Janusz Szyrmer is an Economic Policy Expert with over twenty years of experience in emerging markets, international aid management, macro-fiscal policy, public finance, international trade, governance, competitiveness, statistics, and economic/econometric data analysis and modeling. Having served as Project Director (Team Lead, Chief of Party, etc.), Policy Advisor, Research Analyst, and Professor/Lecturer, he has managed development aid projects and advised and trained a wide range of governments. He has served as a policy analyst/advisor in a number of countries, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, India, Jordan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, the Maldives, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Russia, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Ukraine, UAE, USA, Venezuela, and Zambia.

 

Dr. Szyrmer received his Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, USA. His academic appointments have included several research and teaching faculty positions in the USA (Harvard University and University of Pennsylvania), Great Britain (Oxford University), and several other U.S. and European research and teaching institutions. He has published extensively; he authored/co-authored/edited twelve books and monographs and many research papers and project reports.

 

1. Family name: Szyrmer
2. First name: Janusz
3. Passport: Poland and USA
4. Residence: Colombo, Sri Lanka

 

5. Education:
Institution (Date from – Date to) Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

 

University of Pennsylvania, USA Ph.D. in Regional Science/Environmental Economics
University of Pennsylvania, USA M.A. in Regional Science/Environmental Economics
Poznan School of Economics, Poznan, Poland M.A. in Foreign Trade Economics

 

6. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)

 

Reading Speaking Writing

 

English 1 1 1
French 1 2 1
Polish 1 1 1
Russian 1 1 1
Spanish 1 4 5
Ukrainian 2 5 5

 

7. Present position: Public Financial Management Team Lead, Partnership for Accelerating Reforms in Trade, National
Expenditure, and Revenue (PARTNER), a project funded by USAID, implemented by Deloitte Consulting LLC

 

8. Years of experience (total number): 27 years

 

9. Key qualifications:

 Socioeconomic Policy Expert, with over 20 years of ample knowledge and extensive experience in regional and
environmental economics, emerging markets, international aid management, macro-fiscal policy, public finance
management, international trade, governance, competitiveness, statistics, and economic/econometric data
analysis and modeling. Having served as Professor/Lecturer, Research Analyst, Policy Advisor, Project Director,
Team Leader, and Chief of Party, he has been involved in academic research and teaching, managing
development aid projects, and advising and training various governments.

 

He led several projects tasked with:

o Advice to policymakers undertaking reforms in several emerging-market countries
o Advice to policymakers in countries affected by conflicts and financial crises
o Elaborating/contributing to the formulation of national sustainable socioeconomic development
strategies, public investment plans, governance reforms, support of small businesses, international
competitiveness, and sustainable development.
o Advice to and training of national statistics agencies in charge of collecting national accounts data
(application of the United Nations SNA standards)
o Creation and use of large databases of macro-fiscal data, socioeconomic development indicators, and
market performance indicators

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o Large-scale surveys of social assistance recipients, taxpayers, businesses, and informal sector
participants
o Modernization of social assistance systems
o Governance reforms
o Labor market research and models
o Designing systems of early warning indicators and their application in policymaking
o Construction of macro-fiscal models applied to forecasts and policy impact simulations (micro-
simulation, econometric timeseries, input-output, SAM, CGE, financial programming, cost-benefit, and
others); applications of EViews, GAMS, SAS, SPSS, Limdep, and other statistical and econometric
packages
o Collecting data and calculating tax incidence, tax gap, tax expenditure, and fiscal/budgetary
benchmarks (TADAT and other), based on which macro-fiscal policy recommendations were provided
o Medium-Term Development Frameworks used in policy formulation
o Fiscal management, budget planning, and execution
o Capacity building of governmental entities (both central and subnational)
o Capacity building of NGOs in data, research, and policy advocacy
o Initiation of public-private dialogue, supported by "Community of Practice" portals
o Organization of large conferences and workshops
o Work for and close collaboration with donor organizations, including USAID, EuropeAid, IMF, World
Bank, EBRD, MCC, UNDP, ADB, African Development Bank, and other

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 Dr. Szyrmer received his Ph.D. and M.A. in Regional Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
USA, and M.A. in Foreign Trade Economics from Poznan School of Economics, Poland. He received additional
training from several academic institutions in Poland (Polish Academy of Sciences), France (University of Dijon),
and the U.S. (Georgetown University, Washington, DC, and the University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign).

