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CV of new Greek Minister of Economy Louka Katseli |
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Πηγή: Express.gr 07/10/09-00:15
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 Curriculum Vitae of new Greek Minister of Economy, Competitiveness & Shipping Mrs. Louka T. Katseli. Born in Athens April 20, 1952. Member of Greek Parliament for PASOK political party, since 2007. Married with former minister of economy Mr. Gerasimos Arsenis.
Mrs. Louka T. Katseli, Professor of Economics, was Director of the OECD Development Centre from 2003 to 2007. Prior to joining the OECD, Prof. Katseli has held several academic and non-academic positions in Greek and international organisations. She has been chair of the Department of Economics of the University of Athens (1997-2001), special economic adviser to the Prime Minister of Greece (1993-96), special advisor to the Minister of Education (1996-97), Director General of the Athens based Centre of Planning and Economic Research (1982-86), Assistant and then Associate Professor of Economics at Yale University (1977-1985). In 1996, she was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General as Member of the Committee for Development Policy, where she served as Acting Member, Rapporteur and Vice-Chair until 1999. In 2000-02 she was the Greek Representative to the UN Financing for Development Conference and Preparatory Committee Conferences.
A fellow to several international research institutes, including the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Louka Katseli holds a BA in Economics from Smith College (1972), a Master in Public Administration from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University (1974), an MA in Economics (1975) and a Ph. D. in Economics (1978) from Princeton University.
Prof. Katseli has widely published in international and Greek per-reviewed journals. Her fields of specialisation include international trade and finance, economic development and macroeconomics. Most recently she has focused her research activities on the economics of legal and illegal labour migration, economic reforms, public policy effectiveness and institution-building in developing countries, political economy of the European integration and exchange-rate policy in emerging markets.
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