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Release
Nakamura Appointed Director
of UAlbany's Center for Legislative Development
Contact: Michael Parker (518) 437-4980
ALBANY, N.Y. (August 30, 2004) -- Robert Nakamura,
professor of political science at the Rockefeller
College of Public Affairs and Policy, has been
appointed director of the Center for Legislative
Development (CLD) following a national search.
The center is one of the college's main windows
on the world, focused on institution building
in emerging democracies. With funding from the
United States Agency for International Development
(USAID), it is currently implementing a major
project in Lebanon.
�Bob Nakamura brings valuable experience to
the center,� said Rockefeller College Dean Frank
Thompson. �He has been involved in several projects
focused on nation building in Africa, Latin
America, and elsewhere. He also has a strategic
vision for the center that I believe will allow
it to sustain and enhance the tradition of excellence
associated with the Center's former director,
the late Professor Abdo Baaklini.� Baaklini,
who passed away in November 2003, led CLD's
efforts to assist the government in Lebanon
beginning in 1993, following a 16-year civil
war.
Nakamura's academic specialization is in the
study of policy implementation. He has been
published in numerous professional journals
and has written six books, including Taming
Regulation, co-authored with Thomas Church
and published by the Brookings Institution in
2003. He is a co-author, with John Johnson,
of USAID�s �Handbook on Legislative Development�
and the United Nations Development Programme's
(UNDP) �Legislatures and Good Governance� and
�How to Conduct a Legislative Needs Assessment.�
These works are listed among the basic references
for legislative development practitioners at
web sites maintained by USAID, The UNDP, the
Canadian International Development Agency and
the United Kingdom's Department for International
Development and several others. In addition,
Prof. Nakamura has done policy and legislative
development work in over a dozen legislative
bodies in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe
as a consultant to USAID, UNDP, the Inter-American
Development Bank, the U.S. General Accounting
Office, the New York State Assembly and other
organizations.
Ranked among the top-10 public affairs programs
in the nation, UAlbany's Nelson A. Rockefeller
College of Public Affairs & Policy's core
mission is to discover, communicate, and apply
knowledge about politics, governance, public
policy, and public management. The college directly
helps public managers, policymakers, and others
deal effectively with the challenges they face,
making democracy stronger and governments more
effective around the world. For more information
about the college, visit www.albany.edu/rockefeller/.
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