Dr. Moses Okech is an International Development professional with over 15 years of experience in research and livelihoods programming. He recently completed a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship with Northumbria University (UK) in partnership with Uganda Martyrs University (Uganda) on the collaborative Refugee Youth Volunteering Uganda (RYVU) research project. He has conducted a number of development consultancies for The World Bank, Overseas Development Institute, VSO and a host of CSOs. His professional background entails working in development and emergency programming, the private sector and academia including lecturing at Leeds Beckett University in the United Kingdom. Moses holds a PhD in Political Economy of Development from Leeds Beckett University (UK), a Masters in International Development Management from the University of Bradford (UK), a Postgraduate Diploma in Project Planning and Management from Uganda Management Institute and a BA Hons. (Social Sciences) from Makerere University. He is an Associate Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy and currently lectures at Makerere University in Uganda.