EXPERTISE: citizen and civil society engagement, social accountability and anti-corruption diagnostics, citizen climate action
Janelle serves as an adviser with PTF Europe, promoting accountability and transparency, civil society engagement, stakeholder engagement and information disclosure, and citizen climate action. Before retiring from the World Bank, she worked in the Governance and Social Development Global Practices in the East Asia & Pacific and Europe & Central Asia Regions. Janelle has worked on participatory development, local governance, anticorruption and citizen/civil society engagement for 30 years in countries across Central Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia, Africa and the Middle East & North Africa Region. She is an experienced project manager, having led a number of World Bank operations in governance and community-driven development, working closely with government institutions and civil society organizations on governance reform, institutional capacity, citizen engagement and public accountability. Her various publications focus on participatory development, social accountability, corruption diagnostics and citizen climate action.
Janelle holds an M.A. in Development Studies from SOAS, University of London, and undergraduate degrees from the University of New South Wales. She holds dual British and Australian citizenship.