Mariama Williams, Ph.D. (Econ), Director

Mariama Williams, Ph.D.is a Senior Programme Officer, Global Governance for Development Programme, the South Centre, Geneva, Switzerland. She is also a director of the Institute of Law and Economics (ILE), Jamaica. Dr.Williams is the author of Climate Change Finance—Coming out of the Margins(Routledge, 2015); Trading Stories: Experiences with Gender and Trade(co-edited with Marilyn Carr, Commonwealth Secretariat, 2010), co-author, Gender and Trade Action Guide: A Training Resource(Commonwealth Secretariat, 2007), and author, Gender Issues in the Multilateral Trading System(Commonwealth Secretariat, 2003). Her current research areas are the debt & financial crisis, climate change & climate change financing, and gender trade and development. Williams has extensive experience in the areas of sovereign debt crises, international trade policy and macroeconomics and economic development.