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Contributors’ Biographical Notes
Hassan Abouyoub
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco in
Rome, Italy.
Mr Abouyoub graduated from the
Higher School of Trade and Business
Administration in Lyon (France) (1970–
1975). He was recruited by the Minister of
Trade, Industry, Mines and Merchant Navy
from 1975 to 1980. He was nominated
Director of the Foreign Trade Department
during 1980–1990. He implemented the
Government’s policy in the international trade field, in matters of rules
of foreign trade, of negotiations of trade agreements, both bilateral
and multilateral, and the implementation of programmes to promote
export.
In his capacity Mr Abouyoub developed and implemented the whole
reform of the Moroccan Trade Policy. This action included the nego-
tiation of tariffs dismantling measures with the social partners, the
support to the World Bank’s programmes and the adaptation of the
existing trade agreements. During the same period, he led the process
of Morocco’s accession to GATT and the negotiations for the agree-
ments between Morocco and the European Economical Community, in
particular those concerning the voluntary export restraints on textile.
He also participated in the creation of the Joint Economic Committee
between Morocco and the United States and the implementation of the
Bilateral Investment Treaty. Furthermore, he has been consultant for
many foreign governments to liberalize their trade policies.
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From 1986, Mr Abouyoub participated actively in the negotiations of the
Uruguay Round and in many connected activities. He was, in particular,
a member of the group of experts who elaborated the instruments of agri-
cultural and textile negotiations. As such, he took part in some seminars
organized by the OECD, the CNUCED and other similar institutions.
Moreover, he participated in the establishment of the Common Fund
of Commodities and was elected a Director, to represent North Africa,
within the first Board of Directors of this Fund. Moreover, he carried out
the negotiations aimed at establishing a free trade area and a customs
union between the countries belonging to the Arab Maghreb. He also
regularly participated to the works of the Arab Economical and Social
Council to promote the principle of trade liberalization within the Arab
World in accordance with the rules and disciplines of the multilateral
trade system.
● 1990–1993: Successively appointed Minister of Foreign Trade and
Foreign Investments, and Minister of Tourism, Mr Abouyoub has
contributed to the completion of the Uruguay Round and to the
organization of the ministerial Conference of Marrakech, having
formally concluded the negotiations. He supervised the process of the
reform of the Moroccan law on foreign trade and contributed to the
adoption by the Parliament of key legislation of trade liberalization.
● 1993–1994: Mr Abouyoub was elected member of Parliament for the
governing majority to the House of Representatives.
● 1994–1995: He was appointed Ambassador of His Majesty to the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Co-opted as a member of the consulting
committee to the World Bank for Middle East and North Africa, he
took part in the organization of the first Economical Summit for
Middle East and North Africa.
● 1995–1997: Appointed Minister for Agriculture, Mr Abouyoub has
implemented the commitments made by Morocco in the framework
of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture (tariffs, reduction of support
and so on). In such a position, he developed a new approach to agri-
cultural policy in Morocco in trade, production and more efficient
management of resources in the context of sustainable develop-
ment. He was also the negotiator of the Fishing Agreement with the
European Union and of the Euro–Mediterranean Agreement estab-
lishing a free trade area with Morocco.
● 1999: Ambassador of his Majesty in Paris, France.
● 2006–2009: Itinerant Ambassador of His Majesty the King.226 Contributors’ Biographical Notes
● Moreover, as an expert, Mr Abouyoub has led and participated in
many international seminars and high-level conferences dealing with
international trade. His expertise in the fields of multilateral trade,
agreements, regional integration and trade policies is internationally
recognized.
● 2009: Ambassador of His Majesty in Rome, Italy. He is also the author
of numerous articles and studies relating to international economy.
Elena V. Ananieva
Senior Research Fellow, Center for British Studies,
Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, PhD
in Philosophy. Member of the Editorial Board, Observer
at Mezhdunarodnaya Zhizn (“International Affairs”,
Journal of the Russian Foreign Ministry). Lecturer on
modern Britain and Western political philosophy at the
Faculty of World Politics, Moscow State University.
Having graduated from the faculty of International
Journalism (Moscow State Institute of International
Relations, 1978), became research fellow at the
Institute of World Economy and International Relations (Russian
Academy of Sciences) specializing in domestic and foreign policy of
Western countries (1978–1994).
She defended her doctoral thesis (“Political Philosophy of New Labour”)
at the Institute of Philosophy (Russian Academy of Sciences) in 1988.
Head of Post-graduate Department at the Diplomatic Academy of the
Russian Foreign Ministry (1994–2002). Visiting researcher at Columbia
University (2002–2007, New York).
Author of about 80 articles and analytical papers on political party
ideologies in the West; foreign policy doctrines; UK and US domestic and
foreign policy, public opinion and social attitudes; EU-Russia-Eurasia.
Professional interests: modern British politics and foreign policy, polit-
ical philosophy and social attitudes in Europe and the US, political and
social implications of the 2008–2009 economic crisis.Contributors’ Biographical Notes 227
Michele Bagella
Professor of Monetary Economics at the Faculty of
Economics of the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”.
From 1991 to 2007 he has been the Director of the
Department of Economics and Institutions and
from July 2007 to October 2011 he has been Dean
of the Faculty of Economics of the University of
Rome “Tor Vergata”.
He has coordinated the Master in European
Economy, Finance and Institutions and has been
Advisor for the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of
Economy and Finance, and for banks, private and public institutions.
He has contributed to several Italian newspapers and media and he has
published many papers in scientific journals and books in Finance and
in Monetary Economics, in the field of Industrial Economics.
Mario Baldassarri
President of Centro Studi Economia Reale,
Rome.
He graduated from the University of
Ancona with a degree in Economics
in 1969 and obtained a PhD in
Economics in 1977 from Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge,
MA, with advisers Robert Solow,
Franco Modigliani and Paul Anthony
Samuelson. Member of the Italian
Government as Viceminister of the
Economy and Finance (2001–2006). Senator of Italian Republic until
2013. His various academic positions are:
● 1988 to present: Professor of Economics, University of Rome “La
Sapienza”.
