Monitoring, Evaluating, and Improving

Dr. Samuel Taddesse graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, the Wharton School in 1975, with a Ph.D. in applied economics and finance. He has worked as an assistant professor of finance at the City University of New York, as a senior economist in the Banking Studies Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and as District Manager and a divestiture planner and organization developer with AT&T. Since 1989, he has worked with numerous consulting firms to design, implement, and evaluate a range of programs funded by the United States Agency for International Development, the World Bank, the United Nations, the United Kingdom's Department for International Development, and the European Union.Over the past seven years, he worked in Ethiopia with teams that provided technical assistance on tax policy formulation, tax administration, and anti-corruption. He is also the author of "Monitoring, Evaluating, and Improving: An Evidence-Based Approach to Achieving Development Results that Matter!" and "Social Accountability in Ethiopia: Establishing Collaborative Relationships between Citizens and the State."