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ProfessionalProfiles
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Professional Profiles | 2021
Publishing processAlexander Voccia, Coordinator, Evaluation Communication Unit, IOE, IFADLaura Morgia, Administrative Associate to the Director, IOE, IFAD
Graphic DesignAlexander Voccia, Coordinator, Evaluation Communication Unit, IOE, IFAD
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INDRAN A. NAIDOO
DIRECTORPh.D. EvaluationUniversity of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Masters in Geography (distinction)West Virginia University, USA
South African
+39 06 5459 2274
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYIndran is a globally recognized thought leader, speaker, manager and author, who has spearheaded severalinternational reform initiatives. During his 30-year career, he has been instrumental in using evaluation to enhancethe institutional transparency and credibility of the organizations he has worked in by advancing disciplinaryboundaries to improve accountability, partnership and learning. His focus on improving the performance andquality of international development programmes has set new global practice evaluation benchmarks andstandards. Indran is respected for his leadership in multiple innovative and salient global evaluation capacityinitiatives, which have advanced the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Naidoo, I. (2020). Foreword and Chapter on Evaluation Architecture in Independent Evaluation Office of UNDP.Proceedings from the 2019 National Evaluation Capacity Conference, UNDP. New York.Naidoo, I. and Soares, A. (2020). Learned from the Assessment of UNDPs institutional effectiveness jointlyconducted by the IEO and . In: Crossover of Audit and Evaluation Practice. Challenges and Opportunities. Barrados,M. and Lonsdale, J. (Ed.), Routledge, pp. 182-193.Naidoo, I. (2020). "Audit and Evaluation: Working Collaboratively to Support . Evaluation. Vol 26 (2), pp.177-189.Naidoo, I. (2018). a Driver for Democracy and Development: Towards Sustainable Development Goals Successin . In: Building supply and demand for evaluation in Africa. IDEV-African Development Bank Group, pp.8-17.Evaluation for Agenda 2030. Providing Evidence on Progress and Sustainability, Rob D. van den Berg, Indran A. Naidoo andSusan D. Tamondong (Ed.), Exeter, UK, 2017.Naidoo, I (2010) and Evaluation in South Africa. Many purposes, multiple . In: From Policies toresults Developing capacities for Country Monitoring and evaluation systems, M. Segone (ed.), UNICEF, pp. 303-320.
Bachelor of EducationUniversity of South Africa
EducatorSouth Africa
1987
1995Director Monitoring and EvaluationNational Dept. of Land Affairs South Africa
Deputy Director-General for M&EDeputy Director-General for Leadership and Management Practices Public Service Commission of South Africa
2000
2012DirectorIndependent Evaluation OfficeUNDPNew York, USA
DirectorIndependent Office of Evaluation
IFADRome, Italy
2021
30 years experience in the education, development and evaluation sector.
25 years at the evaluation leadership level, with teaching and management.
Professional affiliations and distinctions Member, Council of the International Evaluation Academy
Vice-Chair | 2013 2020 United Nations Evaluation Group
Outstanding Alumnus, West Virginia University
Scholarships to the Senior Executive Program Harvard and Wits Business Schools, and Oxford University
Abe Bailey Fellowship to the UK, South African University Ambassador
Member, International Evaluation Research Group
FABRIZIO FELLONI
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
Master-equivalent in Economic and Social SciencesBocconi University, Italy
Italian
+39 06 5459 2361
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYFabrizio is IOE Deputy Director since September 2016. He was previously a Lead Evaluation Officer at IFAD andEvaluation Specialist at the Independent Evaluation Office of UNDP in New York. Fabrizio develops operationalpolicies and methodologies to enhance the independence and effectiveness of the independent evaluationfunction. He conducts corporate level evaluations. He ensures high-quality professional work by creating anenabling environment for and coaching of IOE staff, and setting quality standards for IOE outputs. He has workedon international development evaluations since 2000, leading and participating in over a dozen countryprogrammes as well as project-level evaluations in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe.
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2001Evaluation Officer Independent Office of EvaluationIFADRome, Italy
Evaluation SpecialistIndependent Evaluation OfficeUNDPNew York, USA
2008
2010Lead Evaluation Officer Independent Office of EvaluationIFADRome, Italy
Deputy DirectorIndependent Office of Evaluation
IFADRome, Italy
2016
+20 years experience in international programme evaluation.
+10 years experience at the evaluation leadership level.