 

 His academic appointments have included many administrative, research, and teaching faculty positions in the
USA (University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, Haverford College, and Bryn Mawr College), in Great Britain
(Oxford University), in Venezuela (Central University of Venezuela, Caracas), in Ukraine (National University of
Kyiv-Mohyla Academy), and in Poland (Polish Academy of Sciences and Polish Economic Society), as well as in
several other European research and teaching institutions.

 Published extensively; he authored/co-authored/edited twelve books and monographs as well as many research
papers and project reports, most of which were on the topics related to development economics, post-soviet
transition, regional science and environmental economics, and economic/econometric models.

 Taught courses in economics, international finance and trade, regional/environmental science, statistics and
econometrics, and related disciplines and served as an advisor and supervisor to a large number of M.A. and
Ph.D. theses.

 In 1986-96, he held several senior administrative positions at the University of Pennsylvania.
 In 2012-13, he also served as a Professor of Economics for a Doctoral Program and MBA Program offered by the
Institute of Economics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw.

10. List of countries of experience (in alphabetical order): Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Georgia,
Hungary, India, Jordan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, the Maldives, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Russia, Sri Lanka,
Tunisia, Ukraine, UAE, USA, Venezuela, and Zambia.

11. Professional experience:
Dates Location Financing
institution

Position Description

9/2023 -
Current

Sri Lanka USAID Public Financial Management Team Leader

 

The Partnership for Accelerating Reforms in Trade, National Expenditure,
and Revenue Project (PARTNER), USAID/Deloitte/Government of Sri Lanka
(GOSL)
 Foster new and solidify existing relationships with PARTNER’s
counterparts across the GOSL: the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and
other key ministries
 Provide government efficiency and service delivery technical advisory
leadership on scoping, planning, and implementation of key activities
with GOSL guiding state-owned enterprise reform, supporting MOF’s
macro-fiscal unit, and overseeing trainings for the Department of
External Resource and National Planning Department

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 Oversee the day-to-day activities in public financial management
(PFM)
 Coach, mentor, and advise PARNER’s staff on consulting skills and
developing USAID deliverables
 For each activity: define scopes of work, track risks and mitigation
plans, manage activity change requests, assign team roles,
operationalize review processes, oversee the quality of deliverables,
and set interim deadlines to ensure work plan activities are on track
 Contribute to the preparation and strategic planning for counterpart
meetings
 Develop project-wide templates, tools, and guidance to enable
compliant, efficient, and high-quality delivery of technical activities
 Advise the team on new ideas, innovative approaches, and challenge
their thinking to find realistic and sustainable solutions

10/2020-
9/2023
The
Maldives

USAID Macro-
fiscal
Policy
Team
Leader

USAID/DAI/Ministry of Finance (MOF): Public Finance Management (PFM)
Maldives Activity
 Macro-fiscal policy support; advice to policymakers; formulation of
reform proposals and assessment of their socioeconomic impacts
 Help in the development of Medium-Term Fiscal Frameworks
 Enhancement of existing models and development of key models that
will further improve capacities for promoting evidence-based
policymaking; increase analytical formality by thoroughly
documenting the new and existing models
 Help with the formulation of strategic planning and accompanying
work plan, including setting targets for studies, training plans, and
strategic engagement
 Help in establishing a working papers series and policy briefs series
developed by Fiscal Analysis Department analysts; support of the use
of analytical tools for promoting discussion, engagement, policy
consensus building, and a policy reform agenda
 Design and implementation of a tax perception survey aimed at
assessing public confidence in the tax system and guiding strategies
for increasing the confidence, formulating public engagement
mechanisms, and supporting public-private dialogue
 An integrated variety of capacity-building that may include technical
assistance, advisory, mentorship, seminars, visiting research
opportunities, and study tours, as well as longer-term training
programs

