Population and Development

International expert advisory panel PopDev

Chair
Dr. Rachel Nugent
Senior Health Program Associate, Center for Global Development Washington, USA
Key scientific expertise: Economy, policy analysis

Members
Dr. Kofi Awusabo-Asare
Professor at Dept of Geography and Tourism and past dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Key scientific expertise: Demography, sociology

Dr. Murray Leibbrandt
Professor in Economics, Director Southern Africa Labour & Development Research Unit (SALDRU), University of Cape Town, South Africa
Key scientific expertise: Economy

Dr. Cheikh Mbacke
Senior Advisor (consultant), Dakar, Senegal
Key scientific expertise: Demography

Dr. Charlotte Watts
Professor in Gender, Violence and Health; Head Policy Unit Dept of Public Health, LSHTM, United Kingdom
Key scientific expertise: Public health, epidemiology

Note: For the full proposal stage Dr. Murray Leibbrandt has succeeded Dr. Robert Eastwood (economist, University of Sussex, UK) who has been involved as a member in the pre-proposal stage.