Advisor | Italy
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Vrej Hanna Jijyan

Country Director | Egypt
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Azaiez Nazih

Senior Regional Procurement Officer, Near East, North Africa and Europe | Italy
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Valentina Franchi

Senior Technical Specialist, Gender and Social Inclusion | Egypt
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Walid Nasr

Regional Climate and Environment Specialist for for Near East, North Africa and Europe Division | Egypt
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Alessandra Garbero

Lead Regional Economist | Italy
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West and Central Africa 
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Norman Messer

Sd3C Programme Manager and One Sahel Coordinator | Senegal
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Stephanie Jacquet

Regional Manager, Sahel Joint Programme SD3C | Senegal
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Maxime Thibon

Senior Technical Specialist, Climate Change | Italy
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Matteo Marchisio

Head of Hub and Country Director, West and Central Africa | Senegal
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Tarek Ahmed

Senior Portfolio Adviser | Côte d'Ivoire
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Haoua Sienta

Country Director | Senegal
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Jean Pascal Kabore

Country Director, West and Central Africa | Ghana
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Emime Ndihokubwayo

Country Director | Cameroon
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Dede Ekoue

Country Director | Nigeria
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Lakshmi Moola

Country Director | Kenya
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Rachel Harifetra Senn

Country Director | Madagascar
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Ann Turinayo

Country Director, West and Central Africa Division | Côte d'Ivoire
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Eric Rwabidadi

Country Director
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Marcelin Norvilus

Country Director | Dakar
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Athur Mabiso

Lead Regional Economist | Italy
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Carine Toure Yemitia

Senior Procurement Officer, West and Central Africa | Côte d'Ivoire
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Fumilayo Hermann Messan

Country Director | Côte d'Ivoire
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Pascaline Barankeba

Country Director, West and Central Africa Division | Côte d'Ivoire
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Koutera Bataka

Country Director, West and Central Africa Division | Cameroon
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Radu Damianov

Senior Regional Financial Officer | Côte d'Ivoire
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Fanny Grandval

Senior Regional Technical Specialist (West and Central Africa), Rural Institutions | Côte d'Ivoire
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Paxina Chileshe

Regional Climate and Environment Specialist | Kenya
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Emily Wylde

Senior Technical Specialist (Social Inclusion - Poverty Targeting) | Côte d'Ivoire
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Climate and environment 
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Janie Rioux

Senior Climate Finance Specialist, GEF coordinator | Italy
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Savis Sadeghian

Senior Technical Specialist, Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Division | Italy
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Jack Rossiter

Senior Technical Specialist, Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Division | Italy
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Pierre Yves Guedez

Senior Technical Specialist, GCF focal point | Italy
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Jahan-Zeb Chowdhury

Lead Technical Specialist - Environment & Climate Cluster Coordinator | Italy
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Marie-Aude Even

Senior Technical Specialist, Biodiversity | Italy
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Paxina Chileshe

Regional Climate and Environment Specialist | Kenya
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Crops 
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Putso Nyathi

Senior Regional Technical Specialist, Agronomy | Kenya
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Robert Delve

Lead Global Technical Advisor | Italy
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Fisheries
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Richard Abila

Senior Global Technical Specialist, Fisheries and Aquaculture | Italy
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Gender
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Loise Maina

Lead Technical Specialist, Gender and Social Inclusion | Italy
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Petra Järvinen

Technical Analyst, Gender and Social Inclusion
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Silvia Sperandini

Gender, Targeting and Social Inclusion Specialist - Gender Team | Italy
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Beatrice Gerli

Gender, Targeting and Social Inclusion Specialist | Italy
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Global Engagement, Partnership and Resource Mobilization
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Ron Thomas Hartman

Director, Global Engagement, Partnerships and Resource Mobilization
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Federica Cerulli Irelli

Chief Partnership Officer, Members Engagement | Italy
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Joanna Veltri

Chief Partnership Officer and Head Americas and Multilateral Relations, Global Engagement, Partnership and Resource Mobilization Division | United States
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Wei Wang

Chief Partnership Officer, South-South and Triangular Cooperation and Global Engagement, Special Adviser to the President | Italy
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Max von Bonsdorff

Chief Partnership Officer, Global Engagement, Partnership And Resource Mobilization | Italy
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Maija Peltola

