Krishna Belbase

UNICEF

Date of birth

Profile

Krishna P. Belbase is a Senior Evaluation Advisor and independent consultant with extensive experience in monitoring, evaluation, results-based management, development planning, nutrition, food security, social policy and programme evaluation. He served with UNICEF for over two decades in senior technical and leadership positions, including Senior Evaluation Officer at UNICEF Headquarters in New York and Regional Chief of Monitoring, Evaluation and Social Policy for the Middle East and North Africa. He has provided technical advice and evaluation support to UNICEF, FAO, WFP and other international organizations. His work spans evaluation design and management, policy research, capacity development, humanitarian response and development programming

Experience

August 2017–Present: Senior Evaluation Advisor / Consultant (Independent), providing technical guidance, applied research, evaluation, capacity development and networking support to international and development organizations, including CGIAR, Nutrition International, FAO, UNICEF and WFP.

November 2007–June 2017: Senior Evaluation Officer, Evaluation Office, UNICEF, New York, with leadership, managerial and technical responsibilities for major global and multi-country evaluations, evaluation policy, quality assurance, evaluation capacity and results-based management.

2003–2007: Regional Chief of Monitoring, Evaluation and Social Policy, UNICEF Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa, Amman, providing regional leadership and technical guidance across 22 countries.

1998–2003: Advisor, Nutrition Section, UNICEF Programme Division, New York, responsible for technical guidance, capacity development and partnerships related to nutrition programmes and information systems.

1996–1998: Programme Officer – Nutrition, UNICEF Pakistan. 1991–1996: Programme Officer – Household Food Security and Nutrition, UNICEF Botswana. Earlier positions include Assistant Professor at Hobart and William Smith Colleges; Principal Investigator and Research/Teaching Assistant at Cornell University; Instructor and Research/Teaching Assistant at Southern Illinois University; Project Monitoring Specialist with USAID Nepal; Research Assistant at the Centre for Economic Development and Administration, Nepal; and Field Supervisor with New Era Consulting Firm.

Institutional Affilation

Independent Senior Evaluation Advisor / ConsultantCommunity of Evaluators, Nepal – AdvisorCommunity of Evaluators, Nepal – Former Board Member

Core Areas of Expertise and Experience

  • Monitoring and Evaluation

  • Evaluation Design and Management

  • Results-Based Management (RBM)

  • Development Planning

  • Nutrition and Food Security

  • Social Policy

  • Policy Research and Analysis

  • Programme Planning and Management

  • Capacity Development and Training

  • HumanitarianandEmergencyProgrammeEvaluation

Areas of Interest for contributions

  • Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

  • Results-Based Management and Evaluation Systems

  • Nutrition, Food Security and Social Protection

  • DevelopmentPolicy,PlanningandCapacityDevelopment

Academic Qualification

Ph.D. (1991) – Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA; Agricultural Economics, International Nutrition and Development Planning. Dissertation: Agricultural Technology, Income and Nutrition: A Study of Farm Households in the Hills of Nepal.

M.S. (1983) – Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, USA; Economics, Development Economics and Environmental Economics.

Dynamic Leadership Certificate Program (2013) – Harvard Business Group, USA.

WhataUnitedNationsEvaluatorNeedstoKnow?(2008) –UN System Staff College, Turin, Italy.

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