James Katorobo Explained

Professor James Katorobo is a former United Nations diplomat from Uganda and a former lecturer at Makerere University in Kampala.

Katorobo was chief technical adviser at the United Nations headquarters in New York in charge of the Management, Development, and Governance Division^[1] under the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). He was also part of the UN mission of advisers in Rwanda immediately after the 1994 Rwandan genocide before moving to the United Nations in New York in 1997.

While in New York, Katorobo had a brief assignment overseeing needs and aid to Somalia during its civil war. He worked out of Nairobi, Kenya, owing to the violence in the Horn of Africa. He also worked with the UN in East Timor, and he frequently visited these two countries while stationed in New York. Katorobo obtained his doctorate degree (PhD) in African Studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1975.^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6]

Notes and References

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Web site: Public Administration and Management Innovation in Developing Countries . José Oscar Monteiro . United Nations . 11 Dec 2002 . 5 Dec 2014.
Web site: allAfrica.com: Uganda: Performance Contracts Will Not Work in the Public Service . James Katorobo . AllAfrica . 8 Apr 2011 . 5 Dec 2014.
Web site: For GMO Use in Eastern Africa, Regulation or Elimination? - Nourishing the Planet . WorldWatch Institute . 7 Dec 2010 . 5 Dec 2014.
Web site: The Study of Best Practice in Civil Service Reforms by James Katorobo - Zunia.org . Boris Demodov . Zunia.org . 25 Jul 2005 . 5 Dec 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141207083135/http://zunia.org/post/the-study-of-best-practice-in-civil-service-reforms-by-james-katorobo . 2014-12-07 .
Book: Reconstructing Public Administration After Conflict: Challenges, Practices ... - Google Books . United Nations . United Nations . 1 Apr 2010 . 9789211231823 . 5 Dec 2014.