1/2019 –
9/2020

Tunisia USAID Tax
Policy
and
Fiscal
Reform
Team
Leader

Fiscal Reform for a Strong Tunisia (FIRST), a project implemented by
Chemonics International Inc.
 Provide leadership, technical direction, and management oversight
for all tax policy and fiscal reform project activities and results
 Supervise Deputy Team Leaders and several fiscal policy experts
 Assist the Government of Tunisia and other key stakeholders;
formulate and implement a work plan of technical assistance
 Extensive capacity-building efforts
 Develop and test/apply a tool kit of fiscal policy models and other
analytical tools, including:
o Micro-simulation and tax gap models (PIT, CIT, VAT, other
fiscal policy instruments)
o Macro-econometric forecasting models to be used in the
formulation of the medium-term fiscal frameworks (MTFFs)
o Social accounting matrix, input-output models, computable
general equilibrium models, and tax incidence / fiscal
redistribution models to be used in assessments of macro-
fiscal policy impacts
o METR: Marginal effective tax rates
o Cost-benefit analysis of Special Treasury Funds

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o TADAT benchmarks
o Key performance indicators (KPIs)
o Monetization of impacts of tax administration reforms
(digitalization, taxpayer registration, audits, tax arrears,
rewards/penalties in tax collection, modernization of VAT
system reforms, and others)

 Support formulation and implementation of the budget management
by objective (BMO) strategy: Subprograms, objectives, actions, and
performance indicators
 Support the establishment of the Fiscal Analysis Unit (FAU)
 Respond to fiscal policy needs as requested
 Contribute to communications (public-private dialog) and reporting
tools and to the project's monitoring and evaluation effort
 Make formal and informal presentations as needed
 Conduct meetings and maintain relationships with the Government of
Tunisia officials and other relevant stakeholders

8/2018 –
10/2018

Jordan EU/Europe
Aid

Senior
Macro-
Fiscal
Economi
st

Project implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit GIZ: Technical Assistance for Public Financial
Management Reform of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
 Analysis of budgetary trends and their interaction with the economy;
benchmarking Jordan's budget against international examples;
forecast of Jordan's fiscal position until 2025 by applying three
scenarios (baseline, crisis, optimistic); and drawing the lessons
relevant for fiscal policy

3/2018 –
4/2018

Laos Asian
Developme
nt Bank

Fiscal
Policy
Expert

Project: LAO PDR, Support for Governance and Capacity Development
 Support to the Ministry of Finance by conducting a detailed diagnostic
assessment of the Lao PDR Medium Term Fiscal Framework (MTFF) to
formulate policy options for expenditure management for the
development goals
 Compilation of a detailed and comprehensive list (in Excel format) of
identified issues/weaknesses for all components of the MTFF
 Guidance (including methodology and data) for enhancement
 Detailed presentation of the findings arising from the MTFF model

1/2018 –
3/2018

Jordan EU/Europe
Aid

Senior
Macro-
Fiscal
Economi
st

Project implemented by EnConsult Jordan: Technical Assistance for Public
Financial Management Reform of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
 Development of analytical research capacity and revenue forecasting
capacity of the Directorate of Planning and Risk Management, Income
and Sales Tax Department, Ministry of Finance
 Studies: (i) Impact of fiscal policy on economic growth, (ii) Drivers of
socioeconomic development, (iii) Personal income tax reform
proposal: Tax credits for large families aimed at poverty reduction

10/2017
– 1/2018

Jordan EU/Europe
Aid

Senior
Macro-
Fiscal
Economi
st

Project implemented by Expertise France: Technical Assistance for Public
Financial Management Reform of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Tasks:
 Training needs assessment of the Directorate of Planning and Risk
Management, Income and Sales Tax Department, Ministry of Finance
 Development of analytical research capacity and revenue forecasting
capacity of the Directorate
 Studies: (i) Tax gap and the size of tax evasion, (ii) Annual and
monthly fiscal forecast models
 Interactive micro-simulation package to assess macro-fiscal impacts
on monthly budget revenue

