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Professor EVA PAUS
McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives
and Department of Economics
Mount Holyoke College



Curriculum Vitae


Eva A. Paus


Carol Hoffmann Collins Director
Mc Culloch Center for Global Initiatives

Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA 01075
Phone: (413) 538-3280
Fax: (413) 538-3064
E-mail: epaus@mtholyoke.edu

Education

Ph.D. Economics, University of Pittsburgh, August 1983

M.A. Economics, University of Pittsburgh, August 1978

B.A. (summa cum laude), Economics, University of Pittsburgh, April 1976

Undergraduate Certificate in Latin American Studies, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh, April 1976

"Zwischenpruefung", Economics, Westfaelische Wilhelmsuniversitaet Muenster, FRG, July 1974

Academic Appointments

Carol Hoffmann Collins Director, Mc Culloch Center for Global Initiatives, Mount Holyoke College, January 2004- 

Professor, Dept. of Economics, Mount Holyoke College, since July 1998

Founding Co-Director, Weissman Center for Leadership (and Founding Director of the Center for Leadership and Public Interest Advocacy), Mount Holyoke College, March 1997 - July 2000

Chair, Dept. of Economics, Mount Holyoke College, July 1995 - July 1997

Associate Professor, Dept. of Economics, Mount Holyoke College, July 1991 - July 1998

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Economics, Mount Holyoke College, January 1987 - July 1991

Graduate Faculty Status, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, since spring 1993

Visiting Assistant Professor, Duquesne University, School of Business, Winter 1986

Visiting Faculty, Dept. of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, September 1985 - April 1986

Research Associate, Center for Latin American Studies, University Center for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh, since 1984

Researcher (with tenure), Ibero-American Institute for Economic Research at the University of Goettingen (FRG), May 1984 - August 1989 (on leave: September 1985 - August 1989)

Instructor, Dept. of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, September 1983 - April 1984


Other Professional Experience

Affiliate of the Sloan Industry Studies Program

Visiting Faculty at the Keough Center for Irish Studies, University of Notre Dame, Newman House, Dublin, August 2002

Visiting Faculty at the Institute for Economic Research, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, June 2003, May 2002.

Visiting Researcher at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin, summer 1996

Member of the Executive Council of NECLAS (New England Council on Latin American Studies), 1994 - 1996

Consultant for UNDP (United Nations Development Program) on "Adjustment Towards Peace in El Salvador," 1994-95

Co-chair of the program committee for the conference "Mexico: Beyond NAFTA," University of Massachusetts at Amherst, (sponsored by the Five College Latin American Studies Council and the Latin American Studies Consortium of New England), October 1993

Manuscript Referee for Contemporary Economic Policy, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Feminist Economics,  Journal of Developing Areas, Journal of Latin American Studies, Latin American Research Review, World Development, China Economic Renew, Development and Change

Visiting Researcher at Universidad del Pacifico, Lima, Peru, July 1989

Consultant for UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) on "Industrial Restructuring in Peru," Fall 1984, Collaborator in the preparation of UNIDO, Industrial Restructuring in Peru: Policies for Growth and Development, Vienna, 1986 (UNIDO/IS 614)

Visiting Researcher at Fedesarrollo (Fundacion para la Educacion Superior y el Desarrollo), Bogota (Colombia), for dissertation research, July 1981-December 1982

Fellowships, Grants and Honors

PI on a $ 100,000 grant from the Teagle Foundation to examine how to make it possible for all students to have a meaningful learning experience abroad, Jan. 2006 - Sept. 2007.

PI on a $ 25,000 grant from the Rockefeller Brothers' Fund in support of the CGI conference on 'New Global Realities. Winners and Losers from Offshore Outsourcing,' and dissemination of the results of the conference.

Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation, research grant, spring 2002

Co-PI on a $100,000 grant from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for the promotion of 'Case Method Teaching Across the Curriculum,' 1999 - 2001

Mellon grant for the development of web pages, 1997

DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), research grant, summer 1996

Faculty Research Fellowship, Mount Holyoke College: 2003, 1996, 1993, 1990

Faculty Research Grant, Mount Holyoke College: 2007, 2006, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1997, 1996, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988

Listed in Who's Who in the East, 23rd edition, 1990

Invitation for appointment as Faculty Fellow of the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies (University of Notre Dame) 1986-87, declined