Professional affiliations and distinctions
Member of the American Evaluation Association
Member of the American Applied Economics Association
Washington State University , USA
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Felloni, F. and G.Kumbi (2021): Potential of Value Chain Development for Transformative Change: theExperiences of AfDB and in Van den Berg, Rob D., Cristina Magro and Marie-Hélène Adrien (eds.) (inpress). Transformational Evaluation for the Global Crises of Our Times. Exeter, UK, IDEAS.Felloni, F., A.K. Muthoo and M. Torralba (2014): "La experiencia de evaluación del Fondo Internacional deDesarrollo Agrícola Revista de Evaluación de Programas y Políticas Públicas, Número 3, p. 53-79.Imai K., P. Eklund and F.Felloni (2007): Organisations, Maternal Knowledge, and Social Capital toReduce Prevalence of Stunted Children - Evidence from the Journal of Development Studies, Volume43, Issue 3 April 2007, p. 456-489.Felloni, Fabrizio et Hans Dieter Seibel (2003): de la microfinance: une expérience baséesur le modèle Grameen Bank aux Techniques Financières et Développement, 73, p.20-27.Felloni, Fabrizio, John Gilbert, Thomas I. Wahl and Philip Wandschneider (2003): Policy,Biotechnology and Grain Self-sufficiency in Agricultural Economics, Volume 28, Issue 3, p. 173-186.
NANTHIKESAN
Ph.D. Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Masters in Public AdministrationKennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA
Sri Lankan
+39 06 5459 2243
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYNanthikesan is Lead Evaluation Officer at the Independent Office of Evaluationat IFAD. He has over 25 years ofprofessional experience in the development field, including 17 years of evaluation experience in the United Nationsdevelopment system. As Head of the thematic evaluation group in IEO of UNDP, he conceptualized and conductedcorporate and country level evaluations. As a Regional M&E Advisor in the Asia-Pacific as well as the Sub-SaharanAfrica regions, he was responsible for planning, monitoring and evaluating country programmes and developingM&E capacities in 68 countries. Prior to joining the United Nations system, he was a researcher at MassachusettsInstitute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University.
25 years of International Development experience, with focus on Asia and Sub Saharan Africa.
19 years experience in the evaluation field.
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transformational adaptation in smallholder farming: conceptual issues and challenges to informevaluation insights from a systematic review of ; co-authored with Jerry Knox, Andy Rowe andLaura Silici, chapter in Transformational Change for People and the Planet: Evaluating Environment andDevelopment. Juha I Uitto, Geeta Batra, eds. Springer Open: Cham, Switzerland. 2021
Evidence Assessment: Lessons from Climate Adaptation Responses of SmallholderCo-authored with Jerry Knox, Andy Rowe and Laura Silici. Accepted journal Environmental Research Letters(ERL), August 2021.
Post-Conflict Assistance. In: David Jensen and Steve Lonergan, eds., Assessing NaturalResources in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding. 2013 Earth Scan: London, pp. 389-408.
Evolution of Inequality in Length-of-Life: France 1806 1987 February 2001, Vol. 11 No. 3, WorkingPaper, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Cambridge, MA.
Bachelor in EngineeringSri Lanka
Professional affiliations and distinctions
Member, International Development Evaluation Association
Member, Asia Pacific Evaluation Association
Member, American Evaluation Association
Member, Sri Lanka Evaluation Association
2002Evaluation OfficerIndependent Evaluation OfficeUNDPNew York, USA
Regional M&E AdvisorRegional Bureau for AfricaUNDPNew York, USA
2009
2016Regional M&E AdvisorAsia Pacific Regional OfficeUNFPABangkok, Thailand
Lead Evaluation OfficerIndependent Office of Evaluation
IFADRome, Italy
2019
LEAD EVALUATION OFFICER
JOHANNA PENNARZ
LEAD EVALUATION OFFICER
Ph.D. Social AnthropologyUniversity of Munich, Germany
MA Social AnthropologyGottingen University, Germany
German
+39 06 5459 2558
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYJohanna leads the team on project-level evaluations and evaluation synthesis in IOE. She has conducted strategicevaluations for IFAD, such as country strategy and programme evaluations, and evaluation synthesis. Johanna hasbeen active in the evaluation community, presenting regularly at UNEG, EvalForward and ECG meetings. She alsolectured at the Shanghai International Program for Development Evaluation Training (SHIPDET) in China. Previously,she has been Advisor on evaluation capacity development at the Office of the Prime Minister in Uganda, where shehad a major role in developing the Ugandan Evaluation Standards, establishing the National Evaluation Week, andstrengthening governance and membership of the national evaluation society.
32 years experience in development research and evaluation.
7 years experience leading technical cooperation projects.
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S Community-driven development. Evaluation synthesis. IFAD. 2020.Inclusive financial services for the rural poor. Evaluation Synthesis. IFAD. 2019What works on gender a review of gender-transformative practices and results. IFAD 2017.Evaluation of the Strategic Mid-Term Plan (SMTPll) at the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF).ACBF, Harare. 2012.Wagging the dragon's tail: emerging practices in participatory poverty reduction in China. London: IIED.2011.Evaluation of Paris Declaration Implementation at the African Development Bank (Tunis). 2011.Evaluation of Sweden's Country Strategy for Tanzania (2006-2010) (Sida, Stockholm). 2010.Conversion to Organic Farming: A Project Approach from China. ILEIA Newsletter December 2000.
