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Stephen N. Ndegwa is the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Country Director for Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. Stephen is responsible for leading the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳¡¯s program and staff across twelve countries, with more than 80 projects and operations, totaling approximately US$2 billion in support to PNG and the Pacific Islands region.

Prior to joining the Pacific team, Mr. Ndegwa was the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳¡¯s Country Manager for Serbia, and before that, Operations Manager responsible for the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ program in Afghanistan. Between 2011 and 2014, he was Adviser with Operations?Policy and Country Services based at the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳'s Center?on Conflict, Security and Development and he was a?member of the core team writing the on?conflict, security and development.

Mr. Ndegwa joined the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ in 2002 as Young Professional and has since worked on governance, political economy, and public sector capacity building?across several regions. He has served as a Lead Specialist in the?Governance Global Practice and has worked on programs in the Africa,?Latin America, Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia and Pacific regions.

Prior to joining the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, Mr. Ndegwa was Associate Professor of Government at The College?of William and Mary (Virginia, USA, 1994-2002). In 2010, he was a Rice Family Faculty?Fellow at Yale University and a non-resident Visiting Fellow at the National Endowment for?Democracy (Spring 2011). He is the author or editor of several books and his research articles?have appeared in leading journals including award-winning work in the American Political?Science Review.

Mr. Ndegwa, a dual-Kenyan and US national, holds a PhD in political science and public policy from Indiana University (USA, 1993).

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