Jock R. Anderson

Emeritus Professor - UNE Business School

Qualifications

B.Agr.Sc. (Hons. I) 1963, M.Agr.Sc. 1965, University of Queensland; Ph.D. 1970, Doctor of Economics 1981, University of New England

Research Interests

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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Memberships

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 (AJAE 78(5), xx)
2000 Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
2003 Distinguished Fellow, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AJARE 47(3), 291-3)
2003 Honorary Life Membership of the International Association of Agricultural Economists
2006 Doctor of the University (h.c.), University of New England
2014 Doctor of Agricultural Science (h.c.), University of Queensland

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).

Consultancy Interests

World Bank Work

Note: Evaluation activities herein are flagged by! Flagged # numbers refer to items in Works

Consultancies: Consultant, Development Research Center (1976-77, 1979) [#72, #74, #102], Agriculture and Rural Development Department (1981, 87, 88) [#93], Economic Analysis and Projections Department (1983) [#95, #100]
Director, Study of the Impact of the International Agricultural Research Centers, [#108, #110, #121, #123, #126], CGIAR Secretariat, (1984-6)! Consultant, AES (& several Regional units) (2003- 19), including recounting 50 years of IDA support to agriculture (#308), developing an M&E system! for GAFSP), strategizing for Nepal 2013 [#338] and Bangladesh 2014 [#340], evaluating ARMT 2015 [#347], R&E for Punjab Pakistan 2016 (#356), editing AgPER for Malaysia 2017. IEG, Agriculture & Agribusiness Evaluation [#320] 2008-10!

Staff Activities (1989-03): 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 (IARI), New Delhi (as Consultant for FAO/UNESCO/UNDP/ICAR/IARI, 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 [later Productivity Commission], Canberra (1975-6)

Visiting Lecturer, MADE program, Australian National University, Canberra (1974-9)

Member of the ad hoc advisory committee of the Commonwealth Special Research Grant (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, Quinquennial Review of ICARDA, CGIAR TAC (Syria, Tunisia, Egypt 1983)!

Chair, Mid-Term Review of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Project II (IADS for USAID), (1983)!

Consultant, 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, CGPRT Centre (Bogor, Indonesia (1987)

Consultant (with Havé Weibo), IFAD, for Abbas Kesseba and Pierre Spitz in Rome (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon 1987)!

Member (with Ted Henzell et al.), Review of Ag Research Needs in the Mediterranean Climatic Region of Australia, CSIRO (1988)!

Member (with Graeme Wilson and Ken Fischer), External Review Panel, Crop Management Research Program, IITA (Nigeria 1989)!

Chairperson, Center Managed External Rev of the CIMMYT Economics Program (Mexico 1991, 94, 97)!

Chair, External Program and Mgt. Review of ICARDA, (Syria, Jordan, Turkey, Pakistan 1993)!

Panelist, Strategic Review of Natural Resource Management 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 (with Andrew Bennett and Michael Lipton), Review of the (South African) Agricultural Research Council (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 Jimmy Smith, 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)! #279 (RWC Report)

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, 2005)

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 (2004-9)

Member, International Advisory Board, TransForum, Netherlands (2005-7)

Panelist, External Review of the Dept of Ag Econ, Extension and Rural Devt, U Pretoria, RSA (Oct., 2007)!

Visiting Senior Research Fellow (coordinating Impact Assessment), IFPRI, Washington, DC (2004-7)!

Member (with Nienke Beintima, Carl Pray and many others), chapter 8 team [#295] for IAASTD (2007-8)

Consultant (with Burt Swanson), Ag Devt Program, (Extension, Don Doering), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle, 2008)

Team Leader, Strategic Evaluation of FAO’s Role and Work in Policy [#325], OED, FAO (Rome, 2010-12)!

Team Leader, Third-Party Independent Evaluation of PARC [#332] (via IFPRI for USAID, Pakistan, 2012)!

Team Leader, Rapid Assessment of Oversight Functions in FAO (Rome, 2013)! An unpublished report prepared for FAO Management by Anderson. J.R., Birner, R. Barrow, A. and Tiberi, L.

Senior Researcher, NARS Capacity Development for USAID [#334] (Weidemann Associates 2012-13)

Advisor, Agricultural Innovation Program for Pakistan (AIP4P), CIMMYT (Islamabad, Pakistan, 2013)

Consultant on Financial and Economic Analysis at the International Workshop, AfDB (Tunis, 2013)

Adjunct Professor (with Derek Byerlee), teaching “Agriculture and Food for Development” (GHD614), School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, Spring Semester 2015-2018.

Consultant, Food Security Project [#343], Asian Development Bank (ADB, Singapore, 2015)

Consultant, RIMISP-Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo Rural, Santiago [#349] IFAD (Rome 2015)

Consultant, Independent Evaluation Arrangement of the CGIAR, FAO, Rome (Washington, DC, 2015)!

Consultant, Independent Evaluation of the Agricultural Risk Management Program [#347], Global Agriculture Practice, World Bank (Washington, DC, 2016)!

Associate, Food Security Service Center, Social Impact Inc. for USAID (Washington, DC, 2016)

Consultant, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI, Nairobi and Addis Ababa, 2017)

Consultant, World Bank for Ministry of Agriculture, Government of the Punjab [#356] (Lahore, 2017)

Consultant, World Bank, Agricultural Public Expenditure Review for Malaysia (KL and Singapore, 2018)

Coordinator, IAAE Panel for the Carl K. Eicher Award for best PhD thesis on Africa (Vancouver, 2018)

Research Associate, Rutgers University, supporting a USAID project on Feed the Future Policy Consortium Studies (2015-) http://ru-ftf.rutgers.edu/about.html

Consultant, International Livestock Research Institute (Impact Book Master Review, ILRI, 2019)

Editorial Positions Held

1974-77 Member, Editorial Committee, Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics

1978-80 Member, Editorial Board, Australian Journal of Management

1978-79 Editorial Manager (and terminator), 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

1988-90 Member, Editorial Board, Agricultural Systems (UK)

1989 Guest Editor (with J.L. Dillon), Special Issue of Agricultural Economics

1998-03 Member, Editorial Board, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

2003-15 Member, Editorial Advisory Board, The Open Agriculture Journal

2012-15 Member, Editorial Board of Agricultural Economics Research Review (India)

2011-19 Member, Editorial Advisory Board of the African Journal of Ag. & Resource Economics

2016-17 Member, Editorial Board, African Journal of Agricultural Research

2018- Editor, African Journal of Agricultural Research (AfJAR)

2016-19 Editor-in-Chief (with Elliot M. Berry and Pasquale Ferranti) Encyclopedia of Food Security and Sustainability, (“FOSS” for short), Elsevier, Oxford, ISBN: 9780128126875.