Development Policy Branch

Chief of Branch

Roland Mollerus, Chief, Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy, joined the United Nations in 1991. Throughout his professional career, he has held positions in UNCTAD, UNDP, DESA and the private sector in areas of sustainable development, development policy analysis, trade, finance and information technology. Mr. Mollerus has provided substantive services for intergovernmental processes and capacity development activities, particularly in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). He has contributed to several reports by the Secretary-General on a wide range of development issues and has worked on various flagship publications such as the World Economic and Social Situation and the Least Developed Countries Report. Recently, he played a key role in the development of an electronic export alert notification system under a tri-partite collaboration with WTO and ITC and has been in charge of the overall coordination and policy analysis agenda of the Committee for Development Policy. Roland Mollerus holds an M.A. from the University of Amsterdam with a specialization in international political economy.

The Development Policy Branch (DPB) manages capacity development activities and provides assistance to countries through research, training and workshops. Its focus is on providing development-oriented policy advice based on the use of quantitative modelling tools with respect to the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development and improving capacities of least developed countries (LDCs) to prepare for graduation from the LDC category. The Branch serves as the Secretariat for the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), to which it provides substantive and organizational support.