"Apple for the Teacher," University of Pittsburgh, October 1986

Tinker Foundation, Summer Research Grants, Summer 1986 (Brazil and Argentina), Summer 1983 (Peru), Summer 1981 (Colombia)

Mellon Doctoral Fellowship, 1982-83, 1981-82

Inter American Foundation, Doctoral Research Scholarship, 1981-82

Teaching Fellowship, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, 1979-81

Teaching Assistantship, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, 1976-78

Tuition Scholarship from the Office for International Student Services, University of Pittsburgh, 1975-76

Fulbright-Hays Scholarship, 1974-75

Publications

a) Books and Monographs

Global Capitalism Unbound. Winners and Losers from Offshore Outsourcing. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Global Education for all Students: Innovation & Integration in Expanding Learning Abroad, Teagle Foundation White Paper, August 2007.

Inversion Extranjera, Desarrollo, y Globalizacion. Puede Costa Rica Emular a Irlanda? San Jose: University of Costa Rica Press, 2007.

Foreign Investment, Development, and Globalization. Can Costa Rica Become Ireland? New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2005.

Adjustment Toward Peace: Economic Policy and Post-War Reconstruction in El Salvador. United Nations Development Programme: San Salvador, May 1995 (collaborator)

Rates of Change: Modelling Population and Resources, Sloan Foundation, New Liberal Arts Monograph Series, 1992 (co-authored with Harriet Pollatsek)

Struggle Against Dependence. Nontraditional Export Growth in Central America and the Caribbean. Boulder and London: Westview Press, 1988 (edited).

b) Journal Articles

"Increasing Study Abroad Participation... It's the Faculty, Stupid!" " The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad. (Fall 2008), forthcoming (with Michael Robinson)

"Missing Links: Foreign Investment and Industrial Development in Costa Rica and Mexico," Studies in Comparative International Development. Vol 42. No. 4. (2008) (with Kevin Gallagher).

"Productivity Growth in Latin America: The Limits of
Neo-liberal Reforms," World Development Vol.32, No. 3 (2004), pp. 427-445.

"Trade Liberalization and Productivity Growth in Latin American
Manufacturing"  Journal of Policy Reform (with Nola Reinhardt and Mike Robinson) Vol. 6, No.1 (2003), pp.1-16.

"Real Wage Performance under Greater Trade Openness: Lessons from Latin America and Asia," Journal of Developing Areas Vol. 33 (Winter 1999), pp. 269-288 (with Mike Robinson)

"Structural Adjustment and Competitiveness in Transition Economies: Lessons from the East German Manufacturing Sector," World Development Vol. 28 (October 1998), pp. 1839-185

"The Implications of Increasing Economic Openness for Real Wages in Developing Countries, 1973-90," World Development Vol. 25, No. 4 (April 1997), pp. 537-547 (with Mike Robinson)

"Exports, Economic Growth and the Consolidation of Peace in El Salvador," World Development Vol. 23 (December 1995), pp. 2173-2193

"Economic Growth through Neoliberal Restructuring? Insights from the Chilean Experience," The Journal of Developing Areas Vol. 28, (October 1994), pp. 31-56

"Adjustment and Development in Latin America: The Failure of Peruvian Heterodoxy, 1985-90," World Development Vol. 19 (May 1991), pp. 411-434

"The Caribbean Basin Initiative and Economic Development: The Missing Links," Latin American and Caribbean Contemporary Record Vol. VIII, 1990

"Direct Foreign Investment and Economic Development in Latin America: Perspectives for the Future," Journal of Latin American Studies Vol. 21, part 2 (May 1989), 221-239

"The Political Economy of Nontraditional Export Growth: Argentina and Brazil in the 1970s," Journal of Developing Areas Vol. 23 (Jan. 1989), 173-200

"The Theory of Unequal Exchange: An Indictment," Review of Radical Political Economics 19 (Spring 1987), pp. 90-97 (co-authored with David Houston)

"El crecimiento industrial tras la sustitucion de importaciones en el Peru," Apuntes (Lima) No. 17, Segundo Semestre 1985, pp. 3-21

"La dinamica de la acumulacion y del empleo en la industria textil colombiana durante los 70: de la promocion de exportaciones al contrabando," Coyuntura Economica (Bogota) 12, (December 1982) 4, pp. 129-175.

c) Book Chapters

“Foreign Investment and Economic Development in Costa Rica: the Unrealized Potential,” in Daniel Chudnovsky and Kevin P. Gallagher, eds. Rethinking Foreign Investment for Development. London: Anthem Press, 2009 (with Jose Cordero)

“Winners and Losers from Offshore Outsourcing. What is to be done?” in Paus, ed. Global Capitalism Unbound. Winners and Losers from Offshore Outsourcing. New York and London: Palgrave Macmillan, November 2007

“ Capturing the benefits of offshore outsourcing for developing countries: The case for active policies,” (with Helen Shapiro) in Paus, ed. Global Capitalism Unbound. Winners and Losers from Offshore Outsourcing. New York and London: Palgrave Macmillan, November 2007.

