Pierre-Richard Agénor - Biography
Education
1979-1982: Ph.D. in Mathematical Economics and Econometrics (University of Paris, Panthéon-Sorbonne, France).
Supervisor: the late Pr. Fourgeaud, former Director of CEPREMAP (Paris, France).
1975-1979: Masters' Degree in Economics (University of Bordeaux, France).
Fields of Interest
- Development macroeconomics
- Monetary policy and international finance
- Labor economics
- Macroeconomics of poverty reduction.
Positions
- Current position: Hallsworth Professor of International Macroeconomics and Development Economics, Economics, University of Manchester, United Kingdom. Co-Director, Centre for Growth and Business Cycle Research. Program Director, MSc. in Development Macroeconomics.
- August 2003-May 2004: Lead Economist (on leave from the World Bank) and Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, Yale University.
- September 1999-July 2003: Lead Economist and Director of the Macroeconomics and Policy Assessment Skills Program, World Bank.
- June 1998-August 1999: Senior Economist and Director of the Macroeconomics and International Finance Program, Macroeconomic Management and Policy Division, Economic Development Institute of the World Bank, Washington D.C. 20433; on leave from the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund.
- March-June 1998: Senior Economist and Director of the Macroeconomics and International Finance Program, Macroeconomic Management and Policy Division, Economic Development Institute of the World Bank, Washington D.C. 20433; on leave from the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund. Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics, Georgetown University, Washington D.C. 20057.
- September 1997-February 1998: Economist and Director of the Macroeconomics and International Finance Program, Macroeconomic Management and Policy Division, Economic Development Institute of the World Bank, Washington D.C. 20433; on leave from the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund. Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics, Georgetown University, Washington D.C. 20057.
- April 1989-August 1997: Economist, Research Department, International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C. 20431.
- October 1987-March 1989: Associate Professor, and Director, Research Unit, Center for Planning Techniques and Applied Economics, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
- August 1986-September 1987: Chief Advisor, Dept. of Economics, Ministry of the Economy and Finance, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Associate Professor, Center for Planning Techniques and Applied Economics.
- October 1985-July 1986: Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. Consultant, Ministry of Planning, Port-au-Prince (Haiti).
- October 1983-September 1985: Research Associate, Liverpool Research Group in Macroeconomics (Director: Pr. P. Minford), Dept. of Economics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, United Kingdom.
- December 1982-September 1983: Economic Advisor to the Finance Minister of Haiti; Lecturer (econometrics), Faculty of Economics.
- October 1981-September 1982: Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Faculty of Sociology, University of Bordeaux, France.
Publications