47th Annual Conference and
Future Leaders Forum

June 5-8, 2011

"Building the Capacity to Transform the Food Security Landscape"

Speakers and Panelists

Melissa Brown, The World Bank

Melissa Brown is an Economist in the Africa Region Agriculture and Rural Development Unit of the World Bank. In the past year she has worked on the Bank's support to CAADP, which includes the capacity building of regional and continental African institutions financed through various Trust Funds established within the Bank. Prior to working at the World Bank she worked in the Investment Centre Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization where she focused on the design of agricultural investment operations for multilateral partners such as the World Bank and IFAD.

She holds an MPA/ID degree from Harvard Kennedy School and an undergraduate degree from New York University.