DR. ALOLO ALHASSAN, Namawu

Dr. Namawu Alhassan Alolo is the Division Manager of Knowledge Management and Information Services  of the African Development Institute, African Development Bank Group. She is  a seasoned development practitioner with over 18 years of international experience in developing corporate strategies and policies, building capacities on operational programming, designing and implementing development projects, as well as teaching and research. With a PhD in Public Policy from the University of Birmingham, she led the development of two of the Bank’s three sovereign financing instruments, notably, the Bank Group Policies on Program-Based Operations (PBOs) and Results-Based Financing (RBF). The RBF instrument was the first in 30 years to be added to the Bank’s menu of financing options for sovereign operations.

Dr. Namawu A. Alolo has also played a central role in developing and implementing several key policy initiatives and innovative approaches for the Bank, such as the innovative framework on Multi-Tranche Financing (MTF) – the first of its kind in the Bank’s 60 years of operations.

Dr. Namawu A. Alolo has an established track record of effectively engaging Governments in high level policy dialogue, catalyzing policy change in a variety of challenging economic and political settings and supporting development initiatives through innovative project design. As a Country Portfolio Officer in the Sudan Country Office, for example, she coordinated the entire portfolio of 21 lending and non-lending operations close to half a billion dollars. 

She has led numerous development initiatives in diverse country settings, ranging from transition states like Sudan and Liberia to large and fast-growing economies like Egypt and Nigeria.  Prior to joining the African Development Bank Group in 2007, she worked as a Research Associate for the University of Birmingham and acted as an adviser on anti-corruption initiatives for Transparency International. She undertook substantial research on governance issues for international organizations, such as the International Council on Human Rights Policy and the former UK Department of International Affairs (DFID).