Reclaiming the streets: Why we must put children at the heart of road safety efforts worldwide
Over 600 children and young people die in road crashes across the world each day. We need to work together to put children at the heart of road safety.
1983, BA (Hons) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Oxford; 1985, MA in Area Studies, Economics and Regional Planning, University of London; studies in Development Economics and Policy, German Development Institute, Berlin; 1997, World Bank Executive Development Programme, Harvard. 1986-88, Technical Adviser, GTZ, Pakistan/Germany; 1988-91, Policy Adviser, Office for Corporate Strategy and Development Policy, GTZ; 1991-95, Programme Coordinator, IUCN, Southern Africa; 1995-98, Senior Policy Adviser, Global Policy Unit, IUCN, Washington DC; 1998, Chief Technical Adviser, Mekong River Commission, GTZ, Viet Nam; 1998-2001, Secretary-General, World Commission on Dams, South Africa; 2001-06, Director-General, IUCN-World Conservation Union, Switzerland; 2006-16, UN Undersecretary-General and Executive Director, UNEP; 2016-17, Director, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford; since 2017, Administrator, UN Development Programme.
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