ROSA ALONSO I TERME Current Position The World Bank East Asia and the Pacific Region, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management and Public Sector Groups (May 2004-February 2007; July 2009-) Senior Public Sector Specialist Task team Leader for Samoa Public Expenditure Review (2013) and Development Policy Operation. Task Team Leader for Philippines Public Expenditure Reviews (2010&2011) and for the National Program of Support for Tax Administration Reform. Task manager for several operations in Timor-Leste, including the budget support operation and the public financial management capacity-building project. Team member of best practice Vietnam PER (2005). Co-authored research with East Asia s chief economist (2006-2007). Regional adviser on poverty-reduction strategies for East Asia s low income countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Mongolia, Timor-Leste and Vietnam (2004-2007) Provided economic and public sector diagnostics and policy advice in Fiji, Micronesia, Laos, Marshall Islands, Palau, Samoa and Solomon Islands. Previous positions Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Vice-Presidency Senior Public Sector Specialist (January 2009-June 2009; 6-month DAIS) Prepared a proposal to streamline and strengthen the Governance and Anti-Corruption training agenda for World Bank staff with a focus on governance for development results. The program included training in the areas of political economy, institutionbuilding/public management and anti-corruption. Bethlehem University, Visiting Professor and Adviser at the Master s in Cooperation and International Development (March 2008-) Seminars taught: Finance for Development (February 2008 and 2009) and Comparative Economies of the Middle East (February 2009) Supervise MA theses
2 Advise the university on how to strengthen its Master s program in international development and create a Public Finance Management and Good Governance track. Wrote a paper on Mercantilism or Liberalism? Economic Autonomy and State- Building in Palestine Published in G. Vaggi et. al, The Palestinian Economy. Theoretical and Practical Challenges. Pavia University Press, 2010. Tel Aviv University, Harold Hartog School of Government Director of International Development and Senior Pears Fellow (March 2007-February 2008) Provide a blueprint for the establishment of a Master s program in international development Carry out research in the area of international development, including in the area of determinants of democracy and democratization Education The Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (Bologna, Italy; and Washington D.C.) Ph.D. in International Relations (1992-1997). Dissertation topic: The Role of the State in Spanish Economic Development (1833-1898): Interests and Economic Development. Thesis advisers: Professors David P. Calleo (European Studies Department) and W. Max Corden (Economics Department). M.A. in International Economics and European Studies (With Distinction) (1989-1991). Universitat de Barcelona Law Degree (Licenciatura) (1984-1989) B.A./M.A. (Licenciatura) in English Philology (1984-1989) Washington Theological Union Courses on The Synoptic Gospels (Fall 2011); Catholic Social Ethics (Spring 2012). Dominican House of Studies (Washington Theological Consortium) Courses on The Life and Works of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Fall 2012); Patristic Preaching and the Priesthood (Spring 2013)
3 Professional Experience The World Bank (2000-present) World Bank Institute. Senior Economist. Economic Policy for Poverty Reduction Division (2000-2004). o Task manager for programs to support capacity-building of governments, donors and civil society in poverty reduction and budget management in Africa, Latin America and Asia. Work to leverage research, policy services and capacity-building for results. o Carried out research and wrote papers on political economy of pro-poor policies and on the impact of the PRSP process on the transparency, participation, results-orientation, poverty-focus and donor alignment in budgets and budgetary processes. o Worked with country teams (Public Expenditure Reviews Tanzania 2003; Burkina-Faso 2004; Vietnam 2004). OED. Drafted Country Assistance Strategy Evaluation for the role of the World Bank in Peru in the1990s. 2003. Georgetown University, (Washington D.C.): Visiting Assistant Professor, Government Department (1999-2001). Courses taught: The Political Economy of Latin America (Spring 2002) Global Political Economy (Fall 1999; Spring 2000; Fall 2000; Spring 2001) International Relations (Spring 2000; Fall 2000; Spring 2001) Selected Topics in International Political Economy (Spring 2000) Political Economy--States in Contemporary Economies (Fall 1998; Fall 1999) International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C., Economist (1996-1999) Fiscal Affairs Department (1997-99): o Reviewed fiscal aspects of IMF programs in Africa and the Middle East o Fiscal Economist for Peru (1997-99) o Research/Publications in the areas of expenditure policy, income distribution, poverty, corruption, debt sustainability and privatization. African Department (1996-1997): o Cote d Ivoire and Benin real sector economist o HIPC initiative debt sustainability analysis for Cote d Ivoire and Benin
