Visiting Faculty & Fellows
Environmental Impact Planning in Sub Saharan Africa
Kakonge_Africe_EIA_Assessment.pdf
Kakonge_Africe_EIA_Assessment.pdf
Dr. John O. Kakonge
Visiting Associate Research Scholar
2005-2006
Over the last twenty-five years, Dr. John Kakonge has had a long and distinguished career with UNDP. For some twelve of those years, he was a UNDP Resident Representative and UN Resident Coordinator, first in Lesotho, then Liberia, and most recently in the Gambia. During his career, he has also worked for the UNDP in Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Malawi and at the organization's New York headquarters.
Dr. Kakonge comes from Kenya, where he began his academic career with a degree in Geography Honors from the University of Nairobi. Since then he has gained a Ph.D. in African studies from Howard University, USA, and an M. Phil from Cambridge University, UK. Dr. Kakonge was for some time a research fellow at Oxford University, where he did work on the environmental impact assessment of refugee projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. During the 2005 academic year, Dr. Kakonge was on sabbatical as an Associate Research Scholar at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. Currently, he is the Officer in Charge with UNDP Rwanda. Throughout his career, Dr. Kakonge has maintained a strong interest in environmental impact assessment and sustainable development issues. He has published and co-authored articles and book chapters relating to other environmental concerns, including traditional environmental approaches, trans-boundary environmental issues, and the application of chaos theory to environmental issues.
Visiting Associate Research Scholar
2005-2006
Over the last twenty-five years, Dr. John Kakonge has had a long and distinguished career with UNDP. For some twelve of those years, he was a UNDP Resident Representative and UN Resident Coordinator, first in Lesotho, then Liberia, and most recently in the Gambia. During his career, he has also worked for the UNDP in Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Malawi and at the organization's New York headquarters.
Dr. Kakonge comes from Kenya, where he began his academic career with a degree in Geography Honors from the University of Nairobi. Since then he has gained a Ph.D. in African studies from Howard University, USA, and an M. Phil from Cambridge University, UK. Dr. Kakonge was for some time a research fellow at Oxford University, where he did work on the environmental impact assessment of refugee projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. During the 2005 academic year, Dr. Kakonge was on sabbatical as an Associate Research Scholar at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. Currently, he is the Officer in Charge with UNDP Rwanda. Throughout his career, Dr. Kakonge has maintained a strong interest in environmental impact assessment and sustainable development issues. He has published and co-authored articles and book chapters relating to other environmental concerns, including traditional environmental approaches, trans-boundary environmental issues, and the application of chaos theory to environmental issues.
