BRAZIL

Bary Ames - Political Science

Hector Correa - Public and International Affairs

Daniel Fogel - Business

James Cassing - Economics

Wagner Kamakura - Business

Andrew R. Blair - Business


Barry Ames
Andrew Mellon Professor of Comparative Politics
Department of Political Science
4L01 Fobes Quadragle
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Email: Barrya+@pitt.edu

Primary Focus  
  Public Sector Organization, Institutional Development, Electoral and Legislative Systems, Bureaucracy
Research Focus Electoral and legislative politics, geographic information systems, Latin America
Publications Latin American politics, Brazilian politics, electoral and legislative systems
Consulting Public sector development, institutional development, environmental policy making
Education B.A., Stanford, 1966, Ph.D., Stanford 1972
International Experience Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Ghana, Kuwait
Languages English, Portuguese, Spanish


James H. Cassing
Professor
Department of Economics
FAS

Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Email:
jcassing+@pitt.edu

Primary Focus  
  International trade theory and policy
Research Focus Topics in Trade Theory. Economics of deregulation and policy reform
Publications Recent Publication: "Protectionism Mutual Funds" , 1996
Consulting Most recent: Policy reform consulting to governments of Egypt, Indonesia, Zimbabwe, Kenya (various aspects)
Education Ph.D. Economics Univ. of IOWA 1975

MA Economics Univ. of IOWA 1975

BA Economics, Univ. Kansas 1971

International Experience Consulting Egypt, Indonesia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Brazil, and Malaysia.

Academic: On faculty at John Hopkins Univ-Bologna; Australian National University; Bar-Ilan University (Israel); Chemitz Technical University (Germany); Professional presentations worldwide.

Languages Elementary Indonesia (Malay)


Hector Correa

Professor

Director of Latin American Seminars SEMLA

Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA)
Email:
correa1@pitt.edu

 
   
Research Focus Applications of analytical methods (mathematics, operations, research, statistics) to analysis of projects, programs, policies and plans dealing with population, health, nutrition, education, organizational and socio-economic development.
Publications Author or editor of 10 books, and more than 100 papers.
Consulting Consultant for AID, ILO, World Bank, OAS, UNESCO, WHO, and numerous governments.
Education Ph.D. Mathematical Statistic University of Madrid Spain

Ph.D. Mathematical Economics Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

International Experience Worked and/or taught in about 50 countries in Africa, America, Asia, and Europe
Languages Spanish and English.

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