Meet the Devex Authors

Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith is a land administration specialist with more than 30 years’ experience. He spent the last eight years working on land administration reform in West Africa and was land team leader for the Growth and Employment in States (GEMS3) program, funded by DFID/EU and implemented by Adam Smith International.
Andrew Steer

Andrew Steer

Andrew Steer is the president and CEO of the World Resources Institute, a global research organization that works in more than 50 countries. Steer serves on the executive board of the U.N. secretary general's Sustainable Energy For All initiative. He co-chairs the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Natural Capital and is a member of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development.
Andrew Tuimur

Andrew Tuimur

Andrew Tuimur is the chief administrative secretary at Kenya's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Irrigation and is a member of the International Livestock Research Institute Board of Trustees.
Andrew Wainer

Andrew Wainer

Andrew Wainer is director of policy research for Save the Children. He was formerly a senior immigration policy analyst at Bread for the World Institute, which provides policy analysis on hunger and strategies to end it. He has also worked as a journalist and social researcher in Latin America and the United States. Andrew’s research and journalism has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal, among other publications. He holds a master’s degree in Latin American studies from UCLA and is fluent in Spanish and proficient in Portuguese.
Andrew Watson

Andrew Watson

Andrew Watson is managing director for environment and health at DAI. An 18-year veteran of the organization, he was DAI's chief of party on the USAID Morocco Economic Competitiveness Program and has been involved in similar long-term development initiatives in Madagascar and Malawi.
Andrew White

Andrew White

Andrew White has been the country director for Bridge International Academies since the company launched in Uganda in 2014. Andrew has worked in the nonprofit and social impact sectors in Uganda for more than seven years, focusing on education, enterprise and agriculture. He holds a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and prior to working in Uganda, lived and worked in Malawi, Swaziland and Zambia.
Andrew Young

Andrew Young

Andrew Young is knowledge director at The GovLab. He is co-author with Stefaan G. Verhulst of a new report, “Open Data in Developing Economies: Toward Building an Evidence Base on What Works and How.”
Andrew Zapfel

Andrew Zapfel

Andrew Zapfel is a senior associate for health at Palladium. His work primarily focuses on health system strengthening, particularly in the areas of policy, advocacy and governance.
Andrew  Scott

Andrew Scott

Andrew Scott is a research fellow for climate and environment at the Overseas Development Institute. Andrew’s main research interests are energy access for poverty reduction and the role of energy in sustainable livelihoods and in the transition to low-carbon development pathways. His educational background is in economics but has worked across the social sciences.
Andria Thomas

Andria Thomas

Andria Thomas is an associate partner at Dalberg. Before joining Dalberg, she worked with the Boston Consulting Group in their Financial Services practice from their Chicago and Helsinki offices, as well as with numerous technology startups. She was also a Peace Corps volunteer in Namibia.