Research AssociateGermany,China
1991
1997Team Leader GTZChina
Principal Evaluation ConsultantITADUK2002
2012Principal Advisor on Evaluation Capacity BuildingOffice of the Prime MinisterGIZUganda
Lead Evaluation OfficerIndependent Office of Evaluation
IFADRome, Italy
2014
Professional affiliations and distinctions
Member of the European Evaluation Society
Visiting Research Associate, Academia Sinica, Taipei
KOUESSI MAXIMIN KODJO Benin Republic
2001Lecturer and researcherDept. Rural Economy and SociologyUniversity of Abomey CalaviCotonou, Benin
Senior Advisor Research and EvaluationOrganisational development departmentInternational Planned Parenthood FederationKenya / Nigeria
2005
2008Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation component, NPFSTechnical CooperationFAOAbuja, Nigeria
Monitoring and Evaluation ExpertTechnical Cooperation DepartmentIAEAAustria, Vienna
2011
30 years experience in agriculture and rural development
20 years experience in international technical cooperation
Professional affiliations and distinctions
Member of the International Development Evaluation Association
Member of the African Evaluation Association
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYMaximin is a lead evaluation officer at IOE. Before joining IFAD, Max Kodjo served as monitoring and evaluationexpert for the Technical Cooperation Programme of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna(Austria). Prior to this, he held several positions, including Monitoring and Evaluation Component Manager for FAO- National Programme of Food Security (NPFS) in Abuja (Nigeria), Senior Advisor for research and evaluation at theAfrican Regional Office of the International Planned Parenthood Federation in Nairobi (Kenya). He also lecturedagricultural economics at the Faculty of Agronomy Sciences of Abomey Calavi University (Benin).
LEAD EVALUATION OFFICERPh.D. Agricultural Development Planning and EvaluationUniversity Humboldt of Berlin, Germany
Masters in Agricultural EconomicsRepublic of Benin
Bachelor in Agriculture and HorticultureRepublic of Benin
+39 06 5459 2249
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2018Lead Evaluation Officer
Independent Office of EvaluationIFAD
Rome, Italy
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Morocco. Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation. IFAD. 2021.Corporate Level Evaluation of support to agricultural innovations for inclusive and sustainablesmallholder agriculture. IFAD. 2020.Burkina Faso. Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation. IFAD. 2019.Agricultural Rehabilitation and Poverty Reduction Project, Côte . Project Performance Evaluation.IFAD. 2019.
FUMIKO NAKAI
SENIOR EVALUATION OFFICER
Japanese
+39 06 5459 2283
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Fumiko is a senior evaluation officer. Her work experience has mainly been in the area of agricultural and ruraldevelopment, both in operations and evaluation. Since she joined IOE in 2013, Fumiko has led a number ofevaluations at project and country-levels, as well as the preparation of evaluation synthesis reports. Prior to takingup the post in the Independent valuation Office, she worked in the IFAD programme management department forover 10 years, managing country programmes and regional initiatives in East and Southern Africa. Prior to joiningIFAD, she also worked with the Japan International Cooperation Agency, in Tokyo and Zimbabwe.
+20 years of working experience in international development, in particular in the area of agricultural and rural development, both in operations and evaluations.
+8 years experience in international evaluations.
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Sudan. Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation. IFAD. 2020.Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation. IFAD. 2019.Kingdom of Cambodia. Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation. IFAD. 2018.Philippines. Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation. IFAD. 2017.
M.Sc. Applied Environmental EconomicsWye College, University of London, UK
MA Development StudiesUniversity of East Anglia, UK
Bachelor of LawKobe University, Japan
1996Programme Officer Agricultural Development Study DivisionJapan International Cooperation AgencyTokyo, Japan
Programme Formulation AdvisorZimbabwe Country OfficeJapan International Cooperation AgencyHarare, Zimbabwe1998
1999Programme Officer Eastern and Southern Africa DivisionProgramme Management DepartmentIFADRome, Italy
Country Programme ManagerEastern and Southern Africa DivisionProgramme Management DepartmentIFADRome, Italy
2006
2013Senior Evaluation OfficerIndependent Office of EvaluationIFADRome, Italy
MÓNICA LOMEÑA-GELIS
SENIOR EVALUATION OFFICERPh.D. SustainabilityUniversitat Politècnica Catalunya, Spain
M.Sc. Environment and Int. Dev. University of East Anglia, UK
Spanish
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYMonica is an environmentalist and evaluator with several years of experience in Latin America and Africa. Beforejoining IOE, she worked as Principal Evaluation Officer at the African Development Bank (2017-2019). Previously,she did evaluation consultancy for IFAD, coordinated development projects in the Sahel and worked as RegionalMonitoring and Evaluation Officer for United Nations Capital Development Fund from Dakar (2010-2016). Shestarted in evaluation as a Research Fellow at the Independent Office of Evaluation and Oversight of the Inter-American Development Bank (2007-2010). She also worked in the NGO sector in Bolivia (2002-2005) and in theenvironmental private sector in Spain (2000-2002).
