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Rabi Karmacharya

Open Learning Exchange (OLE) Nepal
Executive Director
Rabi Karmacharya is a social entrepreneur with over 18 years of experience in the private and development sectors. He established one of Nepal’s first successful software-outsourcing companies. He went on to found Open Learning Exchange (OLE) Nepal with the aim of giving all children access to high-quality learning opportunities through the use of technology in classrooms.  Rabi holds electrical-engineering and computer-science degrees from MIT, and has been a member of the Transformation Thinkers network since 2012.
  • olenepal.org/team/
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Rachel Kleinfeld

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace │ Democracy, Conflict, and Governance program
Senior Fellow
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Raffaella Ravinetto

Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Antwerp
Senior Researcher and Policy Advisor
Raffaella Ravinetto is a senior researcher and policy advisor at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) in Antwerp, Belgium. Currently, she is in charge of a portfolio of research, policy support, networking and advocacy on medicines in low- and middle-income countries, and of a North-South network on research standards and ethics in low- and middle-income countries at ITM's Public Health Department.
  • research.itg.be/en/persons/raffaella-ravinetto
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Raphael Bossong

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
Senior Associate
Raphael Bossong is senior associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin. He focuses on internal security affairs, border security and the impact of the migration crisis on the EU.
  • swp-berlin.org/wissenschaftler-detail/raphael-bossong/
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Rasheed Draman

African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs
Executive Director
Rasheed Draman is Executive Director of the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA) in Accra. He has been focusing on governance and institutional issues for the past 15 years and has worked with more than 30 parliaments and governments in Africa. He has served as the Director of Africa Programmes at the Parliamentary Centre (2006–2013) and as a consultant for the Africa Branch and the Multilateral Programs Branch of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). He holds a PhD in Political Science from Carleton University, Ottawa and has been a member of the Transformation Thinkers network since 2005.
  • acepa-africa.org
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Richard J. Heydarian

Academic, author, policy adviser
Richard Javad Heydarian is an Asia-based academic, author and policy adviser. As a columnist, he has written for the world’s leading publications, including The New York Times, Washington Post, The Guardian, Foreign Affairs. He is an Associate Professor at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, and has delivered lectures at the world’s leading universities, including Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, and Leiden University. His latest books are “The Rise of Duterte: A Populist Revolt against Elite Democracy” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) and “The Indo-Pacific: Trump, China, and the New Global Struggle for Mastery” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). His forthcoming book is “Confronting China” (Melbourne University Press).
  • richardheydarian.ph
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Richard R. Dion

Governance and Communications Consultant
Richard R. Dion is a governance and communications consultant based in Germany. Formerly a regional director at the EITI International Secretariat, he has evaluated the EITI in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Guinea for the GIZ.
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Robert Schwarz

Bertelsmann Transformation Index
Senior Project Manager
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Rolf J. Langhammer

Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Senior Fellow
Rolf J. Langhammer is Senior Fellow at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and Senior Policy Fellow for China in the Global Economy at the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS). He is member of the BTI Board, an interdisciplinary group of transformation and development experts.
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Roma Rajpal Weiss

Freelance journalist
Roma Rajpal Weiß is a freelance journalist and blogger from India, currently based in Bonn, Germany. She writes for the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s SGI News and BTI Blog.
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