George Kararach

Background

About George Kararach

An experienced and numerate graduate with an outstanding background in policy analysis, development economics, strategic planning, working with multilateral development banks including the African Development Bank; establishing, monitoring and evaluating projects; a very effective communicator, both verbally and in writing, who leads and trains a team within the provisions of a program; a resourceful, positive-thinking person who is diplomatic, tactful under pressure and can liaise with people with various backgrounds producing amicable solutions to problems. I have a good understanding of donor fund raising and the UN system as well as the operational activities of other agencies such as the African Capacity Building Foundation and the African Development Bank. I have also worked with fragile states and in an unstable environment. I am also widely published. My most recent books include: Development Policy in Africa: Mastering the Future?(Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), Development in Africa: Refocusing the Lens after the Millennium Development Goals (Policy Press, with Besada, H. and Shaw, T.M.(eds), 2015), Economic Management under Hyperinflationary Environment: The Political Economy of Zimbabwe, 1980-2008 (Oxford University Press, with Raphael Otieno (eds), 2016); Structural Change in Africa: Misperceptions, New Narratives and Development in the 21st Century (Routledge, with Carlos Lopes, 2019); Disruptions and Rhetoric in African Development Policy (Routledge, 2022); The Political Economy of Global Manufacturing, Business and Finance (Palgrave Macmillan, with Mike Tribe, 2023).