Dr. Aliou Barry is an experienced international development professional with over 25 years of experience in development work with local and international agencies and the government of Guinea. His career started with the World Bank with the position of national supervisor of surveys on the socio-economic impact of the structural adjustment program (1990-1992) and then, he joined the UNFPA as an expert on population and development (1993-1996). His organization, Stat View International, launched in 1996, has successfully achieved over 100 projects in Sub-Saharan Africa and is part of the Afrobarometer network since 2012.
Among Barry’s many achievements are conducting trafficking surveys on human trafficking issues in Guinea (2003 & 2019-2020), corruption and governance evaluation in Guinea (2003), an evaluation of the socioeconomic impact of Ebola in West Africa (2015), and the elaboration of an anti-corruption strategy in Sao Tome and Principe (2016). He has served as a member of the audit committee of the global organization of parliamentarians against corruption (2012-2016), and a member of the United Nations technical advisory committee for the Equator Prize on sustainable development (2013-2015). From 2012 to January 2021, he was the board chair of the West Africa Network for Peace Building. Currently, he is the President of the National Electoral Response Group in charge of Electoral Violence Monitoring, Analysis and Mitigation in Guinea. Barry was a PhD research fellow at the Maastricht University on Economy, Governance and Policy Analysis (2008 – 2010). [email protected]; [email protected]