Senior Partnership Officer, Partnership and Resource Mobilization Division | Italy
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Ama Brandford-Arthur

Senior Partnership Officer, South-South and Triangular Cooperation | Italy
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Tuleen Alkhoffash

Senior Partnership Officer, PSFP | Italy
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Suliman Alsawi

Senior/Lead Partnership Officer, Arab and the Gulf | Saudi Arabia
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Guggi Laryea

Senior Partnership Officer, EU and Supplementary Resources
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Gene Moses

Senior Partnership Officer, Private Sector and Foundations | United States
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Maurizio Navarra

Senior Partnership Officer, Secretariat Coordinator, Global Donor Platform For Rural Development | Italy
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Gabriel Laizer

Congressional and Civil Society Outreach Partnership Officer | United States
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Julio Worman

Programme Analyst – SSTC & KM, Global Engagement, Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Division | Brazil
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Indigenous Peoples
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Margherita Loddoni

Technical Specialist, Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Division
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Lorenzo Del Castillo

Consultant - Indigenous Peoples, Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Division, IFAD
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Karla Pita Vidal

Consultant (Indigenous Peoples) | Italy
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Ilaria Firmian

Lead Technical Specialist - Indigenous Peoples and Tribal Issues | Italy
Innovation
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Gladys H. Morales

Senior Officer, Global Head of Innovation | Italy
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Institutions and Organizations
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Antonella Cianciotta

Technical Specialist (Global), Farmers' Organizations in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (FO4ACP) | Italy
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Marco Camagni

Lead Global Technical Specialist (Global), Rural Institutions | Italy
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Marie Edward Mikhail

Country Technical Analyst (Near East, North Africa and Europe) | Egypt
Land
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Rikke Grand Olivera

Lead Global Technical Specialist, Land Tenure & Natural Resources Management | Italy
Livestock
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Anne Mottet

Lead Technical Specialist (Livestock), Sustainable Production, Markets and Institutions Division | Italy
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Charles Odhong'

Country Technical Analyst | Kenya
Market Access
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James Marc de Sousa-Shields

Lead Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Finance, Markets and Value Chains | Egypt
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Nadhem Mtimet

Senior Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Finance, Markets and Value Chains | Egypt
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Lorna Grace

Lead Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Finance, Markets and Value Chains | India
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Sauli Hurri

Lead Global Technical Specialist (East and Southern Africa), Rural Institutions | Kenya
Nutrition
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Antonella Cordone

Senior Technical Specialist, Nutrition | Italy
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Nomindelger Bayasgalanbat

Senior Technical Specialist - Nutrition
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Solange Heise

Senior Technical Specialist | Côte d'Ivoire
Research and Impact Assessment
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Sara Savastano

Director, Research and Impact Assessment Division
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Nelida Sara Maria Ale

Senior Technical Specialist, Agricultural Research for Development unit | Italy
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Bidisha Barooah

Lead Technical Specialist | Italy
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Romina Cavatassi

Lead Economist | Italy
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Amine Belhamissi

Technical Specialist, Agricultural Research for Development Unit | Italy
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Tisorn Songsermsawas

Economist | Italy
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Vibhuti Mendiratta

Senior Economist | Italy
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Rural Finance
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Nadhem Mtimet

Senior Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Finance, Markets and Value Chains | Egypt
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Mauro Martini

Senior Technical Specialist - Remittances, Migration and Development | Italy
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Sauli Hurri

Lead Global Technical Specialist (East and Southern Africa), Rural Institutions | Kenya
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Lorna Grace

Lead Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Finance, Markets and Value Chains | India
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Xavier Desmoulin

Lead Regional Technical Specialist, Sustainable Production, Markets and Institutions Division | Côte d'Ivoire
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Pedro de Vasconcelos

Lead Technical Specialist and Financing Facility for Remittances (FFR) Manager | Italy
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James Marc de Sousa-Shields

Lead Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Finance, Markets and Value Chains | Egypt
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Jonathan Agwe

Lead Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Finance, Markets and Value Chains | Italy
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Water
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Audrey Nepveu

Technical Specialist, Water and Rural Infrastructure | Italy
Youth
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Hisham Zehni

Lead Technical Specialist (Youth) and Social Inclusion Cluster Coordinator, Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Division | Italy

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