● 1979–1988: Professor of Economics, University of Bologna.
● 1974–1978: Associate Professor of Economics, Catholic University of
Milan.
● 1970–1974: Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Turin.228 Contributors’ Biographical Notes
Scientific activity and publications
● From 1987 to 2001 he was editor of the Rivista di Politica Economica
published by SIPI-Confindustria in Rome, and currently is President
of the Scientific Board. He is also editor of the “Monografie RPE”
book series published by SIPI-Confindustria and the “Central Issues
in Contemporary Economy Theory and Policy” series published by
Palgrave Macmillan, London.
● Author of several books and scientific publications on a wide range
of economy issues, theoretical analysis and empirical evidence of the
role of government budget on the economic system both in terms of
economy control and stabilization and in terms of exogenous and
endogenous growth. He has also been working on problems related
to monetary policy and to industrial policy, as well as on problems on
the structure of the labour market and employment.
Other professional experiences
● Senior Advisor to a number of Finance Ministers, Treasury Ministers
and Prime Ministers of various Italian governments.
● 1980–2001: Advisor to Confindustria, the Italian association of
industries.
● Advisor to a number of major Italian multinational corporations on
investment strategies in North America and South America.
● 1984–1988: Member of the Board of Directors of EFIM, a former state
manufacturing conglomerate.
● 1982–1988: Member of the Board of Directors of ENI, Italy’s state oil
company.
● Publications
● Author of 10 scientific books
● Editor of 22 books of RPE Series, SIPI, Rome
● Editor of 50 books on central issues in Contemporary Economic
Theory and Policy Series, Palgrave Macmillan, London
● Author of more than 50 scientific articles
● Author of more than 400 newspaper articlesContributors’ Biographical Notes 229
Gavri Bargil
Former General Director of the Kibbutz Movement.
He has an MA degree in Political Science with
high honors, is a veteran Israeli peace activist,
kibbutz manager and a brigade commander
(Lieutenant Colonel Res.) in the IDF.
A native of Kibbutz Ramot Menashe where he
was born in 1958 and of which he is currently
a member. Bargil served four years in the
Israel Defense Forces between 1977 and 1981.
Following his extended military service Bargil
underwent an intensive training program in the army to prepare him
to serve as brigade commander. Between 1990 and 1996 he served as
brigade commander holding the rank of lieutenant colonel.
In 1988, at the outbreak of the Intifada, Bargil joined PEACE NOW as
an activist, and soon after, in 1990, he assumed the position of PEACE
NOW Executive Director. In that capacity he was in charge of organizing
and coordinating numerous major PEACE NOW events. Another note-
worthy project in which Bargil was involved as a PEACE NOW activist
was co-directing, with Ziad Abu Ziad, the Israeli–Palestinian Information
Center for Peace.
In 1994 Bargil received his MA in Political Science, with high honors,
from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Between 1994 and 1996 Bargil held the position of Kibbutz Manager
of Ramot Menashe. During his tenure Bargil initiated and ran various
projects that helped secure the social and economic future of the
kibbutz. During the years 1996–1999 Bargil was the head representa-
tive of the Kibbutzim in North America. During 2000–2009, Bargil was
the General Director of the Kibbutz Movement which is a merging of
the two larger kibbutz movements (the Kibbutz Artzi and the United
Kibbutz Movement) and to which 270 Kibbutzim belong.
Bargil is a member of the board of the Jewish agency since 2004.230 Contributors’ Biographical Notes
Fabio Basagni
Founder and Chairman of
Actinvest.
Besides his role as CEO
of Actinvest, Fabio is
and has been a member
of the Board of Directors
of several important
groups such as Ferretti
Yachts, the leading
European builder of
motor yachts, Marazzi, the European leader in the tiles business and
Gaffino SIM, a Rome-based asset management company. In addition he
is and has been an advisor to several important private equity groups
such as Permira, Candover and Alpha Group.
Fabio is also a member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs
and the International Institute for Strategic Studies, both in London.
Before founding Actinvest, Fabio was International Economic Advisor
of the Italian Prime Minister (Senator Spadolini), with responsibility for
organizing the G-7 and European Summits. Later, he became Executive
Director of the Italian Republican Party. He also spent several years as
Deputy Director General of the Atlantic Institute for International Affairs
in Paris, an international think tank analysing economic and security
policies, where he was responsible for the corporate program and the
international economic program.
Fabio has written extensively on economic and business matters,
particularly as editorialist of the Italian economic daily Il Sole 24 Ore,
the newspaper of the Italian Industrialist Confederation. He is regularly
interviewed by TV networks such as CNN, Bloomberg and CNBC on
international business matters.
Fabio was educated at the University of Florence and subsequently did
graduate studies in International Economics and International Affairs at
MIT and Harvard. Following this, he spent one year as an intern at the
Monetary Committee of the European Union in Brussels, preparing his
PhD dissertation for MIT.Contributors’ Biographical Notes 231
Giorgio Basevi
Professor Emeritus of International Economics at the
University of Bologna.
He is a graduate of the University of Genoa
(1961), and has a PhD from the University of
Chicago (1965). He has been teaching for years
at the Université Catholique de Louvain. He has
also been visiting professor at the Bologna Center
of Johns Hopkins University, at the University of
Chicago, the Katholieke Universitet te Leuven,
Libre Université de Bruxelles, Université de
Montréal, Brown University, Birkbeck College of the University of
London, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Libera Università di
Bolzano and CESifo University of Munich.
He was a founding member of the European Economic Association,
member of the Council of the Società Italiana degli Economisti, Treasurer
of the European Economic Association, member of the Board of the
Centre for Economic Policy Research. He is Research Network Fellow at
CESifo and Fellow of the European Economic Association.
He has also been an economist at the European Commission, Brussels,
1965–1966, member of the Scientific Committees of Confindustria,
Prometeia Associates, Istituto Nazionale Commercio Estero, member of
the Board of Italiano Cambi, President of MTS Roma, and Vice President
of EuroMTS London. He is now President of Banca Sistema.
The author of numerous articles and books, his research interests include
international trade and international monetary integration.
