Curriculum vitae - The Graduate Institute, Geneva

DICK NUWAMANYA KAMUGANGA
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, (IHEID)
11A Av. De la Paix, 1202 Geneva Switzerland |Email: dick.kamuganga@graduateinstitute.ch
Phone: +41788642348 Website: https://sites.google.com/site/dicknkamuganga
: +41789114877
Permanent Address:
Africa Research Commission
P.O Box 73592,
Kampala, Uganda
Research Interests:
International Trade, African Regionalism, Micro-Development & Applied Econometrics
EDUCATION
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, (IHEID)-Geneva, Switzerland
Ph.D. in International Economics Sept 2007 – June 2012
Dissertation: Three Essays on Africa`s Participation in International Trade (Dissertation passed with Honors)
Advisors: Prof. Patrick Low and Prof. Richard Baldwin
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, (IHEID), