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Phyllis Dininio
Office of the Co-ordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization
State Department
Phyllis Dininio is the Senior Governance Advisor in the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization in the U.S. Department of State. In the governance area, she disseminates lessons learned from stabilization and reconstruction operations, and provides support and policy guidance for planning and operational missions. Prior to this position, she has worked as a consultant on good governance to international, governmental, and non-governmental organizations, and served as USAID’s first senior anti-corruption advisor. Her publications include The USAID Handbook for Fighting Corruption (1998), the World Bank’s Improving Governance and Controlling Corruption (co-editor, 2002), “The U.S. Integrity Assessment and Scorecard” for Global Integrity (2004), The Political Economy of East German Privatization (1999), and several articles and book chapters on corruption. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University, a M.A. in Political and Economic Development from the Fletcher School, and a B.A. in Economics and Sociology (magna cum laude) from Harvard University.

