Raymond Renfro

Recently completed contracts with DOHWA Engineering and DevTech Systems as an economist and international development advisor to ADB and USAID. Retired from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and USAID. I worked as an Associate Supervisor for the Snohomish Conservation District near Seattle, Washington. Over 35 years of international development experience, including natural resources (water, forestry, and biodiversity); agriculture; food and nutrition security; integrated rural development; economic and financial analysis, flood control and irrigation; cost-benefit analysis; project management, design, implementation and evaluation; value-chains and farmer-agribusiness development; agricultural marketing and institutions; climate change adaptation and mitigation; education and training; renewable energy; payment for ecological services; sector analysis and policy reforms; infrastructure development; microfinance, rural banking, and financial sector analysis; private sector development; programming development assistance and proposal writing; research and extension; and capacity building and training. I have a proven record in divisional and team leadership in the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the ADB Institute (20 years), the World Bank, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (over 10 years), and private sector experience includes work with the Louis Berger Group, the Pioneer Hi-bred Seed Co., the Ford Foundation, and as a consultant. I have a PhD in economics. I have worked and lived in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, United States, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, and Yemen. I also know many languages.