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Kot David Adhal Nguar is a South Sudanese, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Rome – Tor Vergata – Italy and a Post-doctoral Researcher at the University of Bologna - Italy where he focuses on labour markets and human capital development specifically higher education graduates’ employability. He is an author and a peer-reviewer of the Journal of ‘Management Decision’ and the Journal of ‘Marketing Intelligence and Planning’. His research interest includes; development economics, the political economy of education, public management reforms and innovation management focusing on sub-Saharan Africa. He is finalizing his PhD in Public Management and Governance at the University of Rome – Tor Vergata in Italy. He is also a graduate of Master of Science in Business Administration at the University of Rome – Tor Vergata, and a Master of Science in Economics and Policy Evaluation from the University of Rome – La Sapienza as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Management from Uganda Christian University, Uganda. He is currently a Research Fellow working on the Political Economy of Education Analysis in South Sudan. Mr. Nguar is a Local Researcher on impact evaluation of socio-economic inclusion (with Partnership for Economics Inclusion and Development Impact Evaluation) at the World Bank Group – South Sudan and a member of the PEI & DIME fellowship scheme. He has worked extensively with the UNO, NGOs, NNGOs, CSOs, CBOs and research institutes. Mr. Nguar is a proponent of change and constant improvement towards good governance, social inclusion and economic empowerment to enable person/s or institution/s to be self-reliant and resilient to overcome any given situation/s. That said, Mr. Nguar firmly believes in societal transformation through higher education, peacebuilding and harmonized coexistence among diverse communities, race and political ideologies. He is reachable at kotdavid02@gmail.com LinkedIn: Kot David Adhal Nguar, Twitter: @KotPhd