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Maria Luisa FERREIRA Economic Advisor, EIB Institute, Luxembourg

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 Ph.D., Economics, Department of Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison
1984 BA, Economics, The Portuguese Catholic University, Palma de Cima, Lisboa
Auditor Assistant, Arthur Andersen and Co., Lisboa
1984-1987 Assistant Lecturer, The Portuguese Catholic University, Palma de Cima, Lisboa
1984-1992 Assistant Lecturer, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
1988 M.Sc., Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
1988-1992 Graduate Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison
1989 MA, Economics, Department of Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison
1991 Consultant (Land Tenure Centre), University of Wisconsin, Madison
1992 Ph.D., Economics, Department of Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1992-1996 Consultant (The World Bank), Population and Human Resources Division, Eastern Africa Department, Washington, D.C.
1996-1999 Human Resource Economist, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.
1999 Senior Human Resource Economist, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.
1999-2002 Senior Education Economist, EIB - The European Investment Bank, Luxembourg
2002-2003 Senior Consultant, Human Development Department, Southeast Asia Department, The World Bank Washington, D.C.
2003-2004 Principal Administrator, OECD - Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, Paris
2004-2005 Senior Education Economist, EIB - The European Investment Bank, Luxembourg
2005 Invited Expert, Equity in Education Thematic review in Hungary, OECD
2005-2007 Deputy Economic Advisor, EIB - The European Investment Bank, Luxembourg
2007-2012 Economic Advisor, EIB - The European Investment Bank, Luxembourg
2007-2008 Invited Expert, Learning for Jobs, Thematic Review of Vocational Education and Training in Hungary, OECD
since 2012 General Manager and Head of Knowledge and Social Programmes, EIB Institute, Luxembourg

Mitgliedschaften

Jury Member, "1,2,3 Go Social"
Resource Board, "Philanthropy ca marche"
Advisory Board, Global Shapers Community, Luxembourg HUB

Publikationen

with Farkas, E.: The Hungarian student Loan Scheme: Six Years of Financing Access to Higher Education, Higher Education Review, Vol 41(2), 2009
with Kis, V., Field, S. and Zwick, T.: Learning for Jobs: OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training, Hungary, Paris, OECD, 2008
with Pedro de Lima, P.: Portugal: Education in Numbers, Successes, Failures, Trends, and Challenges, in: Desastre no Ensino da Matemática: Como Recuperar o Tempo Perdido, Ed. By Sociedade Portuguesa de Matemática, 2006
with Vanhoudt, P.: Catching the Celtic Tiger by Its Tail, European Journal of Education, Vol 39 (2), 2004

Auszeichnungen

Fulbright Fellowship to pursue a Ph.D. programme in the USA, 1988-1992
Fellowship to complete a Ph.D. programme in the USA, INVOTAN (NATO1989-1992)
Award for best Ph.D. Dissertation of the Year, Department of Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1992-1993
Honourable Mention for Outstanding Ph.D. dissertation, American Agricultural Economics Association, 1993

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