NYU Wagner

Leonardo G. Romeo is Managing Director of Local Development International (LDI) s.a.s, an international development consulting firm and Adjunct Professor of Planning at NYU Wagner. 

In 2007 he retired as Principal Technical Adviser for Local Development Planning with the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), after a career of 30 years dedicated to building local/municipal governments’ capacity and designing, managing and evaluating urban and rural infrastructure projects in developing countries.

His research, teaching and consulting work covers public sector decentralization reforms, local government planning/budgeting processes and investment projects planning and analysis in developing economies. Mr. Romeo holds a Dott.Arch. degree in Urban and Regional Planning (University of Venice, Italy) and a M.Sc.in Civil Engineering (Columbia University, New York, USA).