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Barma, Naazneen H.
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Fields of Specialization
Political economy,
Governance,
Institutional reform,
Peacebuilding,
Statebuilding,
Natural resource governance,
Fragile states,
Civil service reform,
East Asia and the Pacific
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Last updated
January 31, 2023
Biography
Naazneen H. Barma is Assistant Professor of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Her research and teaching focus on the political economy of development, international interventions in post-conflict states, and natural resource governance, with a regional specialization in East Asia and the Pacific. Prior to joining the faculty at NPS, Dr. Barma was a Young Professional and Public Sector Specialist at the World Bank, where she conducted political economy analysis and worked on operational dimensions of governance and institutional reform in the East Asia Pacific Region. She has over fifteen years of full-time and consulting experience with the World Bank and other aid agencies. Dr. Barma received her PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2007.