The conversation will centre around the pressing needs of adaptation and social protection, both integral for survival and resilience in these regions. The speakers will discuss the need for research and innovative strategies promoting sustainable livelihoods and diversification of jobs, highlighting policy interventions that fortify the most vulnerable against escalating climate shocks.
Meet our speakers and chair
Oriana Bandiera () is a research programme director for the IGC State research programme and a member of the IGC Steering Group. She is also Professor of Economics at LSE and Director of STICERD.
Chipokota Mwanawasa () is the Policy Advisor to the President of Zambia, His Excellency Hakainde Hichilema, and also serves as the Deputy Head of the Presidential Delivery Unit. Ms Mwanawasa was educated at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she received an MSc in Public Policy.
Asif Saleh () is the Executive Director of BRAC. He has a multi-sectoral experience in senior leadership roles in private, public, and non-government arenas. Before joining BRAC, he was a policy specialist for the Prime Minister’s Office’s Access to Information (A2i) programme.
Ali Sarfraz () is Pakistan's ambassador/permanent representative to the World Trade Organisation based in Geneva. Prior to that, he was Chairman of Punjab's Planning & Development Department. He has previously held many portfolios in the provincial government as secretary of the department of Industries, Labor and Food. He was also the CEO of the Punjab Skills Development Fund, Pakistan's largest skills development fund and Karandaz, another multimillion dollar fund focusing on SMEs, Fintechs and women owned businesses, and innovations in digital financial services. He has an MBA from INSEAD.
Jonathan Leape is Executive Director of the IGC. He is Associate Professor of Economics at LSE. He was the founding Director of the Centre for Research into Economics and Finance in Southern Africa, which was established at LSE in 1990 as an initiative of the Commonwealth Heads of Government to support the democratic transition in South Africa.
More about this event
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The (), () and () within the LSE Department of Economics is convening the second at LSE on 11-14 September 2023. Working with partners at the School and across the world we want to use Environment Week to encourage economists from all fields of economics to work on environmental issues and to connect this work to policy change.
This is one of three public events during LSE Environment Week, the others are:
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