Jock R. Anderson
Emeritus Professor, Faculty of The Professions, School of Business Economics and Public Policy
Qualifications
B.Agr.Sc. (Hons. I), M.Agr.Sc., University of Queensland, Ph.D., Doctor of Economics, UNE
Contact
| Email: | JAnderson@WorldBank.org |
| Homepage: | http://www.JilbaDressage.com/ |
Awards and Professional Elections
1958 Open Scholarship to the University of Queensland (won at the Brisbane Grammar School)
1981 President, Australian Agricultural Economics Society
1981 Exchange Fellow in the Academies’ Aust.-China Exchange in the Social Sciences
1984 Distinguished Foreign Scholar, Mid-America State Universities Association
1985 Fellow, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
1988 Fellow, World Academy of Productivity Science
1996 Fellow, American Agricultural Economics Association
2000 Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
2003 Distinguished Fellow, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society
2003 Honorary Life Membership of the International Association of Agricultural Economists
2006 Doctor of the University (h.c.), University of New England.
Staff Positions Held
1963-64 Sir Edmund Marsden Tooth Research Fellow, Department of Agriculture; and Tutor in Science, Emmanuel College, University of Queensland
1965-66 Research Agronomist, ACF & Shirleys Fertilizers Ltd, Brisbane
1966-88 University of New England (UNE), Armidale 2351, Australia:66-69 Research Fellow (Wool), Department of Farm Management; 70 Lecturer in Economic Statistics; 71-72 Lecturer, 73-74 Senior Lecturer, 75-83 Associate Professor, and 84-91 Professor in Agricultural Economics & Business Management (1978-79, 1989-91 on leave); 80-82 Dean, Faculty of Economic Studies; 86-88 Head, Department of Agricultural Economics & Business Management, 1992- Emeritus Professor of Agric. Economics
1978-79 Deputy Director and Chief Research Economist, Bureau of Agric. Economics (ABARE), Canberra
1989-2003 World Bank, 1818 H St. NW, Washington, DC 20433 USA: 89-93 Principal Economist, Agricultural Policies Division, Agriculture and Rural Development Department; 94-95 Adviser (Agricultural Technology), Agriculture and Natural Resources Department; 96-98 Evaluation Adviser, Operations Evaluation Department, World Bank; 98-00 Portfolio Adviser, 00-01 Strategy and Policy Adviser, 02-03, Agriculture and Rural Development Department (retired Jan. 31, 2003).
World Bank Work
Consultancies: Consultant, Development Research Center (1976-77, 1979), Agriculture and Rural Development Department (1981, 87, 88), Economic Analysis and Projections Department (1983)
Director, Study of the Impact of the International Agricultural Research Centers, CGIAR Secretariat, (1984-6)
Consultant, ARD (& several Regional and Global units), World Bank, Washington, DC (2003- )
Staff Activities (1989-02): In-country missions - Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Russia, Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe; Research Studies - Burkina Faso, India, Kenya, Malawi. Corporate Activities Various WDR Teams, PRSP Sourcebook Team; Rural Development Strategy Team. Bank Review - Chair, ESDAR Review Committee, 1998; Member, Quality Assurance Group (QAG) Review of Supervision in Agricultural Research Projects (Africa Region), 1999; Manager, Oversight of the Bank’s Rural Portfolio (1999); other QAG reviews of ESW, Quality at Entry, and Supervision (2000-02); Member, World Bank Research Committee (Small Grants) 2002-05.
