Development and Policy Dialogue: Contemporary Insights

About the Book

We live in a time when the largest numbers of people who were being lifted out of absolute poverty in a relatively short time in human history have relapsed into extreme poverty due to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). This is happening in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Pacific and Americas as well as all other parts of the globe. At this time, the understanding of Public Policy and development are enriched at an unprecedented pace. This is also the time when the once thriving economic, social, political and environmental transformations developing and developed countries experienced are being undermined by the global pandemic. The experience for developing countries to achieve prosperity through economic growth, good governance and inclusivity have gained greater attention today than ever. The desired paths and innovative approaches to harnessing public policy dialogue are even more demanding; thus, the rightful time to explore important insights about national and global development. Issues regarding aid, corruption and anti-corruption, poverty reduction, social protection, economic growth and overall sustainable development require sober reflections. Such reflections and insights must be evidence-based. To these, this book contributes. It’s therefore a compelling consensus to grab and read a copy. Don’t miss it.

About the Author

Tom Kaydor, an Assistant Professor at the IBB Graduate School of International Studies, University of Liberia, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of International Development, AME University in Liberia, is the author of “Liberian Democracy: A Critique of Checks and Balances”. He holds Master of Public Policy (MPP) specialized in Development Policy from the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Master of Arts (MA) in International Relations and Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Political Science from the University of Liberia. The former United Nations Coordination Analyst in Liberia, and former UN Coordination Adviser in Ethiopia is also author of ‘Development and Policy Dialogue: Selected Essays’. He coordinated UN support to democratic governance and state-building. Hon. Kaydor also served as Liberia’s Deputy Foreign Minister for International Cooperation and Economic Integration. In that post, he coordinated Liberia’s foreign policy, development cooperation, aid coordination, and provided policy advice to the government on Liberia’s efforts to curb extreme poverty, achieve economic growth and national development through international cooperation and democratic governance. He also served as Liberia’s Assistant Foreign Minister for Africa, Asia and the Pacific, representing Liberia’s political and diplomatic affairs in these regions. Professor Tom Kaydor, an anti-corruption activist, led Liberia’s bilateral and multilateral negotiations, regional integration processes, governance, peace and security dialogues et al. at the UN, African Union, the Economic Community for West African States, and the Mano River Union. This made me a policy maker on African and global affairs. The Political Scientist, Development Specialist and Policy Expert was Liberia’s Chief Negotiator at the eight rounds of Intergovernmental Negotiations in New York on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, now the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). There, he presented several policy papers at the High-Level Committee on the Common African Position, Group of 77 plus China, Least Developed Countries (LDCs), United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), et al. He is married to Madam Helen Garbo-Kaydor, CEO of the KONEWA Group of Investments.