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dissertation in open access and summary for Francophone policy-makers (available on demand).Lomeña-Gelis, M., 2013, Evaluation development in Senegal, African Evaluation Journal. 1(1), Art. #23.Diop, M., Faye, S.S., Hopwood, I., Kinda, O., Lomeña, M., Boumas, G. et al., 2013, SenEval - A Decade ofAdvocacy and Action for Evaluation in Senegal.Centro de Estudios Amazónicos, 2007. vision of the fish farming development project inMoxos (Bolivia). http://www.ceam-ong.org
Bachelor in Environmental Sciences Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain
21 years experience in international environmental development
14 years experience in evaluation.
Professional affiliations and distinctions
Volunteer for the Senegalese Evaluation Network (SenEval) since 2010
Engagement since PhD research (2010)
Environmental Consultant SME DepartmentBureau Veritas Barcelona, Spain
1999
2002Country CoordinatorField OfficeCentro de Estudios AmazónicosSanta Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Research Fellow - EvaluatorOffice of EvaluationIADBWashington DC, USA
2007
2010Monitoring and Evaluation OfficerRegional Office of West and Central Africa UNCDFDakar, Senegal
Senior Evaluation OfficerIndependent Office of Evaluation
IFADRome, Italy
2019
SELECT CAREER HIGHLIGHTSProject CoordinatorGlobal MechanismUNCCDRome, Italy
2015
2017Principal Evaluation OfficerIndependent Development EvaluationAfrican Development Bank
Prize to the best PhD candidate presentation at the European Evaluation Society Conference, 2012
CHITRA DESHPANDE
SENIOR EVALUATION OFFICERD.Phil. Human GeographyOxford University, UK
M.Phil. Development StudiesOxford University, UK
American
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYChitra is Senior Evaluation Officer in IOE. Prior to joining IOE in 2017, she advised senior managementas Special Adviser to the Vice-President, worked on M&E and policy development in the Asia and Pacific Region asPortfolio Adviser and established ex-ante quality assurance function of investment projects. In FAO, shedeveloped the corporate monitoring framework as part of the results-based management team.Chitra is a gender in agriculture expert and coordinated the Gender in Agriculture Sourcebook. Finally, as amanagement consultant for Booz-Allen & Hamilton, she developed growth strategies for multinational companies.
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S Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation Republic of Uganda (2021), IFAD IOE.IFAD Project Performance Evaluation Republic of Hunan Agricultural and RuralInfrastructure Improvement Project (2020) and Federal democratic Republic of Western UplandsPoverty Alleviation Project (2019), IFAD IOE.Annual Report on Results and Impact in IFAD Operations (2019, 2018 and 2017), IFAD IOE.Izumi, K. and Deshpande, C. et.al. Land & Property Rights in the Context of
in Gender in Agriculture Sourcebook, Washington, D.C.: World Bank, FAO and IFAD, 2009.Bracalenti, R. and Deshpande, C., regolarizzazione negli Stati in V. Cesareo and E. Codini (eds.),Il Mezzogiorno dopo la grande regolarizzazione: italiana nel contesto internazionale. Vol. 1,Milano: FrancoAngeli, 2006, pp. 139-154.
M.A. in Food Research - International Development Policy & B.A. in HistoryStanford University, USA
+20 years of experience in strategic planning and evaluation
17 years of experience in international development and agriculture
Senior Consultant Media & Technology GroupBooz-Allen & HamiltonNew York, NY, USA
1996
2006Gender and Agriculture ConsultantGender, Equity and Rural EmploymentFAORome, Italy
Quality Assurance OfficerOffice President & Vice PresidentIFADRome, Italy
2008
2010Portfolio Adviser Asia and Pacific DivisionIFADRome, Italy
2014Special Adviser to the Vice-PresidentOffice of President & Vice PresidentIFADRome, Italy
SELECT CAREER HIGHLIGHTSStrategy & Planning OfficerStrategy, Planning & Res. Mngmt.FAORome, Italy
2013
Senior Evaluation OfficerInd. Office of Evaluation
IFADRome, Italy2017
+39 06 5459 2573
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Professional affiliations and distinctions
IFAD Staff Award for Outstanding Leadership
Fulbright Scholar
Phi Beta Kappa
American Evaluation Association
ALEXANDER VOCCIACOORDINATOR, EVALUATIONCOMMUNICATION UNIT
Ph.D. Sociology & Social PolicyUniversity of Southampton, UK
M.Sc. Global Politics University of Southampton, UK
Italian
+39 06 5459 2373
18 years experience in strategic communications in the development sector.