Carlo Andrea Bollino
Professor of Political Economy and Econometrics
at the Faculty of Economics of the University of
Perugia, Italy.
Graduated in Economics at Bocconi
University, having obtained a PhD at the
University of Pennsylvania with the Nobel
Prize Professor Klein, and is Professor of
Political Economy and Econometrics at the
Faculty of Economics of the University of
Perugia, Carlo Andrea Bollino is also a member
of the University Executive Committee for232 Contributors’ Biographical Notes
the Energy Sector at the University of Perugia, and Professor of Energy
Economics at the University LUISS Guido Carli, in Rome.
He is currently past president and European Coordinator of the IAEE –
International Association for Energy Economics – and Vice President
of AIEE, the Italian affiliate of IAEE. He has been President of Gestore
dei Servizi Elettrici – GSE and of Gestore della Rete di Trasmissione
Nazionale – GRTN; he has been a council member of CNEL, a member
of the Nucleo di Valutazione Investimenti Pubblici (Public Investment
Evaluation Unit) of the Ministry of Treasury, Budget and Economic
Planning, where he has also been responsible for the reports presented
to international institutions (IMF and the European Union), as well as
for some research on industrial policy for the CIPE (Interministerial
Committee for Economic Policy).
He has been chief of the Research Department on Economy and
Energy at ENI, economist at the Research Department of the Bank of
Italy, where he has supervised the estimation of the econometric model
and the statistical database, and also economic advisor on forecasts
for the UN, UNCTAD, the US Congress and the Pentagon. In the same
period he has directed at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
the famous Project Link, the global econometric model developed by
the Nobel Laureate Professor Klein.
Fulceri Bruni Roccia
European Investment Bank, Compliance directorate,
Luxembourg.
Cursus Studiorum
● 1989: Università Commerciale Bocconi –
Scuola di Direzione Aziendale; Milan post-grad-
uate programme in International Finance and
Banking.
● 1986–1987: Institute of Social Studies, The
Hague: Post-Graduate Diploma in International
Law.
● 1985: University of Vienna, specialization in International Relations
and Finance.
● 1984–1985: Fondation Nationale de Sciences Politiques, Paris. Post-
graduate programme for foreign students in Political Sciences.
● 1980–1984: University of Bologna (Italy) law degree obtained magna
cum laude. Research paper: “The Independence of the Central BankContributors’ Biographical Notes 233
in Domestic and International Politics: the case of the Federal Reserve
Bank as model for a federative Central Bank”.
Professional Iter Avvocato (attorney-at-law), registered with the Bologna
Law Court.
● 2012 to date: European Investment Bank–Compliance directorate
– Luxembourg
● 2010 to date: University of Bologna, Department of Political Sciences.
Visiting Professor on International Economic Law and Organisation
and Global Political Economy.
● 2004–2010: European Investment Bank – Legal directorate –
Luxembourg. Deputy Head of Division for Italy, South East Europe
and Turkey.
● 2002–2004: Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance
– Italy.
● As a member in the Cabinet of Professors Mario Baldassarri, main
responsibilities included preparation of meetings of C.I.P.E., insti-
tutional relations with internal departments, other ministries and
banking community.
● 1997– 2002: European Investment Bank – Legal Directorate;
Luxembourg. Senior Lawyer. He has been involved in the develop-
ment of the first capital market products in Italy (first Eurobonds and
first Samurai bonds); then involved in the main privatization proc-
esses developed in the period. He has been appointed to the Board of
Directors and Statutory Board of Auditors of controlled companies.
He has developed relevant experience in compliance.
● 1988–1996: IRI Group (several companies) – loan officer, counsel and
company secretary.
Other
● Before been appointed visiting professor at the University of Bologna,
he has been a consultant and conducted seminars for International
Development Law Institute (International Organization for Education
of Lawyers), the Post-Graduate School of the University of Trento,
the James Madison University – Florence, CASD: Centro Alti Studi
per la Difesa – Ministry of Defence, Scuola Superiore della Pubblica
Amministrazione234 Contributors’ Biographical Notes
● Member of Experts Committee of the EIB Institute http://institute.
eib.org/.
● Member (auditeur) of IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Études de Défence
Nationale).
● Founder and board member of the UWC – Luxembourg Committee
– UWC (United World College) schools, colleges and programme
which deliver a challenging and transformative educational experi-
ence to a diverse cross-section of students, inspiring them to create a
more peaceful and sustainable future.
● He has proposed, promoted and organised the bestowal of Sigillum
Magnum (the highest award of the University of Bologna) to Mr. J.-C.
Juncker, Mr. R. Prodi and Mr. H. Kohl on the 20th anniversary on the
signature of Maastricht Treaty.
● Author of several publications on legal and political aspects of inter-
national finance.
Maurizio Bussolo
Europe and Central Asia Chief
Economist, World Bank, Washington,
DC.
Education and Academic
Qualifications
1997
● PhD in Economics,
University of Warwick.
● 1992 Master in Economics,
University of Warwick.
● 1991 Master in Economics,
CORIPE Piemonte (CORIPE Scholarship).
● 1990 Laurea (BA) in Economics and Business, summa cum laude,
University of Torino (Einaudi Foundation Scholarship 1990–1992).
Employment
● Current Lead Economist, World Bank, Washington, DC.
● 05/00–03/03 Senior Economist, OECD Development Centre, Paris.
● 01/99–05/00 Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute,
London.
● 11/96–12/98 Economist, Fedesarrollo, Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia.
● 11/96–12/98 Assistant Professor, University Los Andes, Santafé de
Bogotá, Colombia.
● 1995–1996 Tutorial Fellow, University of Warwick.Contributors’ Biographical Notes 235
● 1993–1995 Consultant, OECD Development Centre, Paris.
● 1992–1993 Teaching Assistant, University of Warwick.
Summary of Experience
Wide range of quantitative and analytical skills
● Developed and applied global and single-country macro- and micro-
simulation models.
● Managed very large datasets, for example, detailed world trade
matrices and household surveys for 91% of the world.