4/2016 –
7/2017

Jordan USAID Macro-
Fiscal
Policy
Team
Leader

The Fiscal Reform and Public Financial Management (FRPFM) activity, a
project implemented by Deloitte Consulting LLP: Assistance to the
Ministry of Finance, line ministries and other governmental organizations,
business associations, and NGOs in macro-fiscal policy and tax
administration, including:
 Institutional development: A vision of the mission of the Studies and

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Economic Policy Directorate, restructuring and upgrade of activities of
the Directorate, strengthening its institutional capacities
 Advice/training in economic and social research: Support for evidence-
based policymaking, tax policy reforms, sustainable fiscal policy
 The buildup of a large macro-fiscal database (the only such database in
Jordan)
 Macro-fiscal indicators and their application to a policy monitoring and
evaluation activity
 Macro-fiscal econometric models (annual and quarterly time series):
Forecast, the impact analysis of proposals of structural reforms, fiscal
decentralization reform, prioritization of reform measures,
monitoring their outcomes
 Medium-Term Fiscal Frameworks
 Tax expenditure calculation (to be included in 2018 budget law)
 Result-oriented budgeting
 Public-private dialogue
 Monitoring and evaluation
 Capacity building at the Ministry of Finance
 Grants to NGOs supporting policy research
 Several analytical reports: (i) Jordan's Economic and Fiscal Challenges,
(ii) Jordan's Growth Indicators, and (iii) Jordan's Labor Market
Comparative Analysis

11/2013–
3/2017
Several
short-
term
missions

Kuwait IMF Public
Financial
Manage
ment
Advisor

IMF, Capacity building in the Macro-Fiscal Policy Department:
 Support and advice on macro-fiscal (tax) database
 Construction of Excel-based forecasting macro-fiscal models
 Drafting manuals
 Training staff in fiscal policy analysis and policy recommendations

11/2013–
4/2016

Armenia USAID Chief of
Party

Deloitte Consulting LLP, Tax Reform Project (TRP):
 Development of the Unified Tax Code
 Advice on improvements in public finance management
 Support for socioeconomic policy
 Tax-gap analysis
 Simulation models for different categories of taxes
 Initiation of the "Community of Practice" network
 Two large surveys of taxpayers' perceptions (businesses and
households); analysis of the results and recommendations to the
Ministry of Finance
 Publication of a comprehensive guidebook for taxpayers
 Support for public-private dialogue: Establishment of the Tax Council -
- a public-private platform for business community-government
dialogue regarding tax issues
 Capacity building in the Ministry of Finance and civil society
 Organization of large conferences
 Close collaboration with donor-supported projects

10/2013–
12/2014

Georgia,
Moldova,
and
Ukraine

Internation
al Visegrad
Fund

Team
Leader

CASE Poland, Project "Transfer of know-how for small and mid-sized
businesses in Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine", by a consortium of four
partners: CASE, Poland; CEVRO Institute, Czech Rep.; ICEG European
Center, Hungary; and Vysoká škola manažmentu, Slovakia; in cooperation
with CASE network in beneficiary countries: CASE-Georgia, CASE-Moldova,
and CASE-Ukraine:
 Capacity building of SMEs and trade facilitation between beneficiary
countries and the E.U.
 Assistance to beneficiaries in taking advantage of E.U. neighborhood
policy undertaken by "Eastern Partnership"
 NGO's policy advocacy

07/2013-
11/2013

Tunisia Millennium
Challenge

Expert in
Fiscal

International Development Group LLC, Drafting program design for the
assistance of MCC Threshold Program in sectors identified by MCC:

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Corporatio
n

Governa
nce

 Constraints analysis: Public finance, customs administration, labor
market (tax burden and regulatory burden on labor)
 Construction of a database of labor market indicators

10/2012–
04/2013

Tunisia USAID Senior
Economi
st

Sibley International, Tunisia ICT Competitiveness Project:
 Analysis of labor market and fiscal policy
 Report: Employment Support Programs: Overview and
recommendations
 Discussions with key policymakers on socioeconomic reforms'
priorities with a focus on private sector-led sustainable economic
growth
 Public outreach activities at national and local levels designed to
promote support for recommended reforms

