The Programme Team

Junior Davis
Development economist. 12 years' experience in international agricultural, regulatory and development economics, specializing in agricultural policy analysis, rural development, rural non-farm economy, food policy, utility regulation, enterprise development, and regional growth. Experience in: policy development and implementation; public-private partnerships; and training for capacity building. Long-term experience in Bulgaria. Short-term missions in Brazil, Kenya, Jamaica, and ten countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Good working knowledge of French and Russian.

Ana Marr - (A.Marr@gre.ac.uk)
Economist, with over 15 years of policy-making research and consultancy experience in economic and financial-market development, pro-poor credit, microfinance, business development services, warehouse receipt systems, poverty reduction, social capital, financial services for enterprise development, rural-urban linkages, investment in rural development, private capital flows, foreign direct investment and international trade. Extensive overseas experience includes 6 years with Central Bank of Peru, 2 years in Thailand, and also Afghanistan, Armenia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Colombia, Romania, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Strong publications record. Extensive work on project conception, formulation and implementation including a 3-year DFID-funded project on financial markets for the poor and a 3-year ESRC-funded project on microfinance and poverty reduction.

Felicity Proctor
Rural development specialist. 30 years of international development experience. Responsible for leading NRI's work on technical, institutional and policy issues for pro-poor development. Specific experience: rural and agriculture sector policy and planning; multi-sectoral coordination for rural poverty reduction, rural non-farm economy, rural-urban linkages and local economic development; rural education; agricultural diversification and international horticulture trade; food marketing systems. Leadership and management of multi-sectoral teams. Recently working in senior advisory positions in bilateral and international agencies. Country work experience in Africa, Caribbean, Asia.

Julian Quan - (J.F.Quan@gre.ac.uk)
Social and political scientist. 20 years international development experience in Africa and Latin America, especially Brazil. Specialist expertise in land tenure, rural development, and natural resource and environment management. For past five years was land tenure/policy adviser for DFID, playing a key role in strengthening the poverty/livelihoods focus and coherence of global efforts to secure land access for the poor. Native English speaker; fluent Portuguese; competent French and Spanish.