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Pablo Rodas
Bio
He holds a Ph.D. and an M.Sc. from the University of
London. He is the Director of the Project “Central America in the World Economy
of the 21st Century”, supported by IDRC; Ford Foundation and ASIES. He
collaborated for the Human Development Reports 1999, 2000 and 2001. He has done
research for the Social Science Research Council, the Economic Commission for
Latin America and the Caribbean, the Inter-American Dialogue, Transparency
International, FLACSO; the Institute for Latin American Studies of the
University of London, among others. He writes op-ed articles for ‘El Periódico’,
a Guatemalan newspaper.
Academic
Background
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Ph.D. in Economics (1996) and M. Sc. in
Economics with special reference in Latin America (1992). Queen Mary and
Westfield College, London University
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B.A. in Economics (1985). Francisco Marroquin
University, Guatemala
Areas
of Expertise
Present
Position (s)
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Project Director,"Central
America in the World Economy of the 21st Century." Asociación de
Investigación y Estudios Sociales (ASIES), IDRC and Ford Foundation
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Independent Consultant
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Economic and Social Columnist Siglo XXI, Revista
Cronica and El Periodico (Since 1990)
Previous
Position (s)
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Consultant for different Institutions and
multilateral organizations, among others: IDB, ECLAC, UN Development Program,
International Development Research Center, Institute for Latin American Studies,
Institute for Ibero-American Studies and Facultad Latino Americana de Ciencias
Sociales (1999-2002)
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Coordinator of the Economic Department at the Social
Research and Studies Association (ASIES) (1996-1998)
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Consultant at the Social Science Research Council-
SSRC/US (1997-1998)
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Private Secretary to the President (Speaker) of
Congress (1987-1988)
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Economic Adviser for the Congress, Guatemala (1986)
Other
Activities and Memberships
Publications
Research:
- “An analysis of development strategies for
Central American: To promote the integration process”, paper for CEPAL, 2002. Forthcoming
- “Cooperación internacional e inversión directa
extranjera en Guatemala: Una disección”, backgroungpaper for the National
Human Development Report, 2001.
- “An analysis of the analysts: The difficulties
of economic research in Central America (with emphasis on trade research)”
paper for International Development Research Centre, 2000.
- “Central America: Towards open regionalism or
towards an opening without regionalism?” research for the Institute of Latin
American Studies, University of London, 2000.
- “Labor standards in regional integration and
trade preferential schemes: A complicated relation but one that is making
progress”, background paper for the Human Development Report 2000, the central
theme of which was human rights, 2000.
- “The debate on labor standards and
international trade: Technically inconclusive and politically explosive,
background paper for the Human Development Report 2000.
- “Centroamérica: Para afrontar con éxito la
globalización del Siglo XXI”, paper for The Inter-American Dialogue, Florida
International University, and the Institute of Ibero-American Studies in
Hamburg, Germany, with the financial support of AID and the European
Commission, 2000.
- “Intra-industry trade and revealed comparative
advantages in the intra-Central American trade in manufactures”, paper
presented at a seminar organized by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC),
Antigua, Guatemala, and the Annual Congress of the Latin American Studies
Association (LASA, Guadalajara, Mexico, 1997. An abbreviated version was
published in World Development, February, 1998
- “The Heckscher-Ohlin theorem and
intra-industry trade: An empirical application to new industrialising
countries (NICs), Ph.D. thesis, 1996
Current
Research Projects
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