03/2012
–
05/2012

Hungary E.U./Europ
eAid

Fiscal
Policy
Expert

CASE Poland/ECORYS, short-term assignment:
 Evaluation of impacts of the short-term loan to the budget of Hungary
provided by E.U. and IMF that intended to support its balance of
payments: Early warning indicators, impacts on the sustainability of
the external financial situation and foreign trade in medium to long
term, and structural effects in short and medium terms -- financial
sector analysis and counterfactual modeling

07/2009
–
07/2013

Ukraine CASE
Ukraine

Chairma
n of
Supervis
ory
Council

Chairman of the Supervisory Council of CASE-Ukraine:
 In charge of supervising the think tank's activity
 Contributing to strategic decisions
 Providing advice to the management of the organization

10/2010
– 4/2014
Several
missions

Jordan USAID Macro-
fiscal
modelin
g expert

Development Alternatives Inc. DAI, Fiscal Reform Project II:
 Advice/training in economic and social research (Ministry of Finance
and Economic and Social Council): Support for evidence-based
policymaking, tax policy reforms, sustainable fiscal policy
 Macro-fiscal econometric models (annual and quarterly time series):
Forecast, impact analysis, micro-simulations, growth, reduction of
debt
 Monthly revenue forecast model (Excel-based)
 Use of the input-output model to estimate the impact of the reduction
of subsidies to electric power
 Capacity building at the Ministry of Finance

02/2009
–
08/2009

Sri Lanka USAID Regional
Develop
ment
Policy
Expert

AECOM, Connecting Regional Economies Project (CORE):
 Reduction of disparities in economic development between conflict-
affected Eastern Province and the rest of Sri Lanka
 Conflict mitigation through equitable growth
 Support for value chains at the grassroots level
 Assistance in the improvement of the business environment
 Support for enhanced participation in regional and international trade

01/2009
–
02/2009

Mongolia United
Nations
Developme
nt Program

Expert in
Environ
mental
and
Social
Economi
cs

UNDP Mongolia, Poverty Research and Employment Facilitation for Policy
Development Project:
 Initiated a UNDP "Green Economy" project
 Wrote a concept paper on "Natural resources, economic growth, and
human development" – the impact of environmental degradation on
the economy and human development; theory, data, analysis, and
policy recommendations

01/2009
–
09/2009

Mongolia
and the
Philippine
s

Asian
Developme
nt Bank

Consulta
nt

ADB, Assessment of regional cooperation and foreign trade in Central Asia
Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) and within the World Trade
Organization (WTO):
 Analysis of Mongolia's trade and international/regional cooperation
policies
 Development of a forward-looking strategy for Mongolia's
participation in CAREC and WTO
 Assistance in the integration of this strategy into the Mongolia
National Development Strategy

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 Recommendations on institutional strengthening and capacity
building in the Mongolia government

10/2008
–11/2010

Ukraine World
Bank/ SIDA
Team
Leader

CASE Ukraine, Social Assistance Reform Project (SARP):
 Modernization of the social assistance system aimed at institutional
convergence of Ukraine with the E.U.
 Data collection, including surveys of households and formulation of
econometric models applied to budget expenditure (social protection
policy reform)
 Capacity building
 Public information campaign
 Implementation of pilots in five regions to test the reform

07/2008
–
12/2008

Eastern
Europe

E.U./Europ
eAid

Consulta
nt

CASE Poland, Eastern Neighborhood: Economic Potential and Future
Development Project: Analysis of the potential of the European
Neighborhood Policy and recommendations for upgrading relations
between the enlarged E.U. and newly independent states of the former
USSR:
 "Assessing the Development Gap" – the use of econometric modeling
to assess major gaps in four dimensions (economic/trade,
social/human, environmental, and institutional)
 Advisory work in the areas of energy supply/demand forecasting
models and international trade

