Center for International Science and Technology Policy

Alfred Watkins

Professional Biographical Data��

Alfred Watkins is the Science and Technology Program Coordinator for the World Bank and head of the World Bank���s Science, Technology and Innovation Global Expert Team.�� He is responsible for designing, developing and helping to implement the World Bank���s global STI capacity building programs or for maintaining the World Bank���s STI dialogue with G-8 governments, bilateral donors, and various multilateral and UN agencies.�� ��

Under his leadership, in December 2009 the World Bank convened a Global Forum on STI Capacity Building Partnerships for Sustainable Development.�� He is now leading the effort to prepare an Action Plan to convert the ideas discussed at the Forum into a specific policies and programs that can be financed and implemented by the World Bank, in collaboration with other development partners.�� In February 2007, he organized the World Bank���s first Global Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation Capacity Building for Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction.�� (Presentations from both Global Forums as well as Proceedings from the February 2007 Global Forum are available online at www.worldbank.org/sti .)�� In February 2005, he organized a High Level Expert Seminar in Moscow, Russia that was co-chaired by the Prime Minister of Russia and the President of the World Bank.��

In addition to these broader corporate functions, Mr. Watkins has helped to design and organize World Bank STI capacity building programs in Rwanda, Ghana, Tanzania, and The Gambia.�� Prior to assuming this assignment, Dr. Watkins helped to develop the World Bank���s S&T program in the former Soviet Union and produced S&T policy reports and project documents for Kazakhstan, Latvia, and Russia.�� Dr. Watkins also led the World Bank team that designed and implemented an innovative World Bank non-commercial risk guarantee package for the Sea Launch Commercial Space Launch project in Russia and Ukraine. ��

Prior to joining the Bank, Dr. Watkins was an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin and served as an economic advisor to several Members of Congress. ��

His recent Science and Technology publications include:��

Science, Technology and Innovation:�� Capacity Building for Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction (with Michael Ehst).�� Procedings of the World Bank Global Forum on STI Capacity Building (World Bank, 2008) (available at www.worldbank.org/sti )��

Building Science, Technology and Innovation Capacity in Rwanda:�� Developing Practical Solutions to Practical Problems (with Anubha Verma).�� (World Bank, 2008) (available at www.worldbank.org/sti )��

���Creating a 21^st Century National Innovation System for a 21^st Century Latvian Economy (with Natalia Agapitova), Policy Research Working Paper No. 3457, November 2004

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"From Knowledge to Wealth: Transforming Russian Science and Technology for a Modern Knowlege Economy," Policy Research Working Paper No. 2974, February 2003

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