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Charles Downs is an Adjunct Professor of International Public Management at New York University and management consultant specializing in design, implementation and evaluation of international development assistance programmes.  Recent research and consulting assignments include review of UNDP capacity development efforts under projects funded by the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria; risk assessments of the UN Democracy Fund and of the Cambodian Khymer Rouge Tribunal; review of management training efforts for national managers of mine action programmes; and assistance to complete the Angola Landmine Impact Survey.

He was a staff member of the United Nations Office of Project Services, where he worked for the 15 years in a variety of project and team management positions, in the areas of public sector reform, public procurement, landmine action and emergency response.  He taught previously at Columbia University in the Urban Planning and International Affairs programs. 

Charles Downs earned his Masters and PhD degrees in City and Regional Planning at the University of California at Berkeley.