4 Policy Development and Review Department (summer 1994) (Trade Policy Division, summer intern): Research and publication on trade policy issues, particularly economic integration/trade regionalism. International Institute for Strategic Studies, London (UK) Research Associate (1995-1996). Main research/publication area: The Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union. Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain) Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science (1991-92) The World Group (Washington D.C.) Consultant (1990-1): Worked on several projects assessing recent macroeconomic performance and future economic prospects for various western European countries Delegation of the Commission of the European Union (Washington D.C.) Editorial Intern, Europe magazine, (1990-91): wrote various pieces for Europe magazine; coordinated the magazine section E.C. News. Teaching Experience Georgetown University (see above) The Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Comparative Economic Policymaking: Europe, Asia, and Latin America (Fall 1999) International Monetary Systems (Teaching assistant to Professor W. Max Corden) (Spring 1995) Seminar on Contemporary Western Europe (Fall 1993, Spring 1994) Comparative Western European Political Economies (Fall 1992) International Trade Theory (Teaching assistant to Professor Judith Dean) (Fall 1992) Institute for Social International Studies, Portland State University, Barcelona (Spain) Europe After the Cold War (Fall 1994)
5 European Economic Integration (Fall 1994) Europe Between the Superpowers (Fall 1991) Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain) Assistant Professor (1991-92): United States-Western Europe Relations since 1945: A Realist Approach (Fall 1991-Spring 1992) Introduction to International Relations (Fall 1991) Political Economy (Teaching assistant to Professor Ramon Torrent) (1986-1989) Publications What Prevents the Philippines from Undertaking Tax Reform? State Capture, Middle Class Opt-Out and Disempowerment of the Poor--A Story in the Un-raveling of the State. ICTD Working Paper (currently being peer reviewed for publication). Do Tax Policy Failures Explain the State of the World? International Conference on Tax and Development Blog. http://www.ictd.ac/en/commentary/taxpolicy-failures September 10, 2012 Lao Gets Ready for NT2. (with H. Kharas). In Doing Damns Better. The Lao People s Democratic Republic and the Story of Nam Theum2. I. Porter and J. Shivakumar eds. The World Bank, 2011. Mercantilism or Liberalism? Economic Autonomy and State-Building in Palestine. (With F. Kattan). In The Palestinian Economy. Theoretical and Practical Challenges. Pavia University Press, 2010. Of Progress and Purpose. Redemption and Development in the Amidah. Tel Aviv University Press, 2009. Poverty-Reduction Strategies and Budgets. A Synthesis of Five Case Studies (with L. Judge and J. Klugman): pp. 155-192. In Budget Support as More Effective Aid? Edited by S. Koeberle, Z. Stavreski and J. Walliser. Washington: The World Bank 2006. On the Importance of Assessing the Distributional Impact of Major Policy Measures. Both Ends Against the Middle Top-Bottom Coalitions and Market Reforms in Latin America. (With F. Steinberg). Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. Online Working Paper Series N. 67/2006. El Enfoque Estrategias de Reduccion de la Pobreza y la Ayuda Presupuestaria. : pp. 57-68. In Nuevas Herramientas de la Cooperación al Desarrollo. Nuevo Rol de los Actores? Entinema: Madrid, 2005. Timor-Leste: Managing for Results in a Fragile Post-Conflict Setting. In Managing for Development Results. Principles for Action. Washington: The World Bank, 2005. The Elimination of Primary Education Contributions on the Poor in Vietnam A Case Study in the Political Economy of Pro-Poor Policies. In PRSP watch website at http://www.hlspinstitute.org/files/project/13865/vietnam.pdf