"Policy Space for a Capability-Centered Development Strategy for Latin America," in Ken Shadlen and Diego Sanchez-Ancochea Responding to Globalization in the Americas. The Political Economy of Hemispheric Integration.(with Luis Abugattas)

“ Reflections of a New U.S. Citizen," (2007) in Michael Berndt and Amy Muse, eds. Composing a Civic Life: A Rhetoric and Readings for Inquiry and Action. New York et al.: Person Longman, 25-26.

"Desarrollo industrial en un mundo global: politicas 'proactivas' para un pais pequeno en desarrollo," Programa Estado de la Nacion. 12 Informe. San Jose, Costa Rica, 2006.

"Exports and the Consolidation of Peace," in James Boyce, ed., Economic Policy for Building Peace: The Lessons of El Salvador (Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers) 1996, pp. 247-278

"Economic Development in Central America and the Caribbean: The Role of Nontraditional Exports," in Struggle Against Dependence, pp. 1-17

"A Critical Look at Nontraditional Export Demand: the Caribbean Basin Initiative," in Struggle Against Dependence, pp. 193-213

"La industria textil y de confecciones en el Peru", in Ministerio de Industria, Comercio, Turismo e Integracion, Desarrollo y Planeamiento Industrial (Lima: Promotores Andinos, 1985), pp. 123-132


d) Book Reviews, Comments, and Working Papers

"Reflections of a New U.S. Citizen," (2007) in Michael Berndt and Amy Muse, eds. Composing a Civic Life. A Rhetoric and Readings for Inquiry and Action New York et al.: Person Longman, 25-26.

“ Desarrollo industrial en un mundo global: políticas ‘proactivas’ para un país pequeño en desarrollo,” Programa Estado de la Nación. 12 Informe. San Jose, Costa Rica, 2006.

"The Missing Links between Foreign Investment and Development: Lessons from Costa Rica and Mexico,” (with Kevin Gallagher), Global Development and Environment Institute (at Tufts University) Working Paper 2006-01.

Commentary on "Jane D'Arista, Keith Griffin, and Lisa Jordan: Democratizing Global Economic Governance," Working Paper No. 26 of the Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts at Amherst (2001), pp.28-32

Review of "Carol Graham, Safety Nets, Politics, and the Poor: Transition to Market Economies," in Journal of Developing Areas Vol. 30, No 3 (April 1996), pp.400-403

Review of "Rosemary Thorp, Economic Management and Economic Development in Peru and Colombia," in Hispanic American Historical Review Vol. 73 (February 1993), pp.176-177

"Review of "Ricardo Paredes and Luis A. Riveros, eds. Human Resources and the Adjustment Process," in Hispanic American Historical Review, 1992

"Review of William A. Canak, ed., Lost Promises: Debt, Austerity, and Development in Latin America," in Journal of Developing Areas Vol 24 (April 1990), 412-414

"A Note on Unequal Exchange", Working Paper No. 195, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, October 1985 (co-authored with David Houston)

"Manufactured Export Growth in Latin America in the 1970s: Reflection of Improved Competitiveness?" Discussion Paper No. 37, Ibero-American Institute for Economic Research at the University of Goettingen, FRG, July 1985

Current Research

The impact of China on the Developing World

Fiscal Policy Space for Development

Foreign Investment and Globalization

College Service

Program Committees
International Relations Committee, since 1987
Latin American Studies Committee, since 1987

College Committees
Academic Policy Committee, 1988 - 1991
Honorary Degrees Committee, 2000 -
Planning and Budget Committee, 1994 - 1997.
Subcommittee on Admissions and the Financial State of the College, 1994-95
Chair, 1995-96


Professional Affiliations

American Economic Association (AEA)
Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP)
Friends of the Ibero-American Institute for Economic Research at the University of Goettingen, FRG
Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
New England Council of Latin American Studies (NECLAS)

Languages

German : native
English : fluent
Spanish : fluent
French : fair

 

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