Development response to organized crime: Perspectives from the UK and the US
A Talk by Brooke Stearns Lawson PhD , Jonathan Bhalla , Phyllis Dininio , Sasha Jesperson and Simon Mills
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About this Talk
This panel brings together researchers and government officials from the United Kingdom and the United States to discuss their respective approaches to organised crime analysis and organised crime sensitivity, with a particular focus on how this can and should inform efforts to tackle organized crime, with presentations from the lead researchers on recent publications including: development impacts of SOC and what works in tackling SOC and Technical Guidance on the Development Response to Organized Crime. This would be followed by a discussion of how this research can, is, and should inform related policy discussions by representatives from FCDO and USAID.
About The Speakers
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Brooke Stearns Lawson PhD
Senior Conflict, Governance and Crime Advisor, USAID
Research, policy and programming expert on anti-corruption, transnational organized crime, conflict and critical minerals, and private sector engagement
Jonathan Bhalla
Governance Adviser, UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office
Governance Adviser for the UK FCDO working on Serious and Organised Crime
Phyllis Dininio
Technical Director, Management Systems International
Development practitioner who has led research and published extensively on organized crime and corruption including technical guidance for leading international donor organizations