06/2008
–
12/2008

Ukraine Poland's
Ministry of
Foreign
Affairs

Expert CASE Ukraine, Preparation of the Strategy for Social Benefits Monetization

Reform Project (under E.U. standards):
 Overview of the system of national benefits, incl. a "map" of benefits
and subsidies with particular attention to benefits in kind and price
subsidies in energy, housing, communal services, transportation, and
healthcare
 Comparative study of international experience (best practice) in
reforming social benefits
 Simulation models of distributional impacts with a focus on
household income distribution and poverty
 Formulation of a concept of recommendations for comprehensive
reform

05/2008
–
12/2008

Ukraine Poland's
Ministry of
Foreign
Affairs

Team
Leader

CASE Poland, Macroeconomic Early Warning Systems Project Creation of a
macroeconomic forecasting/early-warning system --
financial/fiscal/economic crisis in Ukraine:
 Institutional arrangements
 Data collection, macroeconomic database (monthly time series)
 Econometric modeling (probit models)
 Capacity building in the area of economic forecasting and national
strategy formulation and implementation

01/2007 -
10/2007

Azerbaija
n

USAID Chief of
Party

Development Alternatives Inc. DAI, Public Investment Policy Project–
public finance; budget capital investment under the Public Investment
Program (PIP):
 Analysis of the consistency of PIP with national development
objectives (poverty reduction, socioeconomic development of
regions, and others), its institutional arrangements and procedures,
including an appraisal of capital projects, cost-benefit analysis,
projects' prioritization, and monitoring
 Building a budget capital expenditure database and socioeconomic
database
 Constructing models for budget policy analysis and forecasting (SAM,
Financial Programming, and Flow of Funds)

10/2006 -
02/2008

Zambia USAID Consulta
nt

AECOM, Southern Africa Global Competitiveness Hub (SAGCH):
 Program for training government experts doing economic analysis in
order to improve public finance management: Development and use
of quantitative analysis methods and econometric models
 Monitoring the work done by external economists

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 Help in strengthening non-governmental economic think tanks and
strengthening the research capability of non-governmental
economists

04/2006 -
07/2006

India USAID Senior
Fiscal
Policy
Advisor

BearingPoint Inc., REFORM Project: Assistance to governments of three
Indian states (Jharkhand, Karnataka, and Uttaranchal):
 Establishments of Fiscal Policy Analysis Cells (FPACs) in the
governments of the three states and capacity building of these cells
 Creation, maintenance, and updating of a socioeconomic database to
be used for regional (sub-national) regional/fiscal development policy
analysis and modeling needs
 Data collection on (surveys of) selected economic sectors
 Development of sub-national fiscal policy modeling capacities
 Applications of input-output models to fiscal policy

12/2005 -
03/2006

Ukraine UNDP Fiscal
Policy
Expert

CASE Poland, Blue Ribbon Commission Project:
 Public finance reform for Ukraine focused on VAT and foreign trade
taxes aimed at institutional convergence with E.U. standards
 Advice to the management of CASE-Ukraine

07/2005 -
09/2005

Mongolia Millennium
Challenge
Corporatio
n MCC

Macroec
onomic
Policy
Expert

MCC, Support for development of Mongolia MCA Compact Proposal
(Millennium Challenge Account) based on "National Development
Strategy, 2005-20":
 Assistance to working groups on I.T., transportation (international
trade/transit corridor), public finance, healthcare, education, and
regional development
 Cost-benefit analysis for impacts of alternative MCA project proposals

04/2004 -
05/2004
Abu-
Dhabi

UAE Policy
Modelin
g Expert

The Services Group TSG:
 Development of an activity analysis model
 Forecast of fiscal, economic, social, and environmental impacts of
construction of a plant producing fertilizers in Abu-Dhabi, United Arab
Emirates

