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Peter Burgess

Roger Bate is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in Washington, D.C. He researches aid policy in Africa and the developing world, evaluating the performance and effectiveness of USAID, the World Bank, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, NGOs, as well as other aid organizations and development policy initiatives. Before joining AEI, Mr. Bate founded the Environmental Unit at the Institute of Economic Affairs in 1993, co-founded the European Science and Environment Forum (1995– 2001), and Africa Fighting Malaria. He has also served as both a director and fellow at the International Policy Network in the United Kingdom.