Expertise:
Expertise: Sustainable Rural Development/Livelihood
Research Interest: Livelihood
Analysis, Partnership in Sustainable Rural Livelihoods, Appropriate
Technology and Institutional Capacity Assessment.
Professional/ Work Experience:
- 1978-84: Research Assistant in Appropriate technogy Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone
- 1985-1996: Executive Director Organisation for Research and Extension of Intermidiate technology (OREINT) a National NGO.
- 1996 - 2000: Graduate Student Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden.
- 2000 - 2003: Graduate Student Centre for Development Studies, Univesity of Cape Coast, Ghana.
- 2003 to date: Executive Director CESPA
Affiliation: Society for Internal Development
Geo Interest: Africa
GDN Subject Interests: Agriculture and Farming Systems | Community Based Rural Development | Rural Infrastructure | Sustainable Land Management | Natural Resources Management | Impact Evaluation | Poverty Reduction | Services and Transfers to the Poor | Decentralization | Participatory Planning | Trade Policy | Debt Relief and HIPC | Economic Growth | Growth, Investment and Savings | Taxation and Subsidies | Social Protections & Assistance | Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) | Real Estate and Land | Tourism | Strategic Urban Planning | Water Resources Management | Water and Sanitation | Irrigation | Energy Resources and Technologies | Rural and Renewable Energy | Information Systems and Technology | Research Dissemination |