10/2003 -
11/2006

Mongolia USAID Senior
Policy
Advisor

The Services Group TSG/Chemonics International Inc., Economic Policy
Reform and Competitiveness Project (EPRC):
 Advice to Mongolia's Government on competitiveness, foreign trade,
economic and tax policy issues
 Authorship of "National Development Strategy, 2005-20" and
comprehensive tax reform enacted by the Mongolian Parliament in
June 2006
 Advice to the National Statistics office
 Input-output, SAM, CGE, and other macro-fiscal impact models
 Writing analytical reports, supporting public finance, fiscal
transparency, and accountability

09/2001 -
11/2003

Kosovo USAID Chief
Macroec
onomist
Head of
MFE
Macroec
onomic
Policy
Departm
ent

The Services Group TSG, Formulation of strategy for transition to a market
economy:
 Co-authorship of "Kosovo Medium Term Expenditure Framework"
and "Kosovo Annual Budget Reports, 2002 and 2003"
 Capacity building of the Ministry's staff
 Regular biweekly seminars for policymakers and analysts
 Publication of "Monthly Macroeconomic Monitor" covering all major
economic, fiscal, and social statistics (the first and only such
publication in Kosovo)
 Authorship of "The Kosovo Aggregated Macroeconomic Model
(KAMM): An Instrument for Economic Policy Analysis"
 Production of a model "KNA: Kosovo National Accounts" that
produced forecasts for 2003-07

11/2000 -
12/2001

Ukraine CIDA Executiv
e
Director,
CASE-
Ukraine,

 Management and staff supervision of the Center
 Scientific leadership of projects
 Organization of large workshops
 Design and creation of institutional development indicators database,
lectures for businesses

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and
Project
Director

09/1999 -
01/2001

Ukraine UEPLAC-
TACIS/EU

Scientific
Director

Ukrainian-European Policy and Legal Advice Centre (UEPLAC):
 Co-authorship of UEPLAC's "Policy vision" aimed at institutional and
economic convergence of Ukraine with the E.U.
 Analysis of the effects of the E.U.'s extension on Ukraine's economy
 Survey of businesses
 Organization of UEPLAC junior scholar internship program

03/1997 -
11/2000

Ukraine USAID Chief of
Party/
Director

Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Institute of
International Development, Harvard Ukraine Reform Program:
 Policy research
 Project management
 Policy advice to the government
 Analytical work, including database and forecast modeling
 Hosting seminars and workshops
 Educational and public relations activities
 Capacity building for the Government and Central Bank of Ukraine
 An extensive survey of the shadow economy
 Co-authorship of national development strategy programs: Pynzenik's
"Economic Growth 1996 "and Yushchenko's "Reforms for Prosperity
2000"
 Publication of books and articles

11b Academic teaching and research
Dates Location Company Position Description
10/2012 –
04/2013

Poland Institute of
Economics,
Polish
Academy of
Sciences

Professor of
Economics

Executive Doctor of Business Administration Program and Master
of Business Administration Program: Taught courses in Economic
Research Methods and Macroeconomic Policy for international
students

10/1999 -
12/1999

United
Kingdom
St. Antony
College/
Oxford
University

Member Undertook research on transition economies, public finance, and
international assistance programs; taught a seminar on transition
economies and international trade

09/1998 -
06/2000

Ukraine Economic
Education and
Research
Consortium/
Kyiv-Mohyla
Academy

Visiting
Professor of
Economics
and
Research
Director

Graduate Program in Economics funded by the Eurasia
Foundation, USA: Taught classes in "Advanced comparative
economics" and "Macroeconomic models"; "Graduate research
methods seminars"; supervised many M.A. theses; received
Honorary Award for teaching granted by the "Keynes Award
Committee", EERC

7/1996 –
11/2000

USA and
Ukraine
Harvard
University

Research
Associate

Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Institute of
International Development: Undertook research and offered
presentations at policy support seminars

04/1993 -
06/1996

USA Economies
and Societies
in Transition
EAST/
University of
Pennsylvania

Director of
EAST

Provided support for interdisciplinary research and teaching on
post-communist societies and economies, data libraries,
international exchange, and knowledge dissemination through
lectures, seminars, and publications

01/1993 -
02/1993

Venezuel
a
Central
University of
Venezuela

Visiting
Professor

Taught seminar on "Computable general equilibrium (CGE)
models" and their applications in policy research; provided advice
to the faculty members

