Yobert K. Shamapande
Yobert K. Shamapande masanin tattalin arziki ne na kasa da kasa da cigaban kasar Zambiya, dan siyasa kuma marubuci wanda iyayen suka kasance manoma kuma ya girma a cikin gundumar Chibombo da ke tsakiyar kasar Zambiya.  Ya yi karatunsa na farko a yankunan karkara da kuma Lusaka, babban birnin kasar Zambia.
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A shekara ta 2001, Shamapande ya tsaya takarar shugaban kasar Zambia a kan tikitin jam'iyyar National Leadership for Development   jam'iyyar da ya kasance daya daga cikin wadanda suka kafa.   Bayan haka, ya kafa kuma ya zama shugaba & Shugaba na Global Development Partners, wani kamfani mai ba da shawara kan ci gaban kasa da kasa da ke Washington DC mai ofisoshi a New York da Afirka ta Kudu.

Majalisar Dinkin Duniya 
Kafin shiga siyasa, Shamapande ya yi sama da shekaru talatin yana jagorancin kwararru a fagen bunkasa tattalin arziki. Ya yi aiki na tsawon shekaru ashirin da daya a manyan mukamai daban-daban tare da Majalisar Dinkin Duniya da ke aiki a hedkwatar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya da ke New York da kuma Afirka ta Kudu.

A shekarar 1980 ne tsohon shugaban kasar Finland Martti Ahtisaari ya dauke shi aiki a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya wanda a lokacin yake rike da mukamin kwamishinan Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a Namibiya. Shamapande ya yi aiki na tsawon shekaru goma har zuwa 1990 a matsayin Babban Masanin Tattalin Arziki, Mataimakin Zartarwa, kuma babban mai ba da shawara kan tattalin arziki ga Ahtisaari da kwamishinonin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na Namibiya na gaba yana mai da hankali kan gudanarwa da manufofi da kuma tsare-tsare don kawar da Namibiya daga mulkin wariyar launin fata a Afirka ta Kudu. Ya taka rawar gani wajen shirya tarurrukan bita da tarurrukan Namibiya tare da tsarawa da zana zanen shudin Namibiya don sake ginawa da ci gabanta bayan samun yancin kai. A shekarun 1980 a daidai lokacin da ake fama da rikicin soji a Kudancin Afirka, Shamapande ya yi kokarin magance matsaloli da dama da suka hada da jagorantar ayyukan taimakon tattalin arziki na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ga "Jahohin Gabas ta Tsakiya" - kasashe makwabta da ayyukan wariyar launin fata na Afirka ta Kudu ya yi tasiri.

Daga 1996 har zuwa 1999 Sakatare Janar na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya Boutos Boutros-Ghali ya nada shi a matsayin Darakta -- Babban Jami'in Ayyuka -- don kafa sabuwar Cibiyar Watsa Labarai ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a Afirka ta Kudu.  An tuhume shi da alhakin tallafa wa Afirka ta Kudu bayan wariyar launin fata da kuma yin aiki a matsayin "muryar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya" wajen inganta sake shigar da kasar cikin kasashen duniya.

Bayan komawarsa hedikwatar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a shekarar 1999, ya yi aiki har zuwa watan Disambar 2000, a matsayin Shugaban Kasuwancin Cigaban Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, shirin hadin gwiwa da kamfanoni na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya tare da ofisoshi a New York da kuma Bankin Duniya a Washington DC. Ayyukansa sun hada da inganta ayyukan zuba jari na kasa da kasa da manyan cibiyoyi da dama da suka hada da bankin duniya, bankin raya kasashen Latin Amurka, bankin sake ginawa da raya kasa na Turai, bankin raya Caribbean, bankin raya Afirka, UNDP da sauransu.

Bincike 
A fagen bincike, Shamapande ya yi rubuce-rubuce kuma ya buga littattafai dayawa. Daga 1990 har zuwa 1996, ya yi aiki a matsayin Babban Edita  kuma ya kula da wani hadadden shiri-bincike na littafin Yearbook of the United Nations, mafi iko, littafin tunani game da ayyukan duniya na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya da hukumominta daban-daban. A cikin wannan matsayi, ya gyara kuma ya buga littattafai bakwai na Yearbook ciki har da na musamman na Sakatare Janar na .1995 don tunawa da cika shekaru hamsin na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya.

Koyarwa 
A fannin  koyarwa, ya ba da laccoci da yawa na jama'a da suka shafi al'amuran cigaban yau da kullun kuma ya koyar a cibiyoyi daban-daban a Amurka da Afirka ta Kudu, ciki har da Farfesa na Harkokin Kasa da Kasa a Jami'ar Columbia, inda ya koyar da kwas a kan: "Tattalin arzikin siyasa na talauci da ci gaba a Kudancin Afirka;  ” da kuma Mataimakin Farfesa na Tsare-tsaren Birane da Yanki a Jami’ar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Jihar California, San Luis Obispo; taron karawa juna sani/bita a New School University, New York, .da sauransu. Kwanan nan ya buga wani littafi da kansa ta hanyar AuthorHouse Me ya sa ke damun Talaka? Siyasar Talauci, Zaman Lafiya da Ci Gaba a Kudancin Afirka'.

Farkon aiki 
Shamapande shi ne jami'in Tsare-tsare na Gari na Zambiya na farko na birnin Lusaka tare da cikakken alhakin gudanar da babban tsare-tsare na birnin, haɓaka, gudanar da ci gaba da sarrafawa.

Ilimi 
Shamapande ya kammala karatun digiri ne tare da digiri na BS a cikin tsarin birane da yanki daga Jami'ar Kimiyya ta Jihar California, Pomona ; da Masters da PhD a cikin ci gaban tattalin arziki daga Jami'ar Columbia, New York.

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 Zaben Shugabancin Zambiya 2001
 Tattalin arzikin siyasa na talauci da ci gaba a Afirka ta Kudu (Course Jami'ar Columbia)
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