Deborah Kimble

Deborah Kimble has 25 years of experience in local government issues, including work as a local government official in the United States and as a technical advisor in more than 20 countries in Asia, Africa, and Europe. She specializes in the issues of governance – specifically, the structure and performance of local government – as they relate to economic growth, poverty reduction, and the democratic process. She has served as a principal advisor on USAID/USAEP projects on community-based economic development and local government in India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand as well as throughout the former Soviet Union and Southern Africa. In September 2008, Ms. Kimble took up residence in Cambodia where she will lead a UI project on sub-national democratic development.

Areas of Expertise: Local government management and governance; local economic development; human resource development; and citizen engagement.

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