Dr Bruno Losch, lead political economist at Cirad, UMR Art-Dev and co-director of the Center for the Study of Governance Innovation  (GovInn), based at the University of Western Cape, South Africa

Over the last three years, Bruno Losch has been working with NEPAD (Rural Futures Program), OECD, UNDP,  AfDB (Africa Economic Outlook 2015), and ILO (emplyment in Africa).

He joined the World Bank between 2005-2011 where he led the RuralStruc Program on structural transformation & rural change - a joint initiative of the World Bank, IFAD, and the french government. Previously, he was a visiting scholar at the Institute of International Studies (University of California-Berkeley), and in charge of Cirad's Family Agriculture Program (1998-2002).