Mr. Dorbor Jallah

Dr. J. Alexander Nuetah is an Agricultural Economist with more than twenty years of professional experience working with the Ministries of Agriculture and Finance and Development Planning of the Republic of Liberia, and multilateral institutions such as the Internationally Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, and the United Nations World Food Program. Dr. Nuetah began his professional career as Planning Officer at Ministry of Agriculture in 2003 before traveling to the People’s Republic of China for graduate and postgraduate studies 2005-2011. Upon his return to Liberia, Dr. Nuetah served as Senior Economist responsible for macroeconomic analysis and forecasting at the then Ministry of Finance of Liberia before being promoted to the position of Assistant Minister for Economic and Financial Sector Policy at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning. After about four years of service at the Ministry of Finance and development Planning, Dr. Nuetah moved to the IMF in 2015 where he served as an Economist. Most recently, he served as National Consultant for the World Bank to develop Liberia’s Food Security Crisis Preparedness Plan (FSCPP). Prior to joining the World Bank as a consultant, he served in the capacities of Value Chain and Food System Expert as well as Program Policy Officer at the World Food Programme (WFP) Liberia country office before moving to WFP Uganda office as Value Chain and Food System Consultant. Dr. Nuetah has also served as consultant for the African Development Bank in project proposal development and conducted an assessment of Public Policy and Agricultural Development in Liberia funded by the Chinese Government through its Embassy in Liberia. Dr. Nuetah has alsoserved as National Consultant for ZOA-Liberia in project evaluation, and the ECOWAS Commission for development of Liberia’s Food Security Storage Strategy. In addition to his consultancy experience, Dr. Nuetah also served on the USAID-funded Liberia Economic Policy Dialogue Activity project as Policy Reform Expert/Principal Economist. He is an academic,holding the rank of Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics at the University of Liberia,and served as a part-time Lecturer at the Alexander B. Cummings School of Graduate Studies of the African Methodist Episcopal University in Liberia.