16 years experience in knowledge management in the UN system.
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S Voccia, A. (2018). Can the World Bank effectively promote and protect the needs of vulnerablecommunities? University of Southampton, U.K.Voccia, A. (2012). change: what future for small, vulnerable . International Journal ofSustainable Development and World Ecology, 19(2), 101-115.United Nations (2011). Review of United Nations system support to small island developing States. Reportof the Secretary-General. A/66/218.Voccia, A. (2010). management for sustainable development in the web 2.0 era: the Triangleof . Knowledge Management for Development Journal, 6(3), 177-191.UN/DESA, UNDP (2010). SIDS-SIDS Success stories: an innovative partnership in South-South cooperation.United Nations, New York, USA.
Project CoordinatorPolicy and Programme DivisionWFPRome, Italy
2003
2008Associate Expert in Sustainable DevelopmentDepartment of Economic and Social AffairsUnited Nations HeadquartersNew York, USA
Policy and Programme OfficerPolicy and Strategy DivisionWFPRome, Italy
2013
2014Coordinator, Strategic Planning and Outreach UnitChief, Caribbean Knowledge Management CentreUN ECLACPort of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Coordinator, Communication UnitIndependent Office of Evaluation
IFADRome, Italy
2020
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYAlexander is a communications and knowledge management (KM) expert, specialized in crafting strategies at thehighest levels within the UN system. Across UN Headquarters, Alexander has given shape to the campaigns,statements, reports, media relations, on-line presence and communication deliverables of senior-most UN officials
including the UN Secretary-General, ECLAC Executive Secretary, Under- and Assistant-Secretary-Generals , aswell as of international policy makers, at ministerial level, and global leaders, including H.R.H. Queen Maxima ofThe Netherlands. At grassroots level, Alexander has led KM projects on-the-ground in twenty countries, spanningLatin America and the Caribbean, South-East Asia, the Near East, and North, South, East, West and Central Africa.
Professional affiliations and distinctions
Chair | 2018 2020United Nations Caribbean Communications Group
Presented Caribbean Broadcasting Union Award 2014 on behalf of the United Nations Caribbean
Master-equivalent in SociologySapienza University of Rome, Italy
SIMONA SOMMA Italian
2012Results and Impact Assessment Officer UNCCDRome, Italy
Evaluation OfficerIndependent Office of EvaluationIFADRome, Italy
2014
2018Evaluation SpecialistIndependent Evaluation DepartmentAsian Development BankManila, Philippines
Evaluation SpecialistIndependent Office of Evaluation
IFADRome, Italy
2020
15 years of development experience covering Latina America, Africa, the Middle East, Central and South East Asia.
15 years of international evaluation experience.
Professional affiliations and distinctions
Member of the International Development Evaluation Association
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYSimona has 15 years of experience in the international development arena, managing large development programsand leading complex evaluations across the globe. She has in-depth knowledge of evaluation methodologies andprocesses at the corporate, sector, country and project levels and of the evaluation architecture in largeorganizations. For IFAD, in addition to the preparation of the Evaluation Manual, she was the Lead Evaluator forvarious country level evaluations, impact evaluations and the Annual Report on the Results and Impact ofOperations. Before joining IFAD, she was an Evaluation Specialist for finance and private sector operations at theAsian Development Bank.
EVALUATION SPECIALIST
Master-equivalent in EconomicsSapienza University of Rome, Italy
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Annual Report on Results and Impact of IFAD operations. 2014, 2015, 2016.ABD Support to the Indonesia Finance Sector (2005-2018). Asian Development Bank. 2018.Republic of Mozambique: Sofala Bank Artisanal Fisheries Project. Impact Evaluation. IFAD. 2016.India: Jharkhand Chhattisgarh Tribal Development Programme. Impact Evaluation. IFAD. 2015Somma, S. (2015). - evaluations in rural development: Opportunities and Challenges. The emergingexperience of IFAD's Independent Office of eVALUation Matters, June 2015 issue.
Master degree in design and management of development projectsSapienza University of Rome, Italy
PRASHANTH KOTTURI
EVALUATION OFFICER
Indian
+39 06 5459 2187
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Prashanth has over ten years of experience in leading and supporting evaluations. Since joining IOE in 2021, he hasworked in lead and support roles on a wide range of evaluations ranging from project evaluations, countryportfolio evaluations to corporate level evaluations and evaluation synthesis. The experience spans wide range ofgeographies such as East and Southern Africa, Asia and Middle East and North Africa region. Apart from evaluation,
areas interest include rural finance and community driven development.
10 years of working experience in international development, rural finance and community driven development.
10 years experience in international evaluations.
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Garcia, O. A., and Kotturi, P. (2019). Information and Communication Technologies for DevelopmentEvaluation. Routledge.Indonesia. Project Performance Evaluation. IFAD. 2021.Malawi. Project Performance Evaluation. IFAD. 2020.Palestine Territories. Project Performance Evaluation. IFAD. 2017.
Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok
Commerce (Honors) Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
2012Evaluation Analyst Independent Office of EvaluationIFADRome, Italy
Evaluation OfficerIndependent Office of Evaluation
IFADRome, Italy
2020
EOGHAN MOLLOY
EVALUATION OFFICER
Irish
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Eoghan is an Evaluation Officer at IOE, and currently serves as evaluation focal point for gender and for disabilityinclusion. He leads project evaluations in Africa and Asia, and coordinates validations of project completionreports. Prior to joining IFAD, he worked as an evaluation specialist with FAO Office of Evaluation, supportingcountry evaluations and thematic and strategic evaluations at the corporate level; the Development Centre of theOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris; and the United Nations Economic and SocialCommission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok.
10 years of working experience in international development
10 years experience in international evaluations.
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Rural (PADAER), République du SénégalProject performance evaluation: Tejaswini Empowerment Programme (2020), India
M.Sc. Development PracticeTrinity College Dublin, IrelandUniversity College Dublin, Ireland
Bachelor in Civil Law University College Dublin, Ireland
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2013InternEnvironment and Dev. DivisionESCAPBangkok, Thailand
TraineeOECD Development CentreOECD Paris, France
2013
2014Junior Policy AnalystEurope, Middle East, & Africa DeskOECDParis, France
Evaluation OfficerIndependent Office of Evaluation
IFADRome, Italy2019
SELECT CAREER HIGHLIGHTSSenior Evaluation AnalystOffice of EvaluationFAORome, Italy
2014
2015Evaluation Officer Office of EvaluationFAORome, Italy
MASSIEL JIMÉNEZ
EVALUATIONS RESEARCH
ANALYST
Evaluation and ManagementInstitute of Development Policy, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium
Nicaraguan
+39 06 5459 2350
English, Spanish
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYMassiel is an evaluation research analyst at IOE. She currently contributes to corporate level and thematicevaluations, performing validation of project completion reports and leading a Project Level Evaluation in India.Prior to joining IOE, Massiel worked for the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group, where sheworked as a Consultant for the Cities Program in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region. Massiel also hasprofessional experience supporting programme monitoring and evaluation, programme design and country-levelcooperation strategies with national level institutions, the United Nations World Food Programme and the JapanInternational Cooperation Agency. In addition to evaluation, topics of interest include gender and socialinclusion, community driven development and food security.
Bachelor in Applied Economics Universidad Centroamericana. Nicaragua
8 years experience in local economic development.
Geographic areas of expertise: Latin America and the Caribbean Region.
Professional affiliations and distinctions
VLIR Scholar. Graduated with Great distinction. (Ranked first of the 2019/2020 cohort).
2011Local Development AnalystLocal & Economic Development DivisionInstituto Nicaragüense de Fomento Municipal Managua, Nicaragua
Project CoordinatorLocal gov. & agricultural dev.Japan Int. Coop. AgencyManagua, Nicaragua
2013
2014Economic AnalystEconomy and Politics UnitEmbassy of Japan in NicaraguaManagua, Nicaragua
Evaluations Research AnalystIndependent Office of Evaluation
IFADRome, Italy2020
SELECT CAREER HIGHLIGHTSProgramme AssociatePartnership & Prog. Mngmt.WFPManagua, Nicaragua
2016
2019ConsultantCities Programme LAC The World Bank Group, IFCNicaragua / Colombia
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Tamil Nadu, India. Project Performance Evaluation. IFAD. Forthcoming, 2021.empowerment for access to employment in Bolivia. Institute of Development Policy (IOB).
Universiteit Antwerpen. Forthcoming, 2022.
SHAUN RYAN
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATE
British
+39 06 5459 2723
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Shaun is an Administrative Associate in IOE, and is responsible for monitoring and managing the divisional budget.He also works in Evaluation Communication Unit, where he is responsible for the editorial quality control ofthe evaluation reports published by the office. Before joining IOE in 2016, Shaun worked for almost ten years in
East and Southern Africa Division, where he supported the administration and implementation of projectsand programmes from HQ and in the field. Prior to IFAD, Shaun worked at the Centre for Financial andManagement Studies at the University of London.
+ 10 years of working experience supporting project and programme implementation.
+5 years experience in supporting independent evaluations.
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Ecuador Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation. IFAD. 2020.Kenya Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation. IFAD. 2019.Georgia Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation. IFAD. 2018.Peru Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation. IFAD. 2018.What works for gender equality and empowerment evaluation synthesis. IFAD. 2017.
