Cosmas Milton Obote Ochieng

Before joining the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Ochieng served as the Global Director for the Center for Equitable Development at the World Resources Institute (WRI). Prior to that he served as Director of the African Natural Resources Centre at the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Abidjan. 

A development and environment expert, Mr. Ochieng, has also held appointments with various universities, policy thinktanks and development institutions. These include as Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Development Policy at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University (US); Lecturer in Sustainable Agriculture, Land and Water at Lancaster University (UK) and Executive Director of the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) in Nairobi Kenya. 

He is also a former Technical Coordinator of the Business, Economics and Biodiversity program of IUCN’s Eastern and Southern regional office in Pretoria, South Africa and a Research Fellow with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 

Mr. Ochieng's works have been published in peer-reviewed journals, including World Development, Journal of International Economic Law, Journal of Modern African Studies and Natural Resources Forum. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Development Studies from Oxford University and a Masters in Development Studies from Cambridge University.