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Database of experts / Adam Fforde Jerome

Introduction

52 year old male, PhD Economics (Cambridge), looking for part time consulting assignment - expertise in: reform of policy analysis, farmers' organisations, SOEs, macroeconomics of transition, institutional reform. Currently Principal Fellow at Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies, University of Melbourne, and Professorial Fellow, School of Development Studies, Melbourne University Private.

Citizenship: Australia

Birthdate: January 1, 1953

Gender: male

Permanent address Current address
, , , PO 2096 Ivanhoe E, Melbourne, 3079, Australia
Phone: +61 (0)419 287 176
Fax: +61 (0)3 9497 4856
Email: fforde@unimelb.edu.au, adam@aduki.com.au
Site: www.aduki.com.au

Qualification

Development Economist, with wide experience in development policy, institutional assessment and design.
Research, very often collaborative and multi-disciplinary, has focussed mainly upon economic transition and the analysis of institutions and of development policy.
Operational experience includes extensive experience with institutional assessment and design, including the management and analysis of aid and aid policy, especially at project and program levels.
Advisory experience has included Embassy/Country Program and Project levels. I have worked for a range of official organisations, including ADB, AusAID, CIDA, Danish Red Cross, DFID, DANIDA, Sida, UNDP, UNCDF and the World Bank.
Academic teaching and supervisory experience has mainly been multi-disciplinary, focussing upon development policy and political economy issues.

Computer skills

Normal fluency - wordprocessing, database use.

Education
Location Period Degree obtained
From To
Oxford Univerisity October 1, 1973 May 1, 1976 B.A. Engineering Science and Economics, 1973 (M.A. 1976)
Birkbeck College, University of London October 1, 1976 May 1, 1977 M.Sc. Economics, 1977. Optional paper in Development Economics.
Cambridge University October 1, 1978 October 1, 1979 Dissertation title: Problems of Agricultural Development in North Vietnam. Studied at Hanoi University 1978-79. , PhD Economics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Understanding
English Native Native Native Native
Vietnamese Fluency Fluency Good Fluency