Will Paxton

Background

About Will Paxton

Director of Kivu International which specialises in providing politically informed support for local partners across the policy change process - from policy influencing from outside government, to policy development and implementation inside government. • Previous experience of policy, delivery and strategy in the policy making process (as Senior Adviser on Education to the UK Prime Minister in the No. 10 Policy Unit for two years). • More than seven years supporting politically informed, locally-led development in developing countries (in Africa and South Asia), including a focus on developing and implementing successful locally led policy-influencing programmes. • Substantial country experience in: Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Egypt, and Myanmar. Also experience working in Nigeria, India, Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, and PNG. • Experience of using research to inform “coalition-based” policy influencing, including in the design and implementation of coalition-based policy influencing on economic policy issues (e.g. government debt).