● Knowledge of cross-sectional, time-series, panel econometrics.
● Produced the biannual macroeconomic forecast for 28 countries in
Latin America and the Caribbean.
Exposure to a broad spectrum of development issues
● Provided policy advice on targeting the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs), poverty and inequality consequences of macro
reforms, remittances, labour markets, trade policy, and investment
policy.
● Country work experience includes Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Colombia,
Brazil, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama
among others.
● Interacted with World Bank senior management and high-level devel-
oping country officials.
Excellent written and oral communication
● Authored 14 refereed journal articles, edited three books, written
more than 20 book chapters and numerous other working papers and
articles.
● Contributed key background papers to World Bank flagship publica-
tions (including WDR and LCR flagship report).
● Presented research results at multiple international conferences,
policy workshops and seminars.
● Taught university courses and modelling techniques to developing-
country ministry officials and World Bank staff.
Experience in working with/managing teams of professionals
● Task managed largest WB lending operation in Dominican Republic
and other grant operations.
● Task managed production of edited volumes involving several
authors.236 Contributors’ Biographical Notes
● Task managed large Trust Funds.
● Raised research activities funds.
● Worked in numerous cross-departmental, multicultural, internation-
ally based teams.
Filippo L. Calciano
Professor of Economics at the University of
Rome.
He is the Director of the International
Cooperation Department at the Istituto
Luigi Sturzo in Rome and a Research
Associate at the Centre for European
Studies (CES), the official think tank of
the European People’s Party.
His research areas include strategic
behaviour, corporate finance and microeconomics and he has published
in worldwide top-tier scientific economic journals.
Filippo holds a PhD in Economic and Management Sciences from
the Centre for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) at the
Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve, a Master in Economics from
the University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics
from the University of Rome.
Carlo Cottarelli
Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, International
Monetary Fund
Carlo Cottarelli, a citizen of Italy, has been
Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department since
November 2008.
After receiving degrees in economics from
the University of Siena and the London
School of Economics, he joined the Research
Department of the Bank of Italy where he
worked from 1981 to 1987 in the Monetary
and Financial Sector Division. After working for about one year as
head of the Economic Research Department of ENI (the main Italian
energy company), Mr Cottarelli joined the IMF in 1988, working for the
European Department, the Monetary and Capital Markets Department,Contributors’ Biographical Notes 237
the Policy Development and Review Department, and the Fiscal Affairs
Department. He was Deputy Director both in the European Department
and the Strategy, Policy and Review Department.
Mr Cottarelli has worked on several advanced, emerging market and
low-income countries in the context of surveillance, IMF-supported
programs, and technical assistance, including Albania, Croatia, Hungary,
Italy, Lebanon, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey and the United
Kingdom. He is currently Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department which
provides advice in public finance matters to some 100 advanced, emer-
ging and low-income economies every year. As head of the Fiscal Affairs
Department, he was responsible for the development and publication
of the Fiscal Monitor, one of the three IMF flagship publications. He has
written several papers on fiscal and monetary policies and institutions,
and edited books on inflation, monetary policy and exchange rates.
Paolo De Santis
Partner at McKinsey & Company based in
the Rome office.
He is one of the two founding partners
of the Cairo office opened in July 2008
where he was Managing Director of the
Office until January 2013.
His main interests are (i) Healthcare (ii)
Public Sector (iii) Pharma and Medical
Products.
In the Health Sector, Paolo has
worked over the last six years in several
countries such as Italy, Egypt, Libya, Turkey, Poland, China, India and
Mexico on system reforms with a focus on financing issues on payer
side, drug and medical device distribution and hospital, rehab and long-
term care efficiency and strategy.
In the public sector, Paolo has worked in Italy and Egypt on economic
development, foreign direct investment attraction, productivity
enhancement and education (both at university and school level). He
has been helping a Regional Government in Italy to set up a system of
performance measurement.
In the Pharma and Medical Products sector Paolo has worked on
quality improvements, strategy and organizational issues both in Italy
and Europe.238 Contributors’ Biographical Notes
Paolo joined McKinsey in 1998. Before that Paolo was assistant
professor of Economics at the University of Viterbo and taught
economic dynamics at Luiss University in Rome and Macroeconomics
and Microeconomics at Columbia University (New York).
Paolo has published papers on macroeconomics and economic
policy.
In 2002 and 2003 Paolo was on a leave of absence working as the
Head of Staff of the Deputy Minister of Economics and Finance of the
Republic of Italy, with Baldassarri leading several projects, among others:
(i) privatization program of the national postal and railway operator;
(ii) Italian government procurement reform program (through Consip);
(iii) rationalization of the IT systems of the Minister of Economics and
Finance; (iv) monitoring program of the cash flow of the whole Italian
Public Administration through the creation of commonly adopted clas-
sification codes of all revenues and expenses.
Paolo served as a Board Member, appointed by the Ministry of
Economics and Finance, of SO.GE.I (IT company with about 500 million
euros of turnover) and Quadrilatero (construction company with about
three billion euros investment program).
Paolo holds a degree in Economics from Università La Sapienza, Rome,
and a PhD in Economics from Columbia University, New York, 1997.
Giorgio Di Giorgio
Dean, Economics and Finance,
LUISS University; Professor of
Macroeconomics and Monetary
Economics, LUISS University.
Past Academic and Related
Experiences
• Dean, Faculty of Economics,
June 2007–September 2011,
LUISS University.
• Research fellow, Ente Einaudi
(2002–2007).
● Deputy Rector for International Relations, LUISS University, Viale
Pola 12, 00198 Roma (2003–2005).
● Associate Professor of Monetary Economics, LUISS University, Viale
Pola 12, 00198 Roma (2000–2002).Contributors’ Biographical Notes 239
● Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Rome “La Sapienza”
(1994–2000).
● Advisor, Treasury Department, Ministry of the Treasury of the Italian
Republic (1997–2002).
● Scientific Director, Research Project on Deposit Insurance, FITD,
Rome (2001).
● Member of the Technical Secretary of the Economic Policy
Evaluation.
● Unit, Ministry of the Treasury of the Italian Republic (1997–2000).
