KYM ANDERSON

Background

Anderson, Kym was born on February 26, 1950 in Adelaide, Australia. Son of Max and Olive Lilian Anderson.

Education

University of New England, Australia, 1967-1970, В Agr Economic (Honours). University of Adelaide, 1971-1974, Master of Economics. University of Chicago, 1974-1975, Master of Arts.

Stanford University, United States of America, 1975-1977, Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy. Spoken languages: English.

Career

He holds a Personal Chair in the School of Economics and is Foundation Executive Director of the Centre for International Economic Studies at the University of Adelaide

He has published around 40 books and more than 300 journal articles and chapters in other books In 1994, Anderson was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. He has taught as a guest professor at the Australian Defence College, Australian National University, Beijing University, the University of Siena, the University of Sydney, Uppsala University, The World Trade Institute at the Swiss universities of Bern, Fribourg and Neuchatel (Master of International Law and Economics), and Georgetown University"s Law School (Juris Doctor and Master of Laws programs in international economic law).

He has conducted many short courses on agricultural and trade policy issues and World Trade Organization matters in numerous developing countries including China since 1995.

Anderson has spent periods of leave at of Korea"s International Economics Institute (1979), of Korea"s Rural Economics Institute (1980-1981 as Ford Foundation Visiting Fellow in International Economics), the Australian Department of Trade (1983), Stockholm University"s Institute for International Economic Studies (1988), the General Agreement of Tariff and Trades (now World Trade Organization) Secretariat in Geneva (1990-1992), and the Research Group of the World Bank in Washington District of Columbia (2004-2007). Anderson is a Research Fellow of Europe"s London-based Centre for Economic Policy Research, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, a Fellow of the American Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, a Distinguished Fellow (and former President) of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, a Fellow (and Vice-President) of the American Association of Wine Economists, and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

He is on the editorial board of several international academic journals, including the Journal of International Economic Law and, as Company-editor, the Journal of Wine Economics.

Achievements

• Kym Anderson has been listed as a noteworthy Economics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Disarray in World Food Markets: A Quantitative Assessment (Trade and Development)

    (Why have agricultural policies become more inward-looking...)

  • Global Effects of Liberalizing Trade in Farm Products (Thames essays)

    (The liberalization of agricultural trade is crucial to th...)

  • Growth Structural Change and Economic Policy in Papua New Guinea: Implications for Agriculture (Pacific Policy Papers)

Membership

Member: American, Australian & International Associations of Agricultural Economics. American, Australian & European Economics Associations.

• Member: American, Australian & International Associations of Agricultural Economics; American, Australian & European Economics Associations.

Interests

• Research and policy advisory work in agricultural development. Resource and environmental economics. Tennis, sail boarding, farming, church.

Connections

Married Bronwyn Margaret Nankivell, January 12, 1974. Children: Kirsty Jane, Peta Kim, Philippa Claire.

Father:

Max Anderson

Mother:

Olive Lilian Anderson

Spouse:

Bronwyn Margaret Nankivell

child:

Philippa Claire Anderson

child:

Peta Kim Anderson

child:

Kirsty Jane Anderson