MSc Development Studies School of Oriental and African StudiesUniversity of London, London, UK
LinkedInMA History and PoliticsRoyal Holloway College, University of London, London, UK
1998Programme Assistant Centre for Financial and Management StudiesUniversity of LondonLondon, UK
Administrative AssociateIndependent Office of Evaluation
IFADRome, Italy
2016
Human Resource AssistantOffice of Human ResourcesIFADRome, Italy2003
2007Programme Assistant East and Southern Africa DivisionIFADRome, Italy
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LAURA MORGIA
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATE
Italian
+39 06 5459 2542
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Laura has more than 20 years of experience in IFAD and in IOE, mostly in the Director and Deputy frontoffices in IOE. She has the lead responsibility for assisting the Director in the coordination, liaison, organisationaland logistical aspects related to the implementation of IFAD Evaluation Policy, the annual work programme and themanagement of IOE front office. She supports the preparation of the new Evaluation Manual and the IOE multi-year evaluation strategy. She also collaborates with other teams in IOE to support the production of the AnnualReport on Results and Impact of IFAD Operations (ARRI) and to coordinate the undertaking of Project CompletionReport Validations.
+20 years experience in administration travel and contract preparation, budget and project tracking
+20 years experience in supporting independent evaluations.
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Annual Report of Results and Impact of IFAD Operations (ARRI): 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017.Corporate-level evaluation on support to innovations for inclusive and sustainablesmallholder agriculture, IFAD, 2020.Corporate-level Evaluation on Engagement in Pro-poor Value Chain Development, IFAD,2019.Corporate-level Evaluation on IFAD Replenishments, IFAD, 2014.Project Performance Evaluation, Nepal Western Uplands Poverty Alleviation Project, IFAD, 2019.Project Performance Evaluation, Moldova Rural Financial Services and Agribusiness DevelopmentProject, IFAD, 2019.Project Performance Evaluation, Madagascar Project to Support Development in the Menabe andMelaky Regions, IFAD, 2018.
Bachelor, Interpretation and TranslationEnglish and German Scuola Superiore per Interpreti e TraduttoriCarlo Bo Institute, Rome, Italy
1995Conference Assistant FAO, WFP, IFADRome, Italy
Administrative Associate to the Director Independent Office of Evaluation
IFADRome, Italy
2020
Office AssistantIFADRome, Italy
1998
2015Administrative Associate to the Deputy Director Independent Office of EvaluationIFADRome, Italy
1999Evaluation Assistant Independent Office of EvaluationIFADRome, Italy
Administrative Associate to the Director Independent Office of EvaluationIFADRome, Italy
2005
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LAURE VIDAUD
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATE
French
+39 06 5459 2027
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Laure has 18 years experience in IFAD. She joined IOE in 2012 where she is currently Administrative Associate tothe Deputy Director. Her responsibilities include organization of Evaluation Committee sessions with Member Staterepresentatives, national workshops together with governments, and team mission logistics. Prior to this, she hasassisted the Director of IOE, and has also been responsible for administration and logistics for evaluations invarious countries across Africa and Asia. Within IFAD, she was previously a Programme Assistant in the West andCentral Africa and the former Policy and Technical Advisory Divisions.
18 years of working experience in administration in IFAD.
9 years experience in supporting independent evaluations.
French, English,Italian
Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation, Tunisia. IFAD. 2019Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation, Cameroon. IFAD. 2018Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation, Democratic Republic of the Congo. IFAD. 2017Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation, Philippines. IFAD. 2017
BTS in CommunicationCamille Saint-SaënsRouen, France
2003French proof-reader and typistOffice of the SecretaryIFADRome, Italy
Administrative Associate to the Deputy Director Independent Office of Evaluation
IFADRome, Italy
2020
Programme AssistantWest and Central Africa DivisionIFADRome, Italy
2007
2019Administrative Associate to the Director Independent Office of EvaluationIFADRome, Italy
2009Project Assistant Policy and Technical Advisory DivisionIFADRome, Italy
Evaluation AssistantIndependent Office of EvaluationIFADRome, Italy
2012
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MARIA CRISTINA SPAGNOLO
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Italian
+39 06 5459 2314
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Maria Cristina has over 10 years of experience in programme administration, with particular focus on eventsorganization. She has worked in various IFAD departments and has grown professionally in IOE, which she joined in2013. She has provided support to all types of evaluations, including Corporate-level, Country-level and impactevaluations. She contributed to the organization of numerous events (in-country national workshops; internationalconferences; webinars) in various regions of the world, particularly in Asia and in Africa. She is currently supportingthe Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation team and is a firm believer that team collaboration and sharing ofknowledge are key to achieving professional goals.
12 years of experience in programme administration and events organization; of which more than 10 years as Administrative assistant in the international development sector.
8 years experience in supporting independent evaluations.
