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Susan Ulbæk

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Susan Ulbæk has more than 30 years of experience with development – having been engaged in developing and delivering development assistance as an employee of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the World Bank. She held positions as Head of Department Asia and Latin America; Under-secretary Multilateral Affairs, Under-secretary Africa, Americas, Asia, and Middle East; Ambassador Global Challenges and Climate; Head of Evaluation and Research. In the World Bank she held positions as Economist and Executive Director.

In the past 2 years after joining PEM, Susan has been team-leader and team member of several complex evaluations in diverse areas such as international cooperation between EU and UN, policy dialogue, markets systems development, and climate change adaptation drawing on her broad experience in international cooperation, evaluation, and development economics.

Phone+45 29 77 62 25
Mail: su@pem.dk
EDUCATION
  • Master Sc. (Economics), University of Copenhagen (1981-87)
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
  • Policy and strategy development – from analysis to policy/strategy formulation, incl. country strategies and thematic strategies. Review and adaptation of strategies in light of changing circumstances to deliver better on overall objectives.
  • Development impact, incl. programming, monitoring and reviews, evaluation
  • Evaluation – strategy, thematic and country evaluations as team leader, and team member as well as a manager of evaluations
  • Development economics, inter alia sustainable green growth and climate change, private sector development, equitable growth
  • Aid delivery: aid coordination, aid systems, structures, and modalities incl. blended finance and management of aid in political environments