Mercedes Araoz

Bio

• Ph. D. (Cand.) in Economics, 1993.  University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.

• Master of Arts in Economics, 1991. University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.

• Licenciada en Economía, 1986. Universidad del Pacífico, Lima, Perú.

• Bachiller en Economía, 1985. Universidad del Pacífico, Lima, Perú.

• Professor of International Trade Theory and Trade Policy, at Universidad del Pacífico, Department of Economics

• Member and Vice President of the Dumping and Subsidies Supervision Commission, Instituto de Defensa del Consumidor y de la Propiedad Intelectual, INDECOPI, august 1999 to September 2001

• Consultant for US AID (Chemonics), UNCTAD, IADB and World Bank

• Coordinator and researcher of the Consortium of Research Centers developing the project “Microeconomics impacts of Integration on interregional and intrarregional Investment in the Andean Community” for IADB/INTAL, September 2001 till March 2002

• Member of the Research Center of the University (CIUP) and Coordinator of the International Business and Economics Area at CIUP. Since 1993

• Executive Coordinator of the Andean Competitiveness Project for Universidad del Pacifico in Perú, a research project develop in the five Andean countries by Harvard University Center for international Development (CID) and Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) with local research partners, July 2000 to date

• Factores Limitantes de la Inversión Directa Extranjera en el Perú, Universidad del Pacífico, Corporación Andina de Fomento y Comisión ALCA-Perú,  March 2001

• Factores de Atracción de la Inversión Directa Extranjera hacia el Perú y los Países Andinos, dentro del marco del PAC, may 2001, www.cid.harvard.edu/andes

• Indicadores de Competitividad del Perú, dentro del marco del PAC, April 2001, www.cid.harvard.edu/andes

• Preparación en el Uso de las Tecnologías de Información en el Perú, dentro del marco del PAC, May 2001, www.cid.harvard.edu/andes

• Microeconomic impact of Foreign Direct Investment in Peru: Sectorial Studies, IDRC, CIUP, Consorcio de Investigación, work in progress

• Determination of the Peruvian International Trade Flows and the Integration Agreements, IDRC, CIUP, Consorcio de Investigación Económica, work in progress

• Conference on Investment Promotion Policies, Foreign Affairs Ministry May 2001

• Conference on Competition Policies and their implication for Foreign Trade, International Chamber of Commerce, April 2001

• Conference on Trade Defense Policies and their importance in the General Economic Policy, Antidumping and compensating duties, Sociedad Nacional de Industrias, Abril 2001

• Conference on Private Investment and Economic Growth, CONFIEP, enero 2001

• Roundtable on Investment in Peru, Cámara de Comercio de Lima,  Octubre 2000

• APEC Seminar on Investment and Competiton Policies, Key Speaker, CONFIEP and Japan MITI, August 2000

• National Society of Economics and Econometrics, Conference on Peruvian Trade Policies, October 1999

• “The Linkages between Competition Policy and Investment Policy”, presented at PECC/TPF Conference: Fundamentals for the Recuperation and Sustainable Economic Development:  Coherence and Competition Principles. Auckland, New Zeland, June, 3 and 4,  1999. A preliminary version of this paper was presented as a Position Paper of the Andean Community in the FTAA Negotiation Group 

• Peru's Competitiveness Report, 1995-2001. Contributions to the Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum

• PECC proposal on Competition Principles for APEC. Contributor to Kerrin Vautier, Covener PECC's (TPF) Competition Principles Project. November 1998

• International Trade Theory, a Study Book, work in progress

• Competition Policy in the FTAA: Progress in the Working Group and the Peru's Approach as Chair. September 1998, presented to the PECC/TPF Competiton Principles Roundtable, Kuantan, Malaysia.  In Apuntes 46, Universidad del Pacífico first semester 2000

• Trade creation and Trade Diversion for Peru and its integration Processes, Simulation exercises. Presented to the First Academic Coloquium of the Americas, Costa Rica, March 1998

• Dumping, Competitiveness or Low Cost Factors? The Case of Antidumping duties applied by Peru to the Chinese Exports on Garments and Footwear. Presented to the PECC/TPF Conference on Trade and Competition Policy, Montreal, Canada, May 1997

• Oxford Analytica, Latin América Daily Brief, Abril 1997: Perú and the Andean Pact Where is the road winding to?

• Perspectives on the Peruvian Integration to the Andean Group. With C. Carrillo. University of Auckland, New Zeland, July 1997

• CEFIR, Caracas - Venezuela, “La integración como instrumento para incrementar la competitividad en un mundo globalizado: Perspectivas en la Comunidad Andina”, Marzo 1997

• Integration and Competitiviness in a Globalized World: Outlook for the Andean Community. In Capítulos del Sistema Económico Latinoamericano (SELA) No.49, pp.73-85, January March 1997

• La Universidad y su rol frente a la Competitividad, in Calidad y Excelencia, Sociedad Nacional de Industrias.  1996

• Los Flujos Comerciales en el Contexto Regional Andino,in Política Internacional No43  pp. 39-52.  Journal of the Peruvian Diplomatic Academy , January - March 1996

• "Municipalización de las Finanzas Públicas en un Contexto de Reforma Tributaria", co-autora con Roberto Urrunaga, Working Paper, IDRC/ Universidad del Pacífico, 1995

• "Informe de Coyuntura. Evolución de la Economía Peruana. Segundo Semestre 1994", co-editor with Jürgen Schuldt, CIUP, Universidad del Pacífico, 1994

• Several Articles in Punto de Equilibrio:  Políticas Comerciales: la agenda pendiente para Perú, Junio-Julio 2001

• El Acuerdo de Complementación Económica entre Perú y Chile. July- August,1998

• Acuerdo de Libre Comercio de las Américas: Avances Recientes y Desafíos. May- June,1998

• El Perú y el Grupo Andino: ¿Caminos Divergentes?, Abril-Junio 1997

• Las Nuevas Direcciones del Comercio Internacional Peruano,  Julio 1996

• Resultados del Informe de Competitividad, Marzo 1996

• Municipalidades : Finanzas, Fuentes de Ingreso, Noviembre 1995

• La Economía Peruana Durante 1994,  Noviembre 1994

• Descentralización y Constitución, Julio 1993

• Trade Policies and Industrial Development, Seminar on Technological Innovation and the Export Industry, SENATI, June 1994

• "El Empleo como objetivo dentro de una Estrategia de Desarrollo Social para el Perú" en: La Reactivación Industrial de Corto a Mediano Plazo. Co-autora con Roberto Rodríguez, Fundación Friedrich Ebert, Lima, 1986

• "Reestructuración Industrial en el Perú, Políticas para el Crecimiento y Desarrollo Industrial: Presentación al Forum Desarrollo y Planeamiento Industrial", varios autores, MICTI-CAF-ONUDI, Lima. 1985

• Foreign direct investment,

• Competition Policy in regional markets

• Trade Policy and integration

• Competitiveness Policy