English, FrenchItalian
Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation, Sudan. IFAD. 2020.Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation, Nepal. IFAD. 2020.Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation, Burkina Faso. IFAD. 2019.Corporate level evaluation, Financial Architecture. IFAD. 2018.Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation, Angola. IFAD. 2018.Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation, Mozambique. IFAD. 2017.Corporate level evaluation, IFAD Policy for Grant Financing. IFAD. 2014.Impact evaluation, Sri Lanka. IFAD. 2013.
Bachelor, Global CommunicationsRoma Tre UniversityRome, Italy
2009Administrative Assistant and Events AssociateDino Editori and Koiné EditoriRome, Italy
2013Administrative Assistant
Independent Office of EvaluationIFAD
Rome, Italy
Administrative AssistantWest and Central Africa DivisionIFADRome, Italy2009
2010Associate Executive for External AffairsCarousel Productions Inc.Manila, Philippines
Diploma in Marketing and Business CommunicationsEuropean Institute of DesignRome, Italy
Administrative AssistantWest and Central Africa DivisionIFADRome, Italy2011
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MANUELA GALLITTO
EVALUATION ASSISTANT
Italian
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Italian multilingual executive assistant (English, French, Spanish, German speaker at level C), calm and maturedisposition, with over 20 UN experience covering progressively responsible roles at WHO (15 years), FAO (5years), and more recently at IFAD at the highest levels, i.e. Assistant to Replenishment, Office of the President andIndependent Office of Evaluation.
+20 years of working experience in travel, contracts, budget, event & book planning.
+2 years experience in project tracking and statistics.
Project Evaluation, Khatlon livelihoods support project. IFAD. 2021.Evaluation Synthesis report, Infrastructure. IFAD. 2021.Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation, Sierra Leone. IFAD. 2020.European report on preventing elder maltreatment. WHO. 2011.European report on preventing violence and knife crime among young people. WHO. 2010.
2013Research AssistantInvestment CentreFAORome, Italy
1996Freelance translatorEnglish and German
Evaluation AssistantIndependent Office of Evaluation
IFADRome, Italy
2018
Programme AssistantWHORome, Italy
1998
2012Travel Assistant Africa ServiceInvestment CentreFAORome, Italy
Secretary to Deputy and Division DirectorInvestment CentreFAORome, Italy
2013
Bachelor, Interpretation and TranslationEnglish and German Scuola Superiore per Interpreti e TraduttoriCarlo Bo Institute, Rome, Italy
+39 06 5459 2565
English, FrenchSpanish, Italian, German
Replenishment AssistantGlobal Engagement, Partnership and Resource MobilizationIFADRome, Italy
2016
2013Budget AssistantOffice of the PresidentIFADRome, Italy
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SERENA INGRATI
EVALUATION ASSISTANT
Italian
+39 06 5459 2875
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Serena is an evaluation assistant at IOE since 2020. She currently provides administrative support to the corporatelevel and thematic team. Prior to joining IOE, she worked at IFAD in the Office of Secretary as conference andlanguage services contracts assistant, and has a strong background in the organization of high-level events.
5 years of administrative experience in the UN.
5 years of administrative experience in the private sector.
English, SpanishItalian
Evaluation AssistantIndependent Office of Evaluation
IFADRome, Italy
2020
2009Contract and Language AssistantOffice of the SecretaryIFADRome, Italy
Legal AssistantRome, Italy
2013
Roma Tre University Rome, Italy
Bachelor Degree in Political ScienceRoma Tre University Rome, Italy
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Joint evaluation of UN Rome-based agency collaboration. IFAD. Forthcoming, 2021.Thematic evaluation on climate change adaptation. IFAD. Forthcoming, 2021.
2011InternshipItalian Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and CRUI Foundation Italian Consulate of IstanbulIstanbul, Turkey
MARGHERITA IOVINO
EVALUATION ASSISTANT
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Margherita graduated in International Relations and has more than six professional experience ininternational development and international relations. She enhanced her knowledge of these fields at the ItalianSociety for International Organizations, where she completed a Masters in International Relations and HumanRights Protection. Margherita initially joined IFAD as an intern in 2013 and after her working experience in theOffice of the General Counsel of the International Development Law Organization, she has come back to IFAD asEvaluation Administrative Assistant in April 2021.
6 years of working experience in international development and international relations.
6 years of working experience in administrative assistance.
Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation, Burundi. IFAD. Forthcoming, 2021Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation, Morocco. IFAD. Forthcoming, 2021Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation, Indonesia. IFAD. Forthcoming, 2022
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Luiss Guido Carli University Rome, Italy
Bachelor Degree in Political ScienceLuiss Guido Carli University Rome, Italy
Italian
+39 06 5459 2828
English, FrenchItalian,
2021Evaluation Assistant
Independent Office of EvaluationIFAD
Rome, Italy
2014InternDiplomatic Mission of Italy to the United NationsNew York, USA
InternAdministrative DepartmentIFADRome, Italy
2013
Governance and Legal Associate Office of the General CounselInternational Development Law OrganizationRome, Italy
2015
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