Courtney Tolmie

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Senior Program Officer
Email: 
ctolmie@resultsfordevelopment.org
Phone: 
+1.202.470.5728

Courtney Tolmie leads the Governance and Accountability work at Results for Development, including the Transparency and Accountability Program (TAP) and the Strengthening Institutions program (a joint effort with the Global Development Network). She joined TAP in 2007 to manage the Independent Monitoring Organization (IMO) Support Program. While at R4D, she has developed numerous practitioner tools to support IMOs conducting analyses and undertaking advocacy related to social sector public spending. In addition, Ms. Tolmie is co-author of the book Lives in the Balance, expected Fall 2009 (Brookings Press).

Before joining Results for Development, Ms. Tolmie was a consultant at the Washington-based Women Thrive Worldwide. She graduated from Bowdoin College (B.A. Economics) and holds a Masters of Arts in Economics from the University of Virginia. Her graduate research was a quantitative analysis of the incentives, challenges, and actions of community home-based care providers in Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces in South Africa.

 

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