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Michael Wales
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
Investment Centre
Principal Adviser
Italy
Short biographic note
- Principal Adviser in the FAO Investment Centre
- Over 35 years experience in development, including 17 years in the field in countries in eastern and southern Africa, including time as an out-posted World Bank staff member in Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Ethiopia, and field time in South America
- Main expertise in agricultural and rural development, with a lot of attention to the countries of the Horn of Africa
- Has led a large number of missions on sector studies, project identification and preparation work for World Bank, African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank and IFAD in many parts of Africa and Asia
- At present, responsible for managing the strategic planning of the Investment Centre, in particular strengthening capacity to work with the private sector and skills in public financial management for the agriculture sector
- Also co-chair of the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD), aimed at enhancing aid effectiveness
Contact
Michael L. Wales
Principal Adviser
FAO Investment Centre
viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome
Italy
T: +3906 57055432
F: +3906 57054657
partners: 
European Commission. Directorate General Development and Relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific States | Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations | Global Donor Platform for Rural Development | Department for International Development (DFID), UK | Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany | Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland | Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France | Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Development Cooperation, The Netherlands | Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Switzerland | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) | Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Germany | InWEnt Capacity - Building International, Germany
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