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Dennis Wood
Executive Director |
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As Executive Director of the IRIS Center, economist and lawyer Dennis Wood applies his extensive experience in the reform, design, and evaluation of policies and projects in a variety of sectors, from legislation to securities markets. He currently directs a $6.0 million Gates Foundation grant to assess the impact of microfinance innovations in multiple countries. Dr. Wood holds a JD from Harvard Law School and a PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Maryland..
Dr. Wood has also served as manager of the PPC Ideas project, providing USAID with leading expert opinion on key policy issues, the SEGIR Legal and Institutional Reform IQC, Chief of Party for a Cooperative Agreement in Bangladesh, and director of two cooperative agreements in Indonesia. As Director of Field Programs at IRIS, Dr. Wood previously oversaw projects in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union.
A dimension of many of Dr Wood’s activities has been capacity-building — enhancing the skills and the vision of participating researchers, implementing teams, and partner organizations. He brings an educator’s perspective as well as legal reform insight to his work in program design. |
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Education
JD, Harvard Law School, 1970
PhD, Agricultural and Resource Economics,
University of Maryland, 1967
BS, Agricultural and Extension Education,
Oregon State University, 1964 |
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Previous Positions
Executive Vice President, Devres, Inc.
Counsel, Purcell & Hansen
Executive Assistant to the Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs & Executive Assistant to US Deputy Secretary of State
Assistant to Director of the Office of Management & Budget
Executive Assistant to the Counselor to the President, White House |
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| Last updated on: 11/20/2009 |
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A lawyer and economist specializing in policy analysis and program design, Dr Wood has worked in 50 countries in a broad range of sectors, particularly in activities to strengthen rule of law.
E-mail: dwood@umd.edu
Location: College Park
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