● Visiting Professor at Columbia University (Fall 1996, Fall 2003) and at
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1998–1999).
Education
● 1996 PhD in Economics, Columbia University, New York (M. Phil.
1994, MA 1992)
● 1989 Laurea in Economia, Università “La Sapienza” di Roma, 110/110
cum laude.
● Fellowships and Honours
● CNR, 1999, Ente L. Einaudi, 1993–1994, President’s Fellow at Columbia
University, 1993–1994, “Marco Fanno” sponsored by Mediocredito
Centrale, 1991–1993. LUISS Fellow 1989–1991.
● Editor for several journals including the Economic Journal, The Journal
of Money, Credit and Banking, Economics and Politics, The Journal of
Banking and Finance, Rivista di Politica Economica, Rivista Italiana degli
Economisti.
● Member of the Evaluation Committee, Menichella Scholarships,
Bank of Italy.
Valeriy A. Fadeev
Chief Executive Officer of the
Expert Group.
Graduated from the Moscow
Institute of Physics and
Technology, Faculty of
Management and Applied
Mathematics in 1983.
● 1983–1984: worked at
“Almaz” CKB.
● 1986–1988: workedWorked
at Computer Center of the
USSR Academy of Sciences.240 Contributors’ Biographical Notes
● 1988–1990: at Energy Research Institute of the USSR Academy of
Sciences.
● 1990–1992: senior researcher at Market Issues Institute of the Russian
Academy of Sciences.
● 1993–1994: deputy director at the Expert Institute of the Russian
Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
● 1992–1994: expert, scientific editor at the “Kommersant-Weekly” (PH
“Kommersant”).
● 1995–1998: first deputy editor-in-chief at Expert weekly, since February
1998; first deputy editor-in-chief at the Izvestia daily, since November
1998; editor-in-chief of the weekly Expert, chairman of the Board of
Directors of ZAO Magazine Expert.
● Since 2004 – heads non-governmental, non-profit-making scientific
and practical organization Institute for Social Planning, the Head of
the Journalists’ Guild in the Russian Media Union, a member of the
Russian Public Council on education development, co-president of
All Russia social organization Delovaya Rossia (Business Russia), a
member of the public council of National Stolipin’s prize “Russian
Agrarian Elite”.
Gao Haihong
Professor and director of the Section of International
Finance, director of Research Center for International
Finance, Institute of World Economics and Politics
(IWEP), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS).
Her research interests include international
monetary system and regional monetary integra-
tion (Asia). She is also guest professor of China
Foreign Affairs University, standing director of
the council of China Society of World Economy
and chief economist of the Network of East Asian
Think Tanks, China Working Group. She was
British Council Chevening Scholar, visiting scholar at the University
of California at Davis under the Ford Foundation, and visiting fellow
at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, under the World
Bank Fellowship. She obtained BA and MA degrees in Economics from
Peking University, and MSc degree in International Money, Finance and
Investment from Durham University, UK.Contributors’ Biographical Notes 241
Professor Gao’s selected research work includes:
Papers:
● “Convertibility as a Step for the RMB Internationalization”. Economic
Change and Restructuring, 46 (1) (March 2013), pp. 71–84.
● “Global Liquidity: Risks and Policy Options”. International Economic
Review, 2012 (3–4).
● “The RMB Internationalisation”. Co-author with Yu Yongding, in
Currency Internationalisation: Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis
and Prospects for the Future in Asia and the Pacific. BIS Papers No 61,
January 2012.
● “Post-crisis Monetary Cooperation in East Asia”. International Economic
Review, 2011 (5–6).
● “The Potentials for RMB’s Regional Use”. International Economic
Review, 2011 (1–2).
● “Global Dollar Standard: Challenges for Asian Financial Integration”.
Economic Change and Restructuring, 41 (4) (2009).
● “Real Exchange Rate in China: A Long-run Perspective”. China &
World Economy, 14 (4) (July–August 2006/9).
Books:
● Reforming International Financial System. Co-author with Zhang Ming,
Liu Dongmin and Xu Qiyuan, Chinese Social Sciences Publishing
House, 2013.
● Globalization and China: Theory and Trends. Co-author with Yu Yonding
and Lu Aiguo, Economic Management Pressing, 2010.
● The Renminbi Exchange Rate: Policy Options and Risk Prevention from
Global Perspective (ed.). China Finance and Economics Publishing
House, 2008.
Projects:
● Reform of International Financial System and China’s Options. CASS
project (2012).
● G20 and International Monetary System. China’s National Social
Science Fund (2011–2014).
● Roadmap for East Asian Financial Cooperation. Ministry of Finance,
China (2009).
● Globalization and China. Ford Foundation (2006–2010).242 Contributors’ Biographical Notes
Paolo Guerrieri
Professor of Economics at the University of Rome
“La Sapienza” and visiting professor at the College
of Europe, Bruges (Belgium) and the USD Business
School, University of San Diego, California.
He is a Senator for the Italian Democratic Party.
He has served as an advisor to several international
organizations including the OECD, World Bank,
CEPAL and the European Commission. He has
published 17 books, monographs or anthologies
and more than 100 articles and book chapters
in the area of international economics, European economic integration
and economic regionalism.
Among his most recent books:
● The Economic Impact of Digital Technologies. Measuring inclusion and
exclusion in Europe. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2011 (with Sara
Bentivegna).
● Business Services: The New Frontier of Competitiveness. Rubettino, 2010
(with Giorgia Giovannetti, Paolo Guerrieri, Beniamino Quintieri).
● L’architettura del mondo nuovo. Governance e sistema multipolare.
Bologna, Il Mulino, 2010 (with Domenico Lombardi).
● L’Economia Europea di fronte alla sfide globali. Bologna, Il Mulino, 2009
(with P. C. Padoan).
● The Global Challenge to Industrial Districts. Small and Medium-sized
Enterprises in Italy and Taiwan. Cheltenham and Northampton,
Edward Elgar (with Simona Iammarino and Carlo Pietrobelli).
Pietro Ichino
Professor of Labor Law at the
University of Milan (Università
Statale di Milano).
