Leslie Parker

Since joining the Urban Institute in June 2008, Leslie Parker has worked on the $26-million Districts That Work project in Pakistan. She is responsible for data analysis, coordination with project field staff and consultants, budget preparation and monitoring, reviewing expenditures and cost forecasts, preparing financial reports, coordinating contractual issues, proposal writing, and preparation of deliverables. Prior to joining UI, Ms. Parker worked for an environmental NGO, where she served as an outreach and development intern. She also previously held a position as a lobbying intern for a London-based international environmental network. Ms. Parker graduated from the Institute of Political Science in Aix-en-Provence, France where she majored in Comparative Politics and Latin American Studies. She is particularly interested in the comparative study of the welfare state and its place in the global economy, issues she examined while studying for a year in New Zealand.

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