Michele Clara

Michele Clara is head of the Policy Team in the Research and Policy Advice Division at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the UN specialized agency for industrial development. Before joining UNIDO in 2000, Mr. Clara received his doctorate in Economic Development from the University of Cambridge in 1998.  At UNIDO, he worked for a decade as an industrial development officer on technical cooperation projects in SME clusters and value chain development.  He frequently serves as an adviser to the governments of developing countries and transition economies on issues of sustainable and inclusive industrial development.