DR. MOSES OKECH (PhD)

VSLA Advisor

Doctoral DegreeLeeds Beckett University

Uganda

Summary

Moses Okech is an International Development Specialist and comes with over 16 years’ experience and profound expertise in livelihoods, financial inclusion (VSLA Methodology and Banking); market systems and agricultural value chain development; digital finance; monitoring and evaluation; project planning and management, Teaching and research. Most recent research conducted include; (i) Volunteering through skills acquisition and employability by refugee youth in Uganda; (ii) Market System Assessment on Household Resilience and Economic Recovery for ACDI/VOCA’s Resilience Wealth Agriculture and Nutrition in Uganda (RWANU) programme in Karamoja; (iii).Agricultural Value Chain Assessment for Rice, Maize and Soybean in Eastern Uganda for GIZ and (iv) Three studies on (a) Backsliding, Resilience and Sustainable Poverty Reduction in Uganda; (b) Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED); and (c) Policy guide on social protection to prevent impoverishment, for the Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (CPAN) for Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London. Regional Research Experience: Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan and the United Kingdom. Presented Research Papers in Uganda, United Kingdom, Tanzania, Germany and Switzerland.

Experience

  • development
  • research & development
  • capacity building
  • tertiary education
  • monitoring / evaluation
  • ford foundation
  • uganda
  • united kingdom
  • united states
  • kenya
  • germany
  • Sectors
  • Funders
  • Countries

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