He graduated in Labour Law
in 1972 with a dissertation on
collective bargaining at the plant
level. Since 1986, as a result of a
national competitive examin-
ation, he has been full professor
of Labour Law: from 1987 to
1991 tenured in Cagliari University; since 1991 in Milan University;Contributors’ Biographical Notes 243 from 1999 to 2008 Director of the European Master in Labour Studies of the same university. In 1985 he was entrusted with the role of chief editor of the quarterly review Rivista Italiana di Diritto del Lavoro; in 1991 he was appointed vice-director of the same review and director from 2002 to 2008, when he resigned as a consequence of his election to the Senate. From 1969 to 1973 he also worked as a union organizer for the engin- eering sector of the Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro. After military service, from 1974 to 1979 he worked for the legal services coordination board of the same trade union. Since 1970 he has been registered as a journalist; since 1997 he has contributed as an editori- alist for the main Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera. Since 1975 he has been registered at the Milan Bar Association and practices the profession of lawyer. From 1979 to 1983 he was a member of the Italian Parliament and a member of the Labour and Social Security Committee of the Chamber of Deputies. Since 2008 he has been a member of the Italian Senate. In 2009 he was awarded the “Oscar del Riformista” prize for the best member of the Parliament. In 1997 his book Il lavoro e il mercato was awarded the Scanno Giancarlo Capecchi prize for the best Italian book in the field of industrial rela- tions and the Walter Tobagi prize for the best essay in the field of polit- ical and social studies. In 2007 his book I nullafacenti was awarded the Ezio Tarantelli prize for the best idea of the year for the improvement of welfare and social security. In the last three decades he has given Labour Law lectures in most Italian universities and in the universities of Copenhagen, Louvain, Barcelona, Bordeaux, Lisbon and Vienna.
244 Contributors’ Biographical Notes
Jamus Jerome Lim
Development Prospect Group, Development
Economics, World Bank
Education
9/2014–6/2015 Harvard University Cambridge, MA
Post-doc Fellow, Edmond J. Safra Research Lab
Advisor: TBA
9/2001–9/2006 University of California Santa Cruz, CA
PhD, International Economics
MA, Economics; MA, Politics
Advisors: Joshua Aizenman and Donald Wittman
(co-chairs), Ken Kletzer
9/1999–7/2000 London School of Economics
MSc, Economics
6/1996–12/1998 Advisor: Nobu Kiyotaki
University of Southern Queensland
BBus (Honors), Economics (Major), Computing
(Minor)
Advisor: Jim Longmire
1/1989–12/1993 Raffles Institution/Raffles Junior College
Fields of Interest and Expertise
Primary: Development Economics, International Economics, Political
Economics
Secondary: Applied Econometrics, Positive Political Theory, World
History
Teaching and Research Experience
7/2012–present The World Bank
Senior Economist, Development Prospects Group
9/2009–6/2012 Economist, Development Prospects Group
9/2007–8/2009 Economist (Young Professional), Human
Development Anchor & Middle East and North
Africa RegionContributors’ Biographical Notes 245
9/2007–present Santa Cruz Institute for International Economics
8/2006–8/2007 Research Associate
Centre College
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of
Economics
3/2005–6/2006 University of California
Teaching Fellow, Department of Economics
1/2002–3/2005 Teaching Assistant/Research Assistant, Departments
of Economics, Politics, Sociology and Environmental
Studies
9/2000–9/2001 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
4/2007–present GLG Councils
Research Consultant
3/1999–8/1999 J.P. Morgan
Analyst, Emerging Markets Sales,
Trading & Research
7/2002–9/2002 Research Associate, Regional Economic Studies
Marco Magnani
Head of the Structural Economic Analysis
Department within the Economics, Research
and International Relations Area of the Bank
of Italy.
He graduated with honours in Statistical and
Demographic Sciences (economics stream)
in 1977.
Following his national service, from 1978
to 1980 he pursued postgraduate studies at
Cambridge University (United Kingdom),
obtaining the degree of Master of Philosophy, and at the University of
Regensburg (Germany).
From 1980 to 1981 he worked as a researcher at SVIMEZ and in 1982
he joined the Bank of Italy’s Economic Research Department. He was
Head of the Real Economy Sector from 1998 to 2007, and Head of the
Economic and Financial Statistics Department, within the Economics,
Research and International Relations Area, from 2008 to 2011. In 2011
he was appointed Head of the Structural Economic Analysis Department
of the same area.
He is the author of many publications, the most important of which
deal with the industrial economy, industrial relations and economic246 Contributors’ Biographical Notes
history. His most recent works are Beneduce (with M. Franzinelli,
Mondadori, 2009) and Critica della ragione meridionale (with L. Cannari
and G. Pellegrini, Laterza 2010).
Stefano Manzocchi
Professor of International Economics, Department of
Economics, LUISS University, Director, LUISS Lab of
European Economics
Other Current Positions
• Associate Research Fellow, Centre for European
Policy Studies (Brussels).
• Associate Editor, Rivista di Politica Economica.
• Member of the Scientific Committee,
Fondazione Masi – National Center for the
Internationalization of Italian Firms.
• Member of the Strategic Committee, Agency for Internationalization
of the Chamber of Commerce of Rome.
Education
● BA in Economics, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, 1988. Supervisor:
Piercarlo Padoan.
● MA in Economics, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva
(1990).
● PhD in Economics, Graduate Institute of International Studies,
Geneva (1995). Dissertation: “Three Essays on Capital Movements
in Developing Economies”. Committee: Richard Baldwin, Giuseppe
Bertola, Hans Genberg.
Previous Academic and Teaching Positions
● 1992–1998: Assistant Professor, Dipartimento di Economia
dell’Università di Ancona.
● 1998–2001: Associate Professor, Dipartimento di Economia
dell’Università di Perugia.
● 2001–2006: Professor, Dipartimento di Economia dell’Università di
Perugia.
● 2002–2006: Member of the Scientific Committee (Master on
International Trade), Italian Institute for Foreign Trade.
