Tiana Mahefasoa Randrianalijaona

Economist with 20 years-professional experiences and former World Bank Climate Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management Economist, specifically in Charge of all economic dimensions of DRM/R activities on behalf of the World Bank, Prof RANDRIANALIJAONA Tiana Mahefasoa has been appointed as the Director of the Multidisciplinary Disaster and Risk Management Master’s programme (DMGRC) of the University of Antananarivo since April 2009. Presently Director of the Development Centre of Economic Research and Study (CERED), he focuses his research on social dimensions and sustainable development issues of risk and disaster related problems. He has been leading many projects in collaboration with international donors and NGOs aiming mainly at risk reduction efforts and resilience reinforcement of local communities with special emphases on local and national authorities’ capacity development. Prof RANDRIANALIJAONA Mahefasoa is now the Periperi U focal point for the University of Antananarivo (Madagascar).