Curriculum Vitae
Ricardo José Rocha Guimarães
Personal Details
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Date of birth: 17th October 1966
Place of birth: Belém-PA, Brazil
Present Citizenship: Brazilian
Labor and Residence permit for Germany
Contact Address
Home
Office
Remigius Str., 35
50937 Cologne
Germany
+49-221-445732
+49-1737713289 (Mobile)
carimbo19@hotmail.com
University of Bonn
Center for Development Research (ZEF)
53113 Bonn
Germany
+49-228-731859
www.zef.de
ricardo.guimaraes@uni-bonn.de
Education
10/2003–Present
• Junior Researcher – Center for Development Studies
(ZEF) at the University of Bonn (Germany)
10/2001–exp.2006
• PhD Economics, University of Siena (Italy)
University of Siena Scholarship Awarded
04/1998–03/2000
• MSc Economics, Yokohama National University (Japan)
Ministry of Education of Japan (Monbusho) scholarship
Awarded
1992
• MA Development Studies, Center for Advanced Amazonian Studies (NAEA) – Federal University of Pará –
UFPA (Brazil)
University Scholarship Awarded
1986–1991
• BA Economics, Federal University of Pará – UFPA
(Brazil)
1982–1985
• Federal Center of Technological Education – CEFETPA (Brazil)
Working Experience
01/2001–10/2001
• Prefecture of Belém – Secretary of Environment (SEMMA)
Position: Special Assessor
06/1994 – 12/2000
• Federal University of Maranhão – Department of Economics
Position : Professor
03/1993 – 05/1995
• National Organization in Support of the Brazilian Fisherman (MONAPE)
Position : National Assessor
01/1990 – 12/1991
• Development Bank of Amazon (BASA)
Department of Exchange Rate
Position: Internship
08/1989 – 01/1990
• Institute of Economic and Social Development of the
State of Pará
Department of Statistics
Position: Internship
Professional Skills and Expertise
Economics
• Development Economics, Poverty Analysis and Policy
for Poverty Alleviation
Data Analysis
• Household Surveys and Cross section data analysis and
management
Software
• Windows Office 2000/XP (Word, Excel, Power Point,Outlook),
LATEX , Scientific Workplace 5.0, E-Views 4, STATA 8.
Publication and Conferences
07/2005
• Vulnerability as Lack of Entitlements: a measure for
Brazilian metropolitan areas. Symposium on Poverty,
Inequality, and Policy in Latin America. Ibero-American
Institute for Economic Research - University of Göttingen.
10/2004
• Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of Vulnerability to Poverty: are they mutually exclusive? Paper
presented on the “Poverty and Development: an interdisciplinary course” - Center for Development and Environment (SUM), University of Oslo.
12/2003
• (with Blum, Stefan). Do the Poor Need Democracy?
Tracing the debate on the factors which encourage propoor development. Center for Development Research
(ZEF).
07/2003
• Trade Shocks, Risk and Vulnerability to Poverty. PhD
student’s meeting. Department of Economics - University of Siena.
1995
• Nos Caminhos do Sonho: grandes projetos e desenvolvimento indistrial no Estado do Pará. Chapter of Book
“Cenários da Industrialização na Amazonia. Belém.
NAEA/UFPA/UNAMAZ.
1994
• Realidade e Desafios dos Pescadores Artesanais Brasileiros.
Revista Desenvolvimento e Cidadania, 3(11). São Luı́s.
Language Knowledge
Portuguese
English
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish
Mother Tongue
Fluent (Toefel 570)
Zertifikat Deutsch (78.17 %)
Good (Università Per Stranieri di Siena
certificate)
Basic (Yokohama National University certificate)
Fair
References
These persons are familiar with my professional qualifications and my character:
Prof. Fabio Petri
PhD Thesis supervisor
Università Degli Studi di Siena
Dipartimento di Economia Politica
Piazza San Francesco, 7.
53100 Siena
Italy
Prof. Yamazaki Keiichi
Master Thesis co-supervisor
Yokohama National University
Faculty of Economics
Tokiwadai 79-3, Hodogaya-ku
240-8501 Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken
Japan
Dr. Gunther Manske
Coordinator of the Doctoral Program
University of Bonn
Center for Development Research (ZEF)
Walter-Flex Str., 3.
53113 Bonn
Germany
Cologne, Germany.
November 29, 2005
Phone: +39-577-232615
Email: petri@unisi.it
Phone: +45-335-1451
Email: yamazaki@ynu.ac.jp
Phone: +49-228-731794
Email: gmanske@uni-bonn.de