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Interview Guy Jobbins - Overseas Devlopment Institute (ODI), London

June 12, 2014
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Commodities & Energy
Natural Resources
Food security
Agriculture

Interview with Guy Jobbins - International Conference on The Water-Food-Energy Nexus in Drylands: Bridging Science and Policy 11-13 June 2014, Rabat, Morocco

Speakers
Guy Jobbins
Overseas Devlopment Institute (ODI), London
Guy Jobbins is Director at Astande and a Research Associate at the ODI in London. His work ‎focuses on institutional, political and social dimensions of water security and climate resilience, ‎with a particular interest in the North Africa and West Asia regions. Previously he was a Senior ‎Research Fellow in Water Policy at the Overseas Development Institute, a Senior Programme ‎Officer with Canada’s International Development Research Centre based in Cairo, and a ‎Research Fellow at University College London ...

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