Public Finance ( 10 years )
Name
Dr. Leordo MenchiniBiography
I am currently, Advisor for Monitoring Child Rights at the UNICEF Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa, responsible for the regional data and research work, and child poverty analysis. In 2018-19, I have been Chief Technical Advisor at the ILO Decent Work Team for North Africa, managing a project on "Advancing the Decent Work Agenda in North Africa". Between October 2011 and April 2018, I have been, respectively, the chief of the Social Policy Programme at UNICEF Egypt and Morocco, where I supervised the work of the office on child poverty, social protection for children and decentralization. Previously – between 2000 and 2011 – I was a researcher at the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, where I contributed and coordinated research on child poverty and wellbeing and social policy in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, OECD countries and West African countries, including for the office’s flagship series Innocenti Social Monitors and Report Cards. I hold a PhD in Development Economics.
Qualifications
Doctorate, University of Florence (Italy) - Department of EconomicsCurrent or most recent Employer
Chief Technical Advisor
Intertiol Labour Office - Decent Work Team for North Africa
Time in Post - 1
Organisation Type: Intergovernmental organisation
Regional Expertise
Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia,
Disciplinary or professional background
Development Studies, Development (applied), Economics, Social/Public Policy
Contact Info
lmenchini@unicef.org
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Current Areas of Policy Interest
Public Policy ( 15 years )
Family policy
Social protection
Economic development ( 20 years )
Other macroeconomic issues ( 2 years )
Work relates to groups
Children ( 20 years )
Youth ( 20 years )
Areas of Policy Interest over the last ten years
Areas of Policy Interest researched, programmes designed and/or delivered in the last ten years
Public Policy
Poverty/deprivation reduction
Poverty/deprivation measurement
Inequality
Governance (Local & Decentralization)
Social protection
Engagement
Academic publications
Academic conferences
Radio
Television
Policy Reports
Policy Briefs