Joe Abah

Dr. Joe Abah is Country Director, Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI), an international development company that works with a wide range of clients in over 100 countries. He led several programmes for the UK Department for International Development (DFID) in Nigeria before his appointment as Director-General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms in Nigeria in 2013. His academic focus is on how organisations in dysfunctional environments can overcome institutional constraints whilst still functioning for the benefit of citizens. He holds a Ph.D. in Governance and Public Policy Analysis from the Graduate School of Governance, Maastricht University, Netherlands, where he currently serves as a Visiting Lecturer.