Graham Teskey

Graham Teskey is currently Senior Adviser, Public Sector Governance at the World Bank. He is currently leading the development of the second phase of the Bank’s Governance and Anti-Corruption strategy, as well as leading a research project on state-building in fragile and conflict-affected states. Prior to joining the Bank in 2009, Graham held a series of senior positions in DFID, including Head of Governance and Social Development, Head of Research and Head of Africa Policy Department. Graham joined DFID as an economist, and enjoyed postings to the Pacific, Kenya and Uganda. Back in London from 2002, Graham was the lead contributor to the UK’s 2006 White Paper on development, entitled “Making Governance work for the Poor”. Graham spent his early career as an operational economist in Fiji and then in newly independent Vanuatu. From 1985-1993 he taught at the University of Bradford in the UK. In 1989 he took two years leave of absence to work for the Norwegian Government in south-west Tanzania. Graham has undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in economics and planning.