Main Research Positions
● Visiting Scholar, Research Department, IMF (1996).Contributors’ Biographical Notes 247
● Team leader of the Italian Unit, Phare–ACE Program Research on
“The determinants of financial flows in the EU and the associated
states of Central and Eastern Europe”, financed by the European
Commission; Team leader of the Italian Unit, Phare–ACE Program
Research on “Accession, differentiation and the impact upon trade
and investment flows in an integrated Europe”, financed by the
European Commission.
● Team leader of the Italian Unit, VI Framework Program Research
on “European Network for Better Regulation”, Priority 7 “Citizens
and Governance in a Knowledge-based Society”, financed by the
European Commission.
● Team leader of the Italian Unit, VII Framework Program Research
on “Innodrive – Intangible Capital and Innovations: Drivers of
Growth and Location in the EU” project developed under the
Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union, SSH-2007-
1.1.2 Intangible investments and innovation in Europe, financed
by the European Commission; Team leader of the Italian Unit, VII
Framework Program Research on “NEUJOBS : Employment 2025 –
How will multiple transitions affect the European labour market”
project developed under the Seventh Framework Programme of the
European Union, SSH.2010.2.1-1 “Creating and adapting jobs in
Europe in the context of a socio-ecological transition”, financed by
the European Commission.
Tomaso Marzotto Caotorta
General Secretary of the IBAN (Italian Business
Angels Network).
Educational qualifications
• 1971: Degree in Political Science at the
Università Cattolica of Milano; Thesis:
“International Organisation” (i.e.: issues of
the European Communities).
Professional experience
• From June 2004: Gruppo Centenari e Zinelli
spa – President and CEO.
• From March 2001: Sistema Moda Italia Association – Director Market
Area for 1.600 Company.
• From March 1999: collaborations with an international consulting
society, with the CIRC/Federchimica and with the French Department248 Contributors’ Biographical Notes
of the Loire, for the achievement of industrial and area development
programmes.
• From May 1996 to January 1999: Manager of the economic service –
Unione Industriale Biellese, Biella.
• From June 1994 to April 1996: Managing director – Soc. TEXAL spa,
Macomer (Nuoro).
• From December 1989 to March 1994: Manager of the economic relations
sector – Associazione Industriale Bresciana (Brescia).
• From May 1974 to November 1989:
Gruppo Montefibre/Montedison, Milano;
• Area manager for Europe (one year)
• Strategic plan manager at the Spanish subsidiary in Barcelona (3
years)
• Financial planning manager (seven years)
• Marketing and Market Analysis Services (three years)
• From October 1972 to April 1974: First employment: market analysis
and industrial development studies – Soc. CERPI spa, Milano;
Other experience
• Between 1970 and 1972, in Brussels at the CEE Commission for about
15 months, with a forward contract.
Appointment
• From March 1999, promoting partner and General Secretary of the
IBAN (Italian Business Angels Network), the Informal Investors
Association in the risk capital of the SME.
Gustavo Piga
Professor of Political Economics at the
Università degli studi di Roma “Tor
Vergata”.
He has studied for a long time abroad,
especially in the United States,
and in 1996 he obtained a PhD in
Economics at Columbia University.
Between 1997 and 1998 he taught
the course Accounting and Finance
at the Department of Economics of
Columbia University.Contributors’ Biographical Notes 249
Particular attention is given in his scientific works to issues such as
Public Debt Management, Monetary Policy, Procurement Theory.
He is the Managing Director of the Journal of Political Economy, OECD
expert in Contracts and Transparency, member of the group of experts
of the Project Aumentare l’impatto degli appalti pubblici sugli investi-
menti privati in ricerca, sviluppo ed innovazione Commissione Europea
DG Ricerca (Increase the impact of public procurement on private
investment in research, development and innovation sectors of the
Research DG of the European Commission); he is a member of the scien-
tific committee EuroMTS and of Fondazione Luigi Einaudi; Associate
Editor, Applied Economics and of the Journal of Public Procurement. He is
the President of the association Viaggiatori in Movimento.
Among his many works is Handbook of Procurement, written with N.
Dimitri and G. Spagnolo, 2006, Cambridge University Press and Revisiting
Keynes, MIT Press, edited by L. Pecchi. In 2002 he was President without
executive powers of CONSIP spa.
Samir Radwan
Former Minister of Finance, Egypt.
He has had an active career span-
ning four decades, starting from
a solid academic foundation and
leading to a long-term engagement
in international public service at
the United Nations, followed by
intensive involvement in national
policymaking.
A graduate of the University of Cairo
(B.Sc. Economics, 1963) and the University of London (PhD Economics,
1973). After working as a Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics, Cairo
University (1963–1965) he was appointed as a Lecturer and Researcher
at the Institute of Economics and Statistics, Oxford University and a
Member of St. Antony’s College, Oxford (1970–1976).
A long career at the international level working with the International
Labor Organization where he progressed from the position of a Senior
Economist to Director of major departments dealing with employment
and development (1976–2003).
Dr Radwan has published extensively on human resources devel-
opment, labour markets, poverty, financial policies, macroeconomic
policies, industrial policies, rural development, competitiveness and250 Contributors’ Biographical Notes
African and Arab economies. He is a member of major networks and
institutions active in these areas and on the boards of professional
journals.
He contributed to public policymaking and institution-building in
Egypt where he was Managing Director of the Economic Research Forum
(ERF) and President of the Forum “Euromediterranean des Instituts des
Sciences Economiques” (FEMISE). He was a co-founder and Executive
Director of the Egyptian Competitiveness Council and lead author of the
Egyptian Competitiveness Report. A member of the Board of Directors
and Advisor to the Egyptian Investment Agency (GAFI) and Advisor to
the Egyptian Financial Advisory Services (EFSA).
Following the Arab Spring, he was appointed as the 1st Minister of
Finance after the 25th of January Revolution until July 2011.
Presently, he is a freelance advisor providing policy advice to regional
and international agencies and contributing to efforts by global think
tanks to reflect on the future of the global economy with particular
emphasis on social justice.
Emilio Rossi
Senior Advisor to Oxford Economics
and Founder of EconPartners.
