Leonardo Romeo

Leonardo G. Romeo is President of Local Development International (LDI) l.l.c., an international development consulting firm providing policy and technical advisory services to developing countries in support of decentralization reforms, good local governance and local development planning and management

In 2007 he retired as Principal Technical Adviser for Local Development Planning with the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), after a career of 30 years dedicated to building local/municipal governments’ capacity and designing, managing and evaluating urban and rural infrastructure projects in developing countries.

His research, teaching and consulting work covers public sector decentralization reforms, local government planning/budgeting processes and investment projects planning and analysis in developing economies. Mr. Romeo holds a Dott.Arch. degree in Urban and Regional Planning (University of Venice, Italy) and a M.Sc.in Civil Engineering (Columbia University, New York, USA).

Areas of Expertise

Governance

International Development

Infrastructure

Policy Analysis

Urban Planning