Expert Connect

Green Growth Expert Connect provides policymakers direct access to world-leading technical and policy experts for quick and tailored guidance on a range of green growth topics.

The service is available, at no cost, to government agency representatives from developing countries and supporting technical institutes. To request support, simply submit a request and the GGKP will match you with a leading green growth policy expert. 

Specialised experts are available on a range of green growth topics, including fiscal reform, access to finance, indicators and metrics, natural capital approaches, sustainable trade, and government procurement. Experts will provide tailored support, including to review draft strategies, analyse policy options, share experiences from other countries, and facilitate networking.

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Zaid Asi
Green Economy and Financial Mobilization Consultant
Biography
Zaid Asi is an MBA graduate from The University of Texas-UTSA (San Antonio, TX, USA), attended the Successful Business Leadership Exchange program at the European Business School (Oestrich-Winkel, Germany), and combined this with several years of corporate and operational experience in the United States and The Middle East.; mapped across...
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Zainab Qazi
Programme Support Intern
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Biography
Zainab Qazi is a Programme Support Intern at the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership. Zainab is a Pakistani national and holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Management and a certificate in International Development Policy from Duke University.
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Zeenat Niazi
Vice-President
Development Alternatives (DA)
Biography
Zeenat Niazi, vice-president of Development Alternatives Group, has over 26 years’ experience in the social and environment development sector. She is an architect and a planner by training, with a specialization in rural habitat development issues and additional training in policy analysis and advocacy. She has over two decades of...
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Zengwei Yuan
Professor, School of the Environment
Nanjing University
Biography
As the industrial ecology programme director, Dr. Zengwei Yuan is focused on sustainability, sustainable development, and circular economy. He quantifies the pathway of materials entering, throughout, and going out an ecosystem with the method of material flow analysis and evaluates the associated impacts of human activities on the environment and...
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Zhan Feng Dong
Associate Director of the Department of Environmental Policy
Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (CAEP)
Biography
Dr. Zhanfeng Dong is currently working at the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (CAEP), directly under the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP), as the Associate Director of the Department of Environmental Policy (DEP) and Director of the Research Center for Performance Management (CEMP). He also acts as the Secretary-General of...
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Zhou Xin
Principal Policy Researcher
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Biography
Dr. Xin Zhou is the Leader of Green Economy Area and a Principal Policy Researcher at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan. Her background has more than 20 years of experience in the field of environmental policy analysis, including nearly 10 years working with IGES on sustainability policy-making...
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Žiga Žarnić
Special Advisor
Ziga Zarnic
Biography
Žiga Žarnić is Special Advisor of the Environment Directorate at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Žiga supports senior management with substantive advice on green growth, climate change economics, and green finance and investment in liaison with the OECD Secretary General’s Office. Žiga has been responsible for developing...
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Zitouni Ould-Dada
Deputy Director, Climate and Environment Division
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Biography
Dr. Ould-Dada is currently Deputy Director in the Climate and Environment Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome. Before joining FAO, he worked as Head of Technology Unit at UNEP in Paris for 5 years. Prior to that, he worked for the British Government for 15 years...
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Zlatina Loudjeva
Director, Infrastructure and Cities for Economic Development
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Biography
Zlatina Loudjeva is a Director for Infrastructure and Cities for Economic Development at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Zlatina specialises in the economic impacts of infrastructure development, including issues linked to jobs creation, gender and socio- economic impacts, governance, land rights and traditional systems. Zlatina was previously the Managing Director for the Construction...
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Zulvia Dwi Kurnaini
Deputy Director for Subsidy Policy
Biography
Zulvia Dwi Kurnaini (Anna) joined Ministry of Finance of Republic of Indonesia in 1998 as Junior Analyst. In 2007, she graduated from The University of Western Australia majoring in Economic. In 2009, she was promoted to Deputy Director for Tax Revenue Policy, position she held until 2016. From 2016 onwards...
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