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YESHUA RUSSEL

Expertise

Four areas of practice. One systems lens.

Each area addresses a different part of the same question: how institutions can turn evidence about complex systems into inclusive economic opportunity.
01

Development Strategy & Systems Change

Development programmes often struggle not for lack of ambition, but because strategy, delivery and learning sit in separate silos. The work here is to connect them — so institutions can act on evidence and adapt as conditions shift.

Capabilities

  • Programme design and strategic advisory
  • Donor-funded programme management
  • Institutional and stakeholder engagement
  • Policy engagement and programme architecture
  • Monitoring, evaluation and learning systems
  • Multi-country programme coordination
02

Digital Economies, Skills & Future of Work

Digital economies create opportunity unevenly. Training providers, employers and policymakers rarely share the same picture of demand. This work builds that shared picture — and the pathways that follow from it.

Capabilities

  • Digital economy and IT value-chain analysis
  • Labour market diagnostics and skills intelligence
  • Digital skills and workforce development
  • TVET ecosystem assessment and curriculum design
  • Employer engagement and employment pathways
  • AI, emerging technologies and workforce implications
  • Digital transformation and technology-enabled development
03

Inclusive Growth & Economic Empowerment

Inclusion fails when it is bolted on. The question is structural: which barriers — in finance, skills, markets or workplaces — keep people out, and which partnerships can remove them at scale?

Capabilities

  • Women's and youth economic empowerment
  • Disability-inclusive employment systems
  • Diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility
  • Inclusive enterprise development and market access
  • Training needs assessments and capacity development
  • Private-sector partnerships and economic participation
04

Agriculture, Climate & Sustainable Livelihoods

For millions of households, agriculture is both livelihood and climate frontline. Effective programmes link farmers and agribusinesses to markets, finance and climate-smart practice — with women and youth in view from the start.

Capabilities

  • Agricultural value-chain development
  • Climate-smart agriculture and green growth
  • Market systems analysis
  • Enterprise and livelihood development
  • Renewable energy-related development initiatives
  • Gender-responsive and inclusive programme design

Engagements

Complex assignments benefit from connected thinking.

Open to consulting engagements, strategic advisory, research assignments, programme leadership and professional collaboration.

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