Cristina D'Alessandro is Professor at Sciences-Po, France. She holds a PhD in Geography from the Universite Francois Rabelais de Tours, France. Her research focuses on politics and institutional capacity building in Africa. She has been working as an external consultant for the African Capacity Building Foundation since 2011.
Kobena T. Hanson is Head of Knowledge & Learning, ACBF, Zimbabwe. He holds a PhD from Queen's University, Canada. He has published widely on livelihood strategies and social networking in top-tier journals. His recent publications include Rethinking Development Challenges for Public Policy (with George Kararach and Tim Shaw, 2012).
Francis Y. Owusu is Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Community and Regional Planning, Iowa State University, USA. He holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Minnesota, USA. He has published extensively on development policy in Africa, public sector capacity building, urban development and livelihood issues, and HIV/AIDS.
