Curriculum Vitae
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Mc Bain Florence
Rütscher Str. 66, 52072 Aachen, Germany
flomcbain@gmail.com
+49 241 95 16 35 56
22 December 1981
French and British
Education:
Institution
Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:
Institut d’Etudes Politiques de
Bilingual Master in International relations (Development)- French-English;
Paris, France (2004-07)
Major: International Relations and Development Economics
University Pierre and Marie Curie,
Statistic certificate Applied to Medicine and Biology (CESAM)
Paris VI, France (2004-05)
University Pierre and Marie Curie,
Master degree in cellular biology and animal physiology
Paris VI, France (2002-04)
Majors: Immunology and Neurology
Master research thesis: Invading mechanisms in HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis
Institut de la Tour, France (1999)
Scientific baccalaureate
Badminton School, UK (1993-96)
High school in the UK
Language skills: (1 – excellent; 5 – basic)
Language
Reading
Speaking
French
native
English
German
Spanish
Other skills:
native
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Proficient with standard MS Office software, Stata and
Endnote. Basic knowledge of SPSS and SAS.
Country field experience :
Country
Date from - Date to
Mali
October 2005 - February 2006
Benin
December 2005
Mauritania
April 2007
Burundi
November 2007
Burkina Faso
September 2009
CV Mc Bain Florence
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Professional experience record:
Sept 2011-present
Center for development research (ZEF), Bonn (DE), PhD research student
3 year PhD program.
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Research topic: Health insurance and improved water and sanitation conditions to reduce
the poverty health trap
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Courses: Interdisciplinary course, Disciplinary course: Econometrics basic and advanced
econometrics, experimental econometrics
April 2010-August 2011
April 2009- April 2010
Parental leave
ECORYS Netherlands (Rotterdam, NL), Junior consultant- Health Unit
Acquisition of health projects on international market (WB, ADB, EC, national development
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agencies)
Projects in health policies and health financing:
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Research project on health insurance in developing countries. Participating in the set-up
of research methodology and the systematic literature review using Endnote
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Feasibility study for budgetary aid for the health sector in Burkina Faso for the Dutch
Embassy: 2 week field mission to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of evolving
from basket fund aid to budgetary aid. Restitution with government, partners and
Embassy.
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EIB Czech appraisal hospital project: back up to field experts, research on evolution of
hospitals in Czech Republic for global sector analysis
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ADB Punjab Millenium goal project: desk research on health status of the region, health
equity funds, health cards, conditional cash transfers
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Feb 2007- Feb 2009
April-Dec 2007
Coordination SUD (Paris, FR), Policy officer
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Setting up and implementing a program for Coordination SUD, the umbrella organisation of
French NGOs, for the French EU presidency
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Financial and administrative setting-up and implementation of the project
(budget 500 000€, main donor EC)
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Defining advocacy priorities with NGO members, drafting position papers on each priority,
monitoring the European development agenda
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Organising seminars and international conferences with 400 people
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Co-animating thematic working groups on climate change, development financing and
health
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Networking with European NGOs on EU agenda and activities for the EU presidency
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Setting up a research proposal on aid and policy coherence
WHO (Geneva, CH), Free-lance consultant
(8 weeks)
Short term consultancies for 2 case studies in Mauritania and Burundi to assess the impact of debt
relief on health and immunisation financing and desk work on DRC for the same study
Sept 2005- Feb 2006
Leisure:
CV Mc Bain Florence
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Field missions to collect quantitative and qualitative data to evaluate the impact of debt relief on
the financing of the health sector and on the immunisation program.
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Participation in a WHO-GAVI-WB workshop on debt relief (Oct 2007) and a workshop on fiscal
space by the AFD (May 2008)
AFRISTAT- DIAL (Bamako, ML), Research assistant
Preliminary study to implement a mid term impact evaluation of integrated nutritional support to
patients receiving free ARV in four Sub-Saharan Countries:
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Quantitative and qualitative analysis of socio-economic surveys in four Sub-Saharan countries,
using SAS. Comparing results and analysing inter-country differences and similarities
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Presenting results in Mali and Benin to government officials, health centres representatives,
donors and active NGOs in the country
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Setting- up the research methodology for the impact evaluation
Travelling, sailing and contemporary dance
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