He works with Italian clients in a
variety of sectors to supply them
with global economic intelligence
and strategic planning advice.
As a consultant to government
and private clients, he has been
involved in economic analysis
and forecasting, policy impact,
industrial economics, risk evaluation, energy markets and modelling for
30 years. Projects have included, among others, forecasts of global and
country economic performance; the analysis of sectoral growth drivers
in the EU; the analysis of sectors such as manufacturing, automotive,
oil and electricity, banking, construction, shipping; the evaluation of
risk premia; the impact of Italian parties’ programmes. Mr. Rossi has
also been involved in various EC projects, among them The European
Forecasting Network, Euroky-Policy Impact Assessment, Diecofis, The
European Competitiveness Report and was a contributor to the model of
the Italian economy for the Italian Treasury. He is the author of several
papers and writes for magazines and newspapers.Contributors’ Biographical Notes 251
Mr Rossi was Managing Director, European Consulting, at Global
Insight for eight years and previously at Standard & Poor’s for 15 years,
covering various responsibilities from economist to European Managing
Director. He also worked six years in the Economic Studies Department
of ENI, where he contributed as economist and econometrician to the
Interdependence Project, a joint effort of ENI and OAPEC.
Nicola Rossi
Professor of Political Economics
at the Università degli studi di
Roma “Tor Vergata”.
He graduated in Law at the
University of Rome “La
Sapienza”. Then he obtained
a Master’s degree and a PhD
in Economics at the London
School of Economics. He has
worked for the Servizio Studi
(Research Department) of the Bank of Italy and for the Fiscal Affairs
Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He has taught
at the University “Guido Carli” in Rome, at “Ca’, Foscari” in Venice, at
the University of Modena and at the University “Tor Vergata” in Rome.
Between 1998 and 2000 he was the economic advisor of the Prime
Minister and between 2000 and 2001 of the Ministry of Treasury. He has
been elected member of the Chamber of Deputies and of the Senate.
Nicola Rossi was President of the Fondazione Istituto Bruno Leoni
between 2011–2013. Today he is a member of the Board of Directors
of the Fondazione and he is creating for the institute the Osservatorio
Minghetti, monitoring public finance. He is the President of Italia
Futura.
Dominick Salvatore
Distinguished Professor of Economics
and the Director of the PhD Program
in Economics at Fordham University
in New York City.
He is Honorary Professor at the
Shanghai Finance University,
Hunan University and University
of Pretoria; Visiting Professor252 Contributors’ Biographical Notes
at various universities, including University of Rome (2003–2012),
American University in Cairo (2007), University of Pretoria (2009, 2012),
Peking University (2009–2012), University of Trieste (1996–2002), and
University of Vienna (1995–2003). Dr Salvatore is a Fellow of the New
York Academy of Sciences and past Chairman of its Economics Section.
He is also the past President of the North American Economic and
Finance Association (NAEFA) and the International Trade and Finance
Association (ITFA).
He is a Consultant to the United Nations, the World Bank, the
International Monetary Fund, the Economic Policy Institute and several
multinational corporations and global banks.
Dominick Salvatore is also the co-editor of the Journal of Policy Modeling
and past co-editor of Open Economies Review and The American Economist,
as well as past editor of the Handbook Series in Economics, Greenwood
Press. He has given more than 500 lectures around the world, was
awarded the Achievement Award by the City University of New York
in 1997 and was nominated for the 2010 National Medal of Science
awarded by the President of the United States. Dr Salvatore is the author
of the world’s leading textbook on international economics. His Theory
and Problems of Microeconomics has been translated into 18 languages,
with more than 800,000 copies sold.
Serena Sileoni
Deputy General Director of the Istituto Bruno
Leoni.
Lawyer and Doctor of Philosophy in compara-
tive public law, she is a temporary research
fellow in constitutional law at Scuola Superiore
Sant’Anna, in Pisa, and she collaborates
with the Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione
del Sistema Universitario e della Ricerca
(the National Agency for the Evaluation of
Universities and Research).
Being also a journalist, until 2012 she has been chief editor of the
publishing house Liberilibri, where she has primarily worked on classic
and unpublished texts of liberal and libertarian theory and on the collec-
tion “Il Monitore costituzionale”. She has been a consultant for national
and European institutions on many issues related to public law and she
is a member of various institutes and research associations in this field.
She has also studied abroad in Alicante, Dublin and Paris.Contributors’ Biographical Notes 253
Paul Van Den Noord
Counselor to the Chief Economist at the
OECD.
Among his responsibilities are to second
the Chief Economist at the G20 Deputy
meetings, prepare the meetings of the
Economic Policy Committee and liaise
between the Economics Department
and the Office of the Secretary General
of the OECD. Previously, he was in the
Group of Advisors of the Directorate-
General for Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission
and prior to that, a member of the Economics Department of the OECD
where he has been inter alia main author of the leading chapter of the
biannual OECD Economic Outlook (the General Assessment of the
Macroeconomic Situation). He started his career as a lecturer and research
fellow in macroeconomics at the University of Amsterdam where he
holds a PhD. He has published in the fields of political economy, public
finances, monetary policy and housing markets.
John Walker
Chairman of Oxford Economics which he
founded in 1981.
From 1973 to 1977, John worked in
the UK Treasury, where he became an
economic advisor in the short-term fore-
casting division. He then worked for the
consultancy arm of The Economist news-
paper, before becoming a Special Advisor
to the EEC Commission in Brussels in
1980, where he was coordinator of fore-
casts for all the EEC countries and related forecasts for the United States
and Japan.
John returned to the United Kingdom in 1983 to work full-time for
Oxford Economic Forecasting. He has headed Oxford’s move into inter-
national forecasting, developing strong links with economists around
the world and coordinating the development of the PC versions of the
Oxford models that are now widely used in the United Kingdom and the
rest of the world.254 Contributors’ Biographical Notes As well as being a much respected commentator on global economic prospects, John leads major consultancy projects with government departments and multinational companies from Europe and the United States on issues ranging from international capital flows to develop- ments in the Middle East economies.
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