Formulation and implementation of policy and institutions in support of sustainable national and regional development; Development and implementation of disaster management and humanitarian aid programs; Assessment and mitigation of social, cultural and environmental impacts of resource development; Integration of disenfranchised groups into economic development decision making and planning; Regional, national and project level assessment of social risks and resilience.
Project Manager of the Natural Disaster Policy, Legislation and Management Project and Senior Development Consultant to the Pacific Disaster Center. Founder and former director general of the International Institute for Resource Development and Chief, Office of Resource Analysis of the U.S. Geological Survey. Consultant for the Agency for International Development, World Bank, Asian Development Bank and United Nations. Has worked directly in more than 90 countries. Author/co-author of more than 250 publications, convenor of more than 50 international conferences and training programs, and consultant to numerous national and international aid agencies and private industry. Post-graduate studies in mineral economics, Stanford University. Affiliate Graduate Faculty, University of Hawaii.
Publications:
- Social, Cultural and Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters
- Poverty Issues in the Context of an Evolving Asia
- Structural Reform of the Mining Industry in Asia and the Pacific Region
- Managing Minesite and Local Community Issues--The New Reality of Mineral Development