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Project Staff
Advisors
ROA Special Advisors
Ramón Lopez
Professor of Agriculture and Resource Economics University of Maryland
BACKGROUND
Ramón Lopez is Professor of Economics at the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Maryland at College Park, USA. He is also Senior Fellow at the Center for Development Research (ZEF) at the University of Bonn, Germany. His main fields of specialization are Economic Development, Agricultural and Environmental Economics and International Trade Theory and Policy. Professor López is co-editor of the journal Environment and Development Economics and is on the editorial board of several journals. He is the author of three books and of a large number of articles in major economic journals. He has been advisor and consultant with the World Bank, InterAmerican Development Bank and several other international organizations and governments in matters of trade, poverty, agriculture and environmental policies.
Alberto Valdés
Senior Economic Adviser
LANGUAGES:
Spanish, English, Portuguese
ACADEMIC TRAINING:
Ph.D. in economics, London School of Economics, London, England.
BACKGROUND:
Alberto Valdés is an agricultural adviser to the World Bank in Washington DC. Previously he held the position of Program Director for International Trade and Food Security at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington DC.
SKILLS:
Dr. Valdés has published extensively, including among others: Rural Poverty In Latin America, R. López and A. Valdés Editors, 2000; Agricultural Support Policies in Transition, World Bank Technical Paper No. 470, A. Valdes Editor, July 2000; The Plundering of Agriculture in Developing Countries, by M. Schiff and A. Valdés, 1992; the Surveillance of Agricultural Price and Trade Policies series, World Bank Technical Papers, 1995; The Political Economy of Agricultural Pricing Policy, Anne Krueger, et al. 1991.
Gérard Viatte
Economist & Lawyer
LANGUAGES:
French, English, German and basic knowledge of Italian and Spanish
ACADEMIC TRAINING:
Economist and lawyer, specialised in international aspects of both; studied in Neufchatel (CH), Heidelberg (Germany), London and The Hague.
BACKGROUND:
Started professional activities on international trade and agricultural policy in the Swiss administration, then moved to OECD; from 1987 to end–2001, Director for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries at OECD; in parallel to OECD, also lecturer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Zurich (CH) until 1987.
SKILLS:
Project management, drafting and supervision of policy–oriented studies, chairing internal and official meetings, providing an integrated approach between agriculture and other sectors and issues; experience within many international organisations.
Former Staff
Randy Stringer
University of Adelaide, Australia and former Service Chief of the Comparative Agricultural Development Service
LANGUAGES
English, Spanish and Arkansan
ACADEMIC TRAINING
Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics, University of Wisconsin
ddand BA in Economics, Southern Methodist University
BACKGROUND
Before joining FAO in 2002, Randy was the Deputy Director of the Centre for International Economic Studies, where he managed research programs and lectured in the School of Economics, University of Adelaide. From 1983 to mid-1989, Randy was an Associate Research Scientist and Lecturer in agricultural economics at the University of Wisconsin's Land Tenure Center. From 1989 to 1996, he worked as an economist with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Policy Analysis Division, in Rome
Kunio Tsubota
Kyushu University, Japan and former Service Chief of the Comparative Agricultural Development Service
LANGUAGES:
Japanese, English
ACADEMIC TRAINING:
M.A. Agricultural Economics, Kyushyu University, Japan
BACKGROUND:
Twenty–nine years of work experience as an economist with FAO, the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, the National Research Institute of Agricultural Economics, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) Japan, the Asian Development Bank, the Organisation for Economic Co–operation and Development (OECD) secretariat.
Frédéric C. Dévé
ROA Phase I project leader
LANGUAGES
French, English, Spanish, Italian, German
ACADEMIC TRAINING
Ecole normale supérieure, Agro–economist, Institut national agronomique Paris–Grignon (France)
EXPERIENCE
Twenty–five years experience with FAO, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the World Bank, the Organization of American States (OAS), the European Commission and the French bilateral cooperation.
SKILLS
Coordination, conception, evaluation of projects and programmes. Field experience in 60 countries (Latin America, Africa, Asia, Middle East). Political analysis.
Maria Casa
Communications officer for ROA project
LANGUAGES
English, French, Chinese, Spanish, Italian
ACADEMIC TRAINING
M.A. School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia
University, New York, USA
B.A. Chinese, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan,
USA
BACKGROUND
Six years working at FAO for the Sustainable Development,
Forestry and Social and Economic Departments. Fifteen
years of experience working in international exchange and
development for public, private, and non-governmental institutions
in Asia, Europe and the United States.
Patricia E. Parera
Technical Adviser, Communications Officer
LANGUAGES
Spanish, English, Italian
ACADEMIC TRAINING
Masters in Foreign Service (major : economical development in Latin America and information). School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington (DC)
BACKGROUND
Primary consultant for Price Waterhouse/Coopers (privatization of state enterprises, financial management). Consultant for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), FAO, the World Bank, the Global Environment Fund (GEF), FINCA International, an anti–poverty organization. Collaborated on several publications for FIDA, the World Bank and Price Waterhouse.
SKILLS:
Public relations and information, management consultations, international relationsr
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