Paolo Mefalopulos, Ph.D. in international communication (University of Texas at Austin), has
worked extensively in the field of development communication with a number of international
agencies and NGOs. His field of expertise is participatory communication, a subject on which he
has co-authored three books, including two on an innovative methodology known as Participatory Rural Communication Appraisal (PRCA), used for planning development projects and programs.He is currently a Senior Communication Officer at the Development Communication Division of the World Bank.pmefalopulos@worldbank.org