About GTAP: GTAP Consortium
Founded in 1992, the Global Trade Analysis Project, a network of researchers and policy-makers analyzing international policy issues, is coordinated by the Center for Global Trade Analysis in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University. Guidance and base-level support for the project is provided by the GTAP Consortium, which unites members from government agencies, international institutions, the private sector, and academia. Members of the GTAP Consortium are represented on the GTAP Advisory Board which advises the Center on matters of policy, research, and funding. The GTAP Advisory Board currently consists of 30 consortium members and 3 members at large.
GTAP Consortium Members
- Asian Development Bank - Mandaluyong City, Philippines
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Jong Woo Kang
- Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Information Internationales - Paris, France
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Antoine Bouët
- Department for Business & Trade - London, United Kingdom
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Michael Williams
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - London, United Kingdom
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Mike Bourne
- Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office - Tokyo, Japan
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Susumu Suzuki
- Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia - Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Lurong Chen
- Economic Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture - Washington DC, United States
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Utpal Vasavada
- European Commission - DG Trade - Brussels, Belgium
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Jan Schmitz
- European Commission - Joint Research Centre - Seville, Spain
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Matthias Weitzel
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Rome, Italy
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Aikaterini Kavallari
- Global Affairs Canada - Ottawa, Canada
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Shenjie Chen
- Infinite Sum Modelling, LLC - Sammamish, United States
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Badri Narayanan
- Inter-American Development Bank - Washington DC, United States
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Paolo Giordano
- International Food Policy Research Institute - Washington DC, United States
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Fousseini Traore
- International Monetary Fund - Washington, United States
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Hugo Rojas-Romagosa
- International Trade Centre - Geneva, Switzerland
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Mondher Mimouni
- KPMG International Services Limited - London, United Kingdom
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Matthew Weston
- McKinsey & Company, Inc. - Atlanta, United States
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Jeffrey Condon
- MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy - Cambridge, United States
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Sergey Paltsev
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - Paris, France
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Przemyslaw Kowalski
- The World Bank - Washington DC, United States
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Maryla Maliszewska
- Thünen Institute of Market Analysis - Braunschweig, Germany
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Janine Pelikan
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development - Geneva, Switzerland
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Ralf Peters
- United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia - Beirut, Lebanon
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Mohamed Abdelbasset Chemingui
- United Nations Economic Commission for Africa - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Stephen Karingi
- US Department of Commerce - Washington DC, United States
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Chris Rasmussen
- US Environmental Protection Agency - Washington DC, United States
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Andrew Schreiber
- US International Trade Commission - Washington DC, United States
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: William Powers
- Wageningen Social and Economic Research - The Hague, The Netherlands
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Hans van Meijl
- World Trade Organization - Geneva, Switzerland
GTAP Advisory Board Representative: Eddy Bekkers
GTAP Advisory Board Members at Large
Consortium Member Responsibilities
The initial responsibility is to make a two-year minimum commitment to provide annual funding (currently USD $20,435/year) in the form of base-level support for GTAP. These funds are used to help fund core GTAP staff at Purdue University. The second responsibility consortium members are expected to take on is an active interest in GTAP and promote its responsible use in economic analysis. Finally, members are also expected to help keep GTAP on-track so that it is well-placed to contribute to public debate on issues of global trade analysis.
Advantages of GTAP Consortium Membership
- GTAP Data Base Access
GTAP Consortium members receive free, immediate access throughout the development phase of the GTAP Data Base, including pre- and interim-releases not available to the public. This exclusive access places consortium members at the cutting edge of developments in the GTAP community and provides access to new data sets as they are developed. - GTAP Advisory Board Counsel
GTAP Consortium members meet annually with the Center for Global Trade Analysis at the GTAP Advisory Board Meeting to counsel on future directions of the GTAP Data Base, modeling framework, policy and research agenda. Participation in the GTAP Advisory Board meetings provides members access to the latest developments in modeling and data. By being at the table where key strategic decisions for GTAP are made, members have an important opportunity to influence the future direction of the Global Trade Analysis Project. - Collaboration
The GTAP Advisory Board meeting serves as a venue for promoting multinational collaboration between consortium agencies, often leading to research and funding opportunities. - GTAP Model and Data Innovations
GTAP Consortium members may obtain preferential access to new model developments and other supplementary datasets developed by the Center for Global Trade Analysis, consortium members and other network collaborators. - Center for Global Trade Analysis Visits
GTAP Consortium staff members are welcome to visit the Center to collaborate on data and research projects of mutual interest to the GTAP Network. - Prestige/Supporting the Greater Good
By joining the GTAP Consortium, members enter a club which includes the majority of the world's leading research institutions guiding policy makers on matters of global trade and environmental policy. This community firmly believes that through collaboration in the provision of public goods, such as the GTAP Data Base and Model, it can improve quality of global economic analysis world-wide.
If you are interested in finding out more about becoming a consortium member please email contactgtap@purdue.edu.
