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Sam Bickersteth is chief executive of the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN). He is an agricultural economist by training, who has worked in research, programme, policy and management positions for DFID, Oxfam, the European Commission, and the Natural Resources Institute. He has held long-term posts in Sudan, Pakistan, Nepal, Mozambique and Bolivia.
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