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EDUCATION:
· M.Sc. Economics – 1969
London School of Economics and Political Science,
University of London, U.K.
· B.A. (Hons.) Economics and Mathematics - 1966
University of Manitoba, Canada
· Senior Cambridge School Certificate - 1959
Naparima College, San Fernando,
Trinidad and Tobago
PROFESSION:
Economist and lecturer.
POLITICAL CAREER:
In 1981 was first elected to the Trinidad and Tobago House of Representatives as the United Labour Front (ULF) MP for the constituency of Chaguanas.
· In 1986 was re-elected MP for Chaguanas and was appointed Minister of Planning and Mobilization in the coalition National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR) Government of Prime Minister Arthur Robinson.
·I served on several occasions as Acting Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago in the NAR Government.
· In 2002, joined the UNC and successfully contested the St.Augustine seat in Parliament in general elections that year.
· In 2005, was elected unopposed as political leader of the UNC.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER:
Governor of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago
- 1997- 2002
Alternate Governor for Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean Development Bank
- 1997 - 2002
Alternate Governor for Trinidad and Tobago International Monetary Fund
- 1997 - 2002
Member Advisory Committee Inter-American Economic Council
- 2001
Chairman Negotiating Committee on Investment Free Trade Area of the Americas
- 2000
Director Board of Contributing Editors Americas’ Insights, an on-line publication
– 2000
Member Board of the Leadership Council for Inter-American Summitry
– 2000
Senior Economist United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean 1996 - 1997
Fellow Weatherhead Centre for International Affairs Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States 1993 - 1994
Lecturer Economics Faculty University of the West Indies 1971 - 1986
AWARDS:
Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) – 1991 University of Manitoba, Canada
A listing of publications authored/edited by myself:
World Economic Slowdown: What it means for Economic Policy in Trinidad and Tobago
Article published in 'THE CARIBBEAN IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA: The Implications of Global Instability and Conflict'. Ramesh Ramsaran (editor), published by LEXICON TRINIDAD LTD., 2003.
The Financial Liberalisation Agenda: Performance and Prospects
Caribbean Survival and the Global Challenge, Ramesh Ramsaran ed., Ian Randle Publisher: Kingston, Jamaica, forthcoming, 2002.
Small States adapting to a Transforming Global Economy
Policy Transfer, New Public Management and Globalization, Dr. Ann Marie Bissessar (editor), University Press of America, Inc., forthcoming.
World Economic Slowdown: What it means for Economic Policy in Trinidad and Tobago
Paper presented at the Conference Global Instability and Conflict: Implications for the Caribbean, held at the Institute of International Relations, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, 6th and 7th December, 2001.
New Beginnings, New Divides – A New Diplomacy Needed
Informativo, publication of LASPAU: Academic and Professional Programmes for the Americas, am affiliate of Harvard University, Spring/Summer 2001.
The Commonwealth Caribbean Contemplates the Rock and the Hard Place
Americas Insights, on-line publication of the Institute of the Americas, http://www.iamericas.org/publications, October 2000.
A New Multilateralism: Agenda Issues for Small States
In Imagining Tomorrow, Rethinking the Global Challenge, United Nations Publication edited by Kamalesh Sharma, August 2000.
Money Matters: Emerging Challenges for Small States
Distinguished Lecture Series, Institute of International Relations, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, 2000.
The New Regionalism: Caribbean – Canada Trade Agenda
(co-author with Miriam L. Campanella), Identities, State and Markets: Looking at Social Chang in Latin America edited by Jose Havet, published by Canadian Scholars’ Press, Inc., 1999.
The Caribbean Quest: Directions for Structural Reforms in a Global Economy
Guest joint editor, Special Issue Vol XXVIII: 1 –2, Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, The Institute of Latin American Studies, Stockholm University, 1999.
Caribbean Development: The Premises of an Emerging Agenda
The Caribbean Quest: Directions for Structural Reforms in a Global Economy, Special Issue Vol. XXVIII: 1 – 2, Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, The Institute of Latin American Studies, Stockholm University, 1999.
Choices and Change: Reflections on the Caribbean
Editor, IDB / John Hopkins University Press, July 1996.
Cross-Currents in Caribbean Policy Analysis, Choices and Change
IDB / John Hopkins University Press, 1996.
Preferential Trade Agreements in the Caribbean: Issues and Approaches
Trade Liberalisation in the Western Hemisphere, IDB/ECLAC, Washington, 1995.
Caribbean Integration: An Agenda for Open Regionalism
The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, University of London, July 1994.
The Pension Fund System in Trinidad and Tobago
Sistema de Pensiones en America Latina y el Caribe, CEPAL, Santiago, Chile, 1994.
NAFTA, the EC and the Uruguay Round: Does the Caribbean Have a Place in the New Economic Order
The Round Table, The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, University of London, April 1993.
The Borrowing Trap: What the Caribbean Needs to Enter a New Era of Hope
Caribbean Affairs, Col. 1, No. 3, 1988.
Income Distribution in Trinidad and Tobago 1956 –76, The Review of Income and Wealth
Journal of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, New Haven, USA. June 1981.
Towards a Macro Dynamic Theory for Transportation Planning in the Caribbean
International Journal of Transport Economics, Rome, Italy, June 1981.
The Teaching of Economics at St. Augustine – A Comment
Social and Economic Studies, The Institute of Social and Economic Research, The University of the West Indies, June 1981.
Economic Issues Facing the Caribbean Working Class
In Central Statistical Office Research Papers (Trinidad and Tobago), 1980.
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