Other Consulting, Visiting and Review Activities
Consultant, ABRI, University of New England (1966-70); Member Management Committee (1981-89)
Visiting Professor of Agricultural Economics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi (as Consultant for UNESCO/FAO/UNDP in 1972-3)
Consultant Economist, CIMMYT, Mexico (1973/74, 1975/76)
Consultant, Interamerican Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IICA) (to EMBRAPA, Brasilia, 1975)
Consultant, Industries Assistance Commission, Canberra (1975-6)
Visiting Lecturer, Australian National University, Canberra (1974-9)
Member of the ad hoc advisory committee of the Commonwealth Special Research Grant administered by the Department of Primary Industry, Canberra (1979-81)
Consultant, ISNAR, The Hague, (Papua New Guinea 1982, Pakistan 1987)
Consultant, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Syria (1982)
Consultant, International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA), Ethiopia (1982)
Research Fellow, Resource Systems Institute, East-West Center (EWC), Hawaii (1982, 1983)
Member of Review Panel, Quinquennial Review of ICARDA, Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of CGIAR, (Syria, Tunisia, Egypt 1983)
Chairman, Mid-Term Review of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Project II (IADS for USAID), (1983)
Consultant, Australian International Development Assistance Bureau (AIDAB, Canberra), Indonesian Forages Project, Bogor and Sulewasi, (1986)
Visiting Research Fellow, Intl Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC (1986)
Academic Consultant, Institut Pertanian Bogor - Academic Assistance Project (IPB-Australia), (1986-90)
Member, External Review of the Multiple Cropping Department, IRRI, (Philippines 1986)
Consultant, Centre for Research and Development of Coarse Grains, Pulses, Roots and Tuber Crops in the Humid Tropics (CGPRT Centre), Bogor, Indonesia (1987)
Consultant, IFAD, Rome (Burkina Faso, Benin, Cameroon 1987)
Member, Committee of Review of Rural Industry Research Needs in the Mediterranean Climatic Region of Australia, CSIRO (1988)
Member, External Review Panel, Crop Management Research Program, IITA, (Nigeria 1989)
Chairperson, Internally Managed Extl Rev of the CIMMYT Economics Program (Mexico 1991, 1994, 1997)
Chair, External Program and Mgt. Review of ICARDA, (Syria, Jordan, Turkey, Pakistan 1993)
Panelist, Strategic Review of Natural Resource Mgt. Research in the CGIAR, TAC (Rome 1995)
Panelist, Strategic Review of Policy and Public Management Research in the CGIAR, (Santiago 1995)
Chair, Internally Commissioned External Review, CIFOR (Bogor 1995)
Member, Internally Managed Review of Soil, Water and Nutrient Management research, ICRISAT (1996)
Member, External Review of CLIMA, Perth, (Australia 1997)
Member, Review of the (South African) Agricultural Research Council Review, (Pretoria 1997)
Chair, Internally Commissioned Review of the NRM Program, ICRISAT (India, Vietnam, Mali 2000)
Chair, Center- and TAC-Commissioned External Review of the System-wide Livestock Program, (managed by ILRI) (India, Syria, Morocco, Kenya, Ethiopia 2001)
Leader, Impact Study for the EPMR, ISNAR, The Hague (2002)
Member, External Review of the Rice-Wheat Consortium, Kathmandu & Delhi, (2003)
Consultant, The informal sector of Indian rural finance, FPSE, World Bank, New Delhi (2003)
Consultant, Reforming the State Ag Universities, HRD, and NAIP, World Bank, New Delhi (2003, 05)
Adjunct Professor, School of Advanced Intl Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC (2003-5)
External Advisor, Institute for Risk Management in Agriculture (IRMA), Wageningen UR (2004-)
Member, International Advisory Board, TransForum, Netherlands (2005-7)
Visiting Senior Research Fellow (coordinating Impact Assessment), IFPRI, Washington, DC (2004-7)
Editorial Positions Held
1988-90 Member, Editorial Board, Agricultural Systems (UK)
1974-77 Member, Editorial Committee, Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics
1975-80 Member, Editorial Board, Australian Journal of Management
1978 Editorial Manager, Quarterly Review of Agricultural Economics
1978-80 Joint Editor (with J.B. Hardaker), Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics
1978-80 Member, Editorial Council, American Journal of Agricultural Economics
1986-90 Associate Editor, American Journal of Agricultural Economics
l989 Guest Editor (with J.L. Dillon), Special Issue of Agricultural Economics
1998-2003 Member, Editorial Board, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Professional Interests
Institutional and strategic aspects of environmentally sustainable rural development, with particular concern for agriculture and natural resources, policy analysis, and the rural non-farm economy.
Economics of agricultural technology generation and transfer, with particular concern for natural resource management, and efficacy of investment in agricultural research¾local, national and international.
Economics of uncertainty, with particular concern for risk management in agriculture, for dealing with risk in project appraisal, and for the role of risk in farmers’ technological choice.
Project and program evaluation, with emphasis on natural resources and rural development.
Publications
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