I am a development planner with training and research experience in development, urban planning, and policy design. My focus is to basically within urban and development planning issues that are oriented toward socio-spatial, sustainable and pro-poor development strategies that respect local context and build on local initiatives to transform societies. Previous experiences have been in the area of qualitative research, project planning, mining and livelihoods, social innovation platforms in cities, urban development policy and planning among others. Training experiences have also been acquired in sustainable development, emergency planning, crises management and urban poverty from Ghana,...