Jeff Dorsey's Page

What motivated you (or your organization) to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?

I've come to the conclusion after work in countries and areas affected by conflict from Aceh and Myanmar to Angola and Sierra Leone and northern Uganda that conflict is a major cause of poverty and underdevelopment. Its resolution should be a primary focus of development professionals.

Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)

I started my development career establishing a rural electrification program with the Agrarian Reform Corporation in Chile, studied ag economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and then worked as a development professional with bilateral and UN agencies, USAID and NGOs around the world. I became interested in conflict and its relationship to development in Sierra Leone and have continued to expand on this interest through work in Uganda and Lusophone Africa.

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise

Aceh-Indonesia, Angola, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast),
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Italy, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, São Tomé e Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Thailand, Uganda, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?

USA

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?

Team leader of growth corridor study in Ethiopia (GOE/World Bank-funded

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)

http://www.up.ligi.ubc.ca/economic%20cost%20of%20conflict%20final%2...

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?

Conflict Resolution, Development

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?

Evaluation, Program Design, Research

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?

I am interested in land and other resource access issues as primary causes of conflicts. I am particularly interested in development processes in the wake of resolution of conflicts in northern Uganda and elsewhere.

If appropriate feel free to list several of your (or your organization's) publications

The Net Economic Cost of the Conflict in the Acholiland Sub-Region of Uganda, commissioned by Civil Society Organisations for Peace in Northern Uganda (CSOPNU), Kampala, September 2002, co-authored with Steven Opeitum.