Lorenz Noe

Experience

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  German Technical Corporation (GTZ)

  Jan 2009 - May 2009

  Intern

  Part of PROGRESS team; goal to enhance skill development of female garment workers tofacilitate social mobility through training of local trainers to ensure sustainability.- Site visits of factories & participation in three-day workshop on auditing, receivedcertificate for internal auditing.- Worked one on one with clients & partnered with locals to get best information andresults.- Managed database of relevant project materials- Compiled report on US-Bangladesh garment trade, past, present, future. Show less

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  Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF)

  May 2010 - Aug 2010

  Intern

  Part of Regional Office responsible for Israel and West Bank. Activities Included:- Research compilations of regional topics, including federalism in Israel, businessrelations between West Bank and Israel.- Partner visits, observing negotiations with partners in Tel Aviv and Ramallah.- New media establishment (Facebook, Scribd) as well as translations Eng. - Ger.

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  Micro Home Solutions (mHS)

  Sept 2011 - Jul 2012

  AIF Clinton Fellow

  - Assisted in compilation of report on low-income housing supply in India for the World Bank. - Helped in designing a comprehensive analytic framework to investigate construction and housing finance practices in New Delhi's low-income communities.- Assisted in forming HR policies and increasing outreach to partner organizations through social media.

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  Society for International Development, Washington, D.C. Chapter

  Jan 2013 - May 2013

  Spring Associate

  - Assisted in planning, outreach, preparatory logistics, sponsorship and registration management for the 2013 Annual Conference- Assisted with program development for SID-Washington's more than 20 sectoral and regional workgroups.- Wrote summaries of Chapter activities to be published on SID-W website- Developed outreach materials- Added to and maintained SID-W membership database and respond to member inquiries- Assisted with various communications initiatives including Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, and maintenance of website.- Performed general administrative duties (including answering phones, handling mail, drafting correspondence, etc.) Show less

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  Atlantic Council

  May 2013 - Aug 2013

  Summer Intern

  - Created research briefs on country energy situations (i.e. shale gas in Ukraine, solar in Germany) for supervisor interview preparation and issue briefings, resulting in improved program publicity.- Coordinated logistics for professional events (up to 50 industry leaders and country representatives)- Started and managed Energy & Environment Program Twitter account.

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  Habitat for Humanity International

  Oct 2013 - May 2014

  International Programs Intern

  - Supported advocacy efforts aimed at establishing a goal for sustainable cities as part of SDG post-2015 framework by helping write research briefs and blog entries, reaching HFHI’s international audience.- Shaped HFHI engagement with G8/G20 on cities/housing by contributing organizational knowledge and identifying stakeholders, resulting in greater operational network and potential partnerships.- Compiled first ever international office advocacy performance metrics, drawing on self-reported data and creating baseline study to track quarterly advocacy performance Show less

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  Georgetown University

  May 2014 - May 2015

  Research Assistant for Professor Jennifer Tobin:- Conducted a literature review and building a Stata dataset for a paper on the social returns to opening up economies among states of Brazil and India.- Acquired datasets on sub-departmental US government aid flows.- Created dataset on bilateral bailouts between countries, by merging and creating dyadic datasets, using indicators on economic and political factors. Summer Intern with Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development and Evaluation (gui2de):- Worked in Kampala, Uganda with the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) on a Citizen Scorecard for assessing the quality of municipal services delivery (waste management, health, education).- Assisted in methodology design and data management efforts surrounding first census for schools in Kampala, helping to create data management tools and working with enumerators

  • Research Assistant

    May 2014 - May 2015

  • Gui2de intern

    May 2014 - Aug 2014
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  The Brookings Institution

  Sept 2014 - Apr 2015

  Research Intern, Metropolitan Policy Program

  Research Intern in the Global Cities Initiative. Responsibilities include:- Research on trade connections between metropolitan areas of Germany and the United States.- Prepare the Global Metro Monitor 2014 publication by verifying Brookings data against publicly available data using Stata. Also wrote blog pieces on Latin America, China, Turkey metros- Collaborate with team members on data gathering effort to construct city profiles by reaching out to researchers and acquiring publicly available datasets surrounding patents and internet connectivity Show less

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  The Brookings Institution

  Jun 2015 - Jul 2019

  - Manage the Ending Rural Hunger project under the leadership of Homi Kharas and John McArthur, compiling data from over 100 indicators for over 150 countries into a framework of needs, policies, and resources for meeting Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 on Zero Hunger.- Write and research policy briefs analyzing global food security trends- Compile and maintain extreme poverty and middle class headcount and consumption databases under the direction of Homi Kharas using income distributions, economic growth data, and household consumption information, utilizing Stata and R for data management and analysis.- Published paper with Homi Kharas on credit ratings in developing countries "How should official development assistance be allocated across countries? A market test for aid allocation and country graduation" available as a Brookings working paper.- Prepare presentations on trends in global development Show less Part of Ending Rural Hunger (ERH) project.-Collected and analyzed over 100 indicators related to global food and nutrition security, from both developing and developed country perspective.-Manage over 30 datasets by downloading and cleaning raw datasets.-Carried out main analytical functions related to quantitative outputs of report and website by following ERH methodology and providing feedback on methdology.-Work with developers on website and API construction and function.-See output of project here: https://endingruralhunger.org/Support Senior Fellow on research related to global middle class, development finance, and capital flows. Show less Part of Ending Rural Hunger (ERH) project.-Collected and analyzed over 100 indicators related to global food and nutrition security, from both developing and developed country perspective.-Managed over 30 datasets by downloading and cleaning raw datasets.-Carried out main analytical functions related to quantitative outputs of report and website by following ERH methodology and providing feedback on methdology.-Worked with developers on website and API construction and function.-See output of project here: https://endingruralhunger.org/ Show less

  • Senior Research Analyst

    Jul 2018 - Jul 2019

  • Research Analyst, Global Economy and Development

    Jul 2016 - Jun 2018

  • Research Assistant, Global Economy and Development

    Jun 2015 - Jun 2016
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  Open Data Watch

  Jul 2019 - now

  • Research Manager

    Jan 2021 - now

  • Senior Data Analyst

    Jul 2019 - Jan 2021