6 The Elimination of the Enrollment Fee for Primary Education in Tanzania A Case Study on the Political Economy of Pro-Poor Policies In PRSP watch website at http://www.hlspinstitute.org/files/project/13865/tanzania.pdf The Role of International Financial Institutions in the 21st Century. In R. Roett and C. Wise, (eds.), The Western Hemisphere in the 21st Century: Challenge or Opportunity?. Lynne Rienner: Boulder, Colorado, 2003 (Spanish edition also 2003) The Revolt of Argentina s Middle Classes. Development Outreach Spring 2002. http://www1.worldbank.org/devoutreach/winter02/article.asp?id=139. Should Equity be a Goal of Economic Policy? (With Gupta et al.). IMF Economic Issues Series n. 16, 1999. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/issues/issues16/. Economic Policy and Equity. V. Tanzi, K.Y. Chu and S. Gupta eds. Washington D.C. IMF, 1999 (Contributor). Does Corruption Affect Income Inequality and Poverty? (With S. Gupta and H. Davoodi). Economics of Governance (2003). Also published in Governance, Corruption and Economic Performance. IMF, 2002. (Also IMF Working Paper: WP/98/76, 1998.) A Foreign Policy for the European Union. Udenrigs, vol. 3, 1996 Europe s Common Foreign and Security Policy. Strategic Comments. IISS, January 1996 Issues and Developments in International Trade Policy. (Contributor). Washington: IMF, 1994 International Trade Policies (Contributor). Washington: IMF, 1994 From the Draft Treaty of 1984 to the Intergovernmental Conferences of 1991. In Reinhardt Rummel (ed.), Toward Political Union: Planning a Common Foreign and Security Policy in the European Community. Baden-Baden: Nomos- Verlagsgesellschaft, 1994 Investment Prospects in Spain and Portugal. Washington: The World Group, 1991 Academic Lectures/Conference Presentations University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, Development as Ethics, 2010. Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, Linking Development Strategies and Budgets (2007) Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain), New Approaches to Development Assistance (December 2006) Dialogos para el Desarrollo International Conference, Madrid (Spain), The Poverty Reduction Strategies Approach (March 2005) Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Princeton N.J. Development Challenges in Africa. Part of a graduate research seminar on Development and Security in Africa. (2003) Centro Argentino de Relaciones Internacionales, Buenos Aires (Argentina). Book presentation event for The Western Hemisphere in the 21 st Century Challenge or
7 Opportunity?. Presentation on the role of the IMF and the World Bank in Latin America (2003) IFPRI, Washington D.C. The Elimination of Primary Education Contributions in Tanzania and Vietnam Case Studies on the Political Economy of Pro-Poor Policies. (2003) Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (Spain), «The role of the IMF and the World Bank in the International Economy.» (2002) Georgetown University, Washington D.C.: The Role of the IMF and the World Bank (2000) International Studies Association Annual Conference (Chicago 2001), Amartya Sen s Development as Freedom A Case Study on Peru. Georgetown University, Washington D.C.: The Source of Economic Reform in Latin America: Ideology, the IMF, or Domestic Politics? (1999) Georgetown University, Washington D.C.: The Role of International Financial Institutions in Latin America (October 6, 1999) INSEAD, Paris (France): The Changing Role of the State in the Economy in Latin America (1996) International Institute for Strategic Studies, London (UK): Rationale and Prospects for European Monetary Union (1996) Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain): The Catalan Economy in Modern Spain (1994) Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain): The Jews of Spain: From 1492 to 1992 (1994) Johns Hopkins, SAIS, Washington D.C.: European Union Policy toward the Mediterranean (1993) Johns Hopkins, SAIS, Washington D.C.: Spain's Hard Choices: The Politics of the 1990s (1993) Fulbright Association, Barcelona (Spain): The Role of the United States in Europe After the Cold War (1992) Foreign Service Institute, Washington D.C.: The Economic Impact of Spain s Accession to the European Union (1991) Awards/Fellowships Senior Pears Fellow (Tel Aviv University 2007-2008). Aspen Institute, Unemployment in Europe, (Wye Woods and Yale University, 1995) Salzburg Seminar, Europe in 1992 (Salzburg, Austria, 1991) Fulbright fellowship (Johns Hopkins SAIS, 1989-91) Spanish government fellowship to attend the seminar: Spanish Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century (Universidad Menendez y Pelayo, Summer 1989) Irish government-spanish ministry of foreign affairs fellowship to attend the course: Irish Cultural Heritage (University College, Dublin, Summer 1987)
8 A.F.S. foreign exchange student scholarship (USA, 1983-84) Languages Catalan and Spanish (native); English and French (quasi-native); Italian and Hebrew (fluent), German and Portuguese (intermediate); Spoken Palestinian Arabic and Tagalog (beginner). wb214506 N:\Alonso\cvs\CV6.doc 05/17/2006 3:22:00 PM