Alina Rocha-Menocal
Originally from Mexico, Alina Rocha Menocal is an internationally recognised expert on politics and governance with more than two decades of experience working to bridge the gap between research and policy in thinking about governance from a political economy perspective, as well as to inform more effective engagement and ways of working among international development actors in developing country settings. Her areas of expertise include democracy/ democratisation and the challenges of multiple dimensions of institutional transformation; political settlements and the politics of inclusion; state- and peace-building and (post-)conflict trajectories; conflict and fragility; women’s empowerment; citizen voice and accountability; and corruption and anti-corruption efforts.
Alina is the Director of the Thinking and Working Politically Community of Practice (TWP CoP) and Principal at TPP. From 2016 to 2020, she was Senior Democracy Fellow in Applied Political Economy Analysis (PEA) at USAID. Until June 2022, she was a Principal Research Fellow on politics and governance at the global affairs think tank ODI, which she joined in 2005.
Alina has led formative reviews and evaluations on democracy, inclusion, and governance more broadly and is currently co-leading a process of developing guidance for FCDO on how the UK can support democratic governance more effectively across a variety of levers and cross-government efforts. This work has included developing a conceptual framework for what democratic governance means for FCDO/HMG and testing that framework in a variety of country offices across regions (eg Cambodia, Indonesia, Kosovo, Sierra Leone).
Alina has also worked closely with a variety of other international development actors on how they can think in more politically aware ways and work differently, including developing guidance and training courses on TWP for organisations like UNDP, Global Affairs Canada, and USAID.
She has published extensively on all these issues and holds a Masters and MPhil with a focus on democracy and political and economic development from Columbia University.
Alina Rocha-Menocal
Originally from Mexico, Alina Rocha Menocal is an internationally recognised expert on politics and governance with more than two decades of experience working to bridge the gap between research and policy in thinking about governance from a political economy perspective, as well as to inform more effective engagement and ways of working among international development actors in developing country settings. Her areas of expertise include democracy/ democratisation and the challenges of multiple dimensions of institutional transformation; political settlements and the politics of inclusion; state- and peace-building and (post-)conflict trajectories; conflict and fragility; women’s empowerment; citizen voice and accountability; and corruption and anti-corruption efforts.
Alina is the Director of the Thinking and Working Politically Community of Practice (TWP CoP) and Principal at TPP. From 2016 to 2020, she was Senior Democracy Fellow in Applied Political Economy Analysis (PEA) at USAID. Until June 2022, she was a Principal Research Fellow on politics and governance at the global affairs think tank ODI, which she joined in 2005.
Alina has led formative reviews and evaluations on democracy, inclusion, and governance more broadly and is currently co-leading a process of developing guidance for FCDO on how the UK can support democratic governance more effectively across a variety of levers and cross-government efforts. This work has included developing a conceptual framework for what democratic governance means for FCDO/HMG and testing that framework in a variety of country offices across regions (eg Cambodia, Indonesia, Kosovo, Sierra Leone).
Alina has also worked closely with a variety of other international development actors on how they can think in more politically aware ways and work differently, including developing guidance and training courses on TWP for organisations like UNDP, Global Affairs Canada, and USAID.
She has published extensively on all these issues and holds a Masters and MPhil with a focus on democracy and political and economic development from Columbia University.