Tom Kaydor, an Assistant Professor at the IBB Graduate School of International Studies, University of Liberia, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of International Development, AME University i...показать большеTom Kaydor, an Assistant Professor at the IBB Graduate School of International Studies, University of Liberia, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of International Development, AME University in Liberia, is the author of “Liberian Democracy: A Critique of Checks and Balances”. He holds Master of Public Policy (MPP) specialized in Development Policy from the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Master of Arts (MA) in International Relations and Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Political Science from the University of Liberia.
The former United Nations Coordination Analyst in Liberia, and former UN Coordination Adviser in Ethiopia is also author of ‘Development and Policy Dialogue: Selected Essays’. He coordinated UN support to democratic governance and state-building. Hon. Kaydor also served as Liberia’s Deputy Foreign Minister for International Cooperation and Economic Integration. In that post, he coordinated Liberia’s foreign policy, development cooperation, aid coordination, and provided policy advice to the government on Liberia’s efforts to curb extreme poverty, achieve economic growth and national development through international cooperation and democratic governance. He also served as Liberia’s Assistant Foreign Minister for Africa, Asia and the Pacific, representing Liberia’s political and diplomatic affairs in these regions.
Professor Tom Kaydor, an anti-corruption activist, led Liberia’s bilateral and multilateral negotiations, regional integration processes, governance, peace and security dialogues et al. at the UN, African Union, the Economic Community for West African States, and the Mano River Union. This made me a policy maker on African and global affairs.
The Political Scientist, Development Specialist and Policy Expert was Liberia’s Chief Negotiator at the eight rounds of Intergovernmental Negotiations in New York on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, now the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). There, he presented several policy papers at the High-Level Committee on the Common African Position, Group of 77 plus China, Least Developed Countries (LDCs), United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), et al. He is married to Madam Helen Garbo-Kaydor, CEO of the KONEWA Group of Investments.показать меньше