04/1989 -
04/1996

USA Philadelphia
Federation/
Inter-
University

Head/
Coordinator
of the
Philadelphia

Coordinated data supply and data analysis work for several
universities and colleges in the Philadelphia area: Brynmawr
College, Haverford College, LaSalle University, Swarthmore
College, University of Pennsylvania, Villanova University, and West

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Consortium
for Political
and Social
Research

Federation Chester University; organized workshops and meetings of data

users
The buildup of large systems of socioeconomic data
Contributed to the pioneering work of Prof. Lawrence Klein on
early warning indicators for the U.S. economy (under the Project
LINK Model)

09/1985 -
05/1997

USA Economics
Dept.,
Regional
Science Dept.,
and Social
Science
Computing/
University of
Pennsylvania

Faculty
Member
and
Computing
Director

Taught courses in macroeconomics, regional and environmental
economics, international trade, public finance, comparative
economic systems, econometric modeling, data analysis, and
computing for students of the University of Pennsylvania (Arts and
Sciences, the Wharton School, and others) and executives and
professionals; published research papers in professional journals;
served as supervisor and advisor for 14 doctoral dissertations; also
served as Associate Director of Social Science Computing and
Director of Graduate and Research Computing

1991 -
current

Europe
and USA

Visiting
Professor
and Visitor
(short-term)

Prishtina University, Kosovo
Law and Economics University, Cherkasy, Ukraine
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
Econ. Department., University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Central European University, Prague, Czech Rep.
Econ. Forecasting Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Russian Research Centre, Harvard University, USA
Economics Dept., Bryn Mawr College, USA
Economics Dept., Haverford College, USA

11c Collaborative analytical work and consulting
 International organizations: African Development Bank AfDB, Asian Development Bank ADB, Eurasia Foundation,
European Commission EuropeAid, International Finance Corporation IFC, International Labor Organization ILO,
International Monetary Fund IMF, International Visegrad Fund, Open Society Foundations OSF, United Nations
Development Program UNDP, World Bank
 Centers for Social and Economic Research CASE: Georgia, Moldova, Poland, and Ukraine
 Canada: Canadian International Development Agency CIDA
 Czech Republic: CEVRO Institute, Central European University
 Germany: Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ
 Hungary: Hungarian Academy of Sciences, ICEG European Center
 Jordan: Al Jidara, Economic and Social Council ESC
 Kosovo: Prishtina University
 Netherlands: ECORYS
 Poland: Polish Academy of Sciences PAN: Institute of Economics INE and Institute of Geography and Spatial
Organization IGPZ, Polish Economic Society PTE
 Slovakia: Vysoká škola manažmentu
 South Africa: Southern Africa Global Competitiveness Hub SAGCH
 Spain: D.T. Global International Development Firm
 Sweden: Swedish International Development Agency SIDA

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 Tunisia: l’École Supérieure de la Statistique et de l'Analyse de l'Information ESSAI, l’Institut Tunisien de la
Compétitivité et des Études Quantitatives ITCEQ ; IdeaConsult Consultance Group
 Ukraine: Blue Ribbon Commission, Economic Education and Research Consortium EERC, Law and Economics,
University in Cherkasy, Ukrainian-European Policy and Legal Advice Centre UEPLAC
 USA: AECOM, BearingPoint Inc., Booz-Allen-Hamilton, Chemonics International Inc., Deloitte Consulting LLC,
Development Alternatives Inc. DAI, Economies and Societies in Transition EAST, Hartford Foundation of New
York, Harvard Institute of International Development HIID, Harvard University Russian Research Center,
International Development Group IDG/Sibley Inc., Just Results LLC, Macroeconomic Consultants LLC, National
Center for Health Statistics, Millennium Challenge Corporation MCC, Philadelphia Federation of Inter-University
Consortium for Political and Social Research ICPSR, PlanEcon Inc., PricewaterhouseCoupers PWC, TAMS
Consultants in New York, The Services Group TSG, United States Agency for International Development