Jon Anderson

Jon Anderson is a liberation ecologist intent on empowering the impoverished through expanding their bundle of rights over resources, making markets work better, and linking to technical solutions and problem-solving. He has worked for years on the linkages between nature, wealth and power in developing countries – he oversaw the creation of the Nature, Wealth, and Power framework, which he continues to evaluate, review, and adapt by incorporating lessons learned from more than 20 years of natural resource-based development, especially in rural Africa. He served with the Millennium Challenge Corporation as Resident Country Director for Mali for five years and has taught at both Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs. One of his favorite biological processes is fermentation.