Jyotsna Puri (Jo)

Dr Jo Puri is the Head of GCF's Independent Evaluation Unit. She has 23 years' experience in evaluating research in agriculture, environment, health and infrastructure related poverty alleviation. Jo has worked for the World Bank, UNDP, UNEP and the International Initiative of Impact Evaluation (3ie). She has published several books and written extensively. She is also Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, USA and research fellow at the Centre for Evaluation and Development (C4ED). She also sits on the boards of International Center for Evaluation and Development (ICED) and the Humanitarian Quality Assurance Initiative (HQAI). Jo has a Ph.D. and an M.Sc. in agriculture and resource economics and a Masters in Development Economics.