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Created: 9/20/2000 Updated: 9/12/2011 Visits: 5,353	Dr. Alejandro Nin-Pratt Agricultural Economist International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 2033 K Street, NW Washington , DC 20006-1002 United States http://www.ifpri.org/ a.ninpratt@cgiar.org 202-862-5689 (ph) 202-467-4439 (fx)

Biography
Alejandro Nin Pratt is an Agricultural Economist at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) since 2005. His research topics are development, economic growth and growth linkages and poverty, agricultural productivity and trade. He has also worked in international trade of livestock and livestock products and sanitary measures affecting trade and their impact on domestic markets, smallholder producers and poverty.

Alejandro received his B.S. degree in Agronomy (1987) and a M.S. in International Economics from the Universidad de la Republica in Uruguay.

The topic of his M.S. thesis is "The MERCOSUR agreement and its impact on dairy production in Uruguay".

He recieved his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics (specialties: trade and production) from Purdue University in 2001. After obtaining his degree he worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Agricultural Economic Department at Purdue. In 2001 he moved to Africa where he worked for the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Ethiopia and Kenya. In 2005 Alejandro joined IFPRI in Washington DC, USA.

Before coming to the U.S. he worked as an Assistant Professor in the areas of Farm Management and Agricultural Economics in the Universidad de la Republica.

He also worked as a private consultant in projects related with agricultural development and farm management. Alejandro has been one of the contributors of the Uruguay IO tables for the GTAP version 4 database.

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Interest Areas
- Africa (Central) - Africa (East) - Africa (Southern) - Africa (West) - Central America - Economic development - South America - Technological change

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- Developing Countries and Total Factor Productivity Growth in Agriculture: New Evidence Using a Malmquist Index with Constrained Implicit Shadow Prices by Nin-Pratt, Alejandro Publication: Presented at the 11th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Helsinki, Finland Resource Type: 2008 Conference Paper Keywords: Economic development, Technological change, The GTAP Data Base and extensions, Asia (East) - China’s growth and African Poverty: the case of Southern Africa Exports by Villoria, Nelson B., Thomas Hertel and Alejandro Nin-Pratt Resource Type: GTAP Application Keywords: Economic development, Economic analysis of poverty, Asia (East), Africa (Southern) - Keeping track of agricultural TFP growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Is there light at the end of the tunnel by Nin-Pratt, Alejandro Publication: Presented at the 10th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Purdue University, USA Resource Type: 2007 Conference Paper Keywords: Technological change, Africa (Central), Africa (East), Africa (West), Africa (Southern) - Productivity Growth and Convergence in Crop, Ruminant and Non-Ruminant Production: Measurement and Forecasts by Ludena, Carlos, Thomas Hertel, Paul Preckel, Kenneth Foster and Alejandro Nin-Pratt Publication: GTAP Working Paper No. 35 Resource Type: Working Paper Keywords: Asia (East) - Regional Growth Linkages and Market Opportunities for Agriculture and Food Security in Southern Africa by Nin-Pratt, Alejandro Publication: Presented at the 9th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Resource Type: 2006 Conference Paper - Technological Change and Convergence in Crops and Livestock Production by Ludena, Carlos, Thomas Hertel, Paul Preckel, Alejandro Nin-Pratt and Ken Foster Publication: Presented at the 8th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Lübeck, Germany Resource Type: 2005 Conference Paper - Evaluating Poverty Impacts of Globalization and Trade Policy Changes on Agricultural Producers by Valenzuela, Ernesto, Thomas Hertel, Maros Ivanic and Alejandro Nin-Pratt Publication: Presented at the 7th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Washington DC, USA Resource Type: 2004 Conference Paper - Benefits and Costs of Compliance of Sanitary Regulations in Livestock Markets: the Case of Rift Valley Fever in Ethiopians by Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, Pascal Bonnet, Mohammad Jabbar, Simeon Ehui and Cees de Haan Publication: Presented at the 7th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Washington DC, USA Resource Type: 2004 Conference Paper - Globalization, trade liberalization and poverty alleviation in Southeast Asia: the case of the livestock sector in Vietnam by Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, Ma. Lucila Lapar and Simeon Ehui Publication: Presented at the 6th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, The Hague, The Netherlands Resource Type: GTAP Application, 2003 Conference Paper Keywords: Economic analysis of poverty, Asia (East) - GTAP 4 Data Base Documentation - Chapter 14/15: Uruguay by Terra, Maria Ines, Alejandro Nin-Pratt and Anna Caristo Publication: Center for Global Trade Analysis Resource Type: GTAP 4 Data Base Documentation Keywords: The GTAP Data Base and extensions - China: Future Customer or Competitor in Livestock Markets? by Hertel, Thomas, Alejandro Nin-Pratt, Allan Rae and Simeon Ehui Publication: Choices, third quarter Resource Type: GTAP Application Keywords: Asia (East) - Productivity Growth and Catching-up: Implications for China's Trade in Livestock Products by Ehui, Simeon, Thomas Hertel, Alejandro Nin-Pratt and Allan Rae Publication: Prered for and presented at the Second Annual Conference in Global Economic Analysis, June 20-22, 19... Resource Type: GTAP Application Keywords: Economic growth

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