BIO

Alfred A.R. Latigo is a Ugandan who has been working since 2001 as a senior economic affairs officer on policy analysis and advocacy programme of the African Centre for Gender and Development of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The programme entails development of a strategy and tools to mainstream gender and unpaid work in national accounts, budgets, and policies, as well as evaluation of impacts of macroeconomic policies on poverty reduction, the environment, and welfare. Before joining ECA, Latigo worked for the African Biodiversity Institute for 10 years as the founder and director (1991–2000). Earlier, he worked with the Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa/United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (1977–1990). In the course of his career, Latigo has been associated with several national, regional, and international institutions in policy-related areas. These include the African Development Bank, World Bank, International Food Policy Research Institute, various United Nations agencies, national economic research institutes, and universities worldwide. He has more than 15 years of policy-related experience in environment and natural resource economics, gender and poverty reduction. His research work in these areas includes assessing costs of environmental degradation in different development sectors, gender-inclusive evaluation of impacts of policies on poverty reduction and welfare, and preparation of national time accounts and national satellite accounts of household production. He has published several papers and book chapters.