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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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Edward B. Barbier
University Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics
Colorado State University
Senior Scholar
School of Global Environmental Sustainability
Biography
Edward B. Barbier is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Economics, Colorado State University and a Senior Scholar in the School of Global Environmental Sustainability. He is a highly cited scholar on global environmental and sustainability issues and has written extensively on green economy issues. Professor Barbier’s books...
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Edward Glaeser
Professor, Harvard University
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Edward Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1992. He regularly teaches microeconomics theory, and occasionally urban and public economics. He has served as Director of the Taubman Center for State and...
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Edward Nicholas
Project Manager, ISLANDS Pacific Child Project (PMIPCP)
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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Edward Perry
Analyst, Biodiversity, Land Use and Ecosystems
Edward Perry
Biography
Edward Perry is an analyst in the Biodiversity, Land Use and Ecosystems team of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). His work covers issues such as biodiversity finance, mainstreaming biodiversity across policy areas, and designing effective policy instruments. Edward’s previous roles include Special Advisor to the OECD Environment...
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Edwin Muchapondwa
Senior Research Fellow
Environment for Development Initiative (EfD)
Professor
University of Cape Town
Biography
Edwin Muchapondwa is a Professor of Economics at the University of Cape Town and a Senior Research Fellow of the EfD Initiative. He is also a Guest Professor at Luleå University of Technology in Sweden. His research deals with biodiversity conservation; community-based natural resource management; transboundary natural resources and valuation...
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Edwin Van der Werf
Assistant Professor of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Wageningen University
Biography
Dr. Edwin van der Werf is Assistant Professor of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics at Wageningen University, the Netherlands. He holds a MSc. in Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam and a PhD in Economics from Tilburg University (CentER, 2008). Edwin is a CESifo Research Network Fellow since 2008. He has...
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Eileen Tipoe
Fellow Researcher
University of Oxford
Biography
Eileen Tipoe is a Fellow in Economics at the University of Oxford, having joined the department in 2017 upon completing her DPhil. Her research area is applied microeconomics, focusing on revealed preference and welfare analysis. She is currently working on interpersonal comparability of subjective wellbeing reports, and gender differences in...
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Ekhosuehi Iyahen
Secretary General
Insurance Development Forum (IDF)
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Biography
Ekhosuehi Iyahen is the Secretary General of the Insurance Development Forum (IDF) which is a public-private partnership led by the insurance industry and supported by the World Bank and the United Nations, aiming to enhance the use of insurance to build greater resilience against disasters and to help achieve the...
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Ela Mesinovic
Research Intern
Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP)
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Ela is a research intern at GGKP, based in the Geneva office. She hold's a Bachelor's Degree from Ludwig-Maximilian's University in Munich and is currently finishing her Master's Degree in "Politics and Technology" at the Technical University of Munich. Prior to working at GGKP, she worked as a research assisstant...
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Eleanor Bell
Private Sector Development Specialist, Donor Committee for Enterprise Development
Biography
Eleanor Bell is a Private Sector Development Specialist at the Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (DCED), a unique global forum of 23 bilateral and multilateral agencies which is the leading source of knowledge for Private Sector Development. She coordinates the DCED’s Green Growth Working Group, which aims to generate evidenced-based...
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