Mark Robinson

Global Director, Governance

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Mark is Global Director, Governance at WRI. In this capacity, Mark is responsible for leading WRI's Governance Center and providing strategic and intellectual leadership around analysis, strategy, fundraising and management. He also supports the integration of governance perspectives across the full range of WRI’s programs.

Mark’s career in international development spans more than 25 years. He has held a number of leadership and management roles, most recently at the UK Department for International Development (DFID) where he led a large group of governance and conflict professionals and served as deputy director of the Research and Evidence Division. Mark has extensive research and applied policy experience on governance, transparency and conflict issues. He previously held senior positions at the Institute for Development Studies, Ford Foundation, and the Overseas Development Institute.

Mark earned his PhD in Comparative Politics from the University of Sussex specializing in the politics of contemporary India. He also holds a BA honors degree in Social and Political Science from the University of Cambridge and an MA in Agrarian Relations from the University of Sussex.

Mark is from Brighton in the south of England and currently lives in central DC. His partner is a lawyer specializing in housing rights, with a son working in film production and a daughter completing high school.

Blog Posts

Will China and India Lead on Global Climate Action and Environmental Protection?
by Mark Robinson - July 13, 2017
U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement offers opportunities for India and China to lead on international climate action, but global progress is not yet matched by comparable leadership on domestic environmental policies in these two countries.
Localizing Open Government Reforms
by Céline Jacquin, Mark Robinson and Daniely Votto - December 09, 2016
The Open Government Partnership's Subnational Government Pilot Program supports 15 pioneer local governments as they implement plans to strengthen transparency, access to open data, public engagement and accountability systems.
Tackling Climate Change through Budget Transparency
by Mark Robinson - January 04, 2016
The urgent imperative of tackling climate change is rarely associated with the dry science of budgeting and fiscal policy—but it should be. Director of WRI's Governance program Mark Robinson explains.
After Paris, Making Good on Climate Commitments Requires Good Governance
by Mark Robinson - December 22, 2015
Negotiators made major and encouraging promises when they adopted the new Paris Agreement at COP21 last week. Yet the future success of this Agreement relies on tough questions about accountability, participation, transparency and effectiveness—all of which have governance challenges at their core.
Open Government Partnership: Achieving Sustainable Development Goals through Accountability and Transparency
by Mark Robinson and Manish Bapna - October 27, 2015
A key objective of the Open Government Partnership's Global Summit this week is supporting implementation of the new Sustainable Development Goals.

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