Justin Kagin

Dr. Justin Kagin holds a Ph.D. in agricultural economics and has over 19 years of experience in developing countries. As founder and CEO of Kagin’s Consulting, he has managed and worked on numerous agricultural, social protection, and other poverty alleviation projects. He has worked extensively in Sub-Saharan Africa and around the world with clients ranging from UN agencies (UNFAO, UNDP, UNICEF, UNILO, and the World Bank), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, Universities, NGOs and government ministries.

He is also the co-founder and director of the Economics, Diplomacy and Integrity Forum, a program of the non-profit Forum for Leadership and Reconciliation that began in 2006, in the countries of the Balkans (Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo, Montegro, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania) and expanded to other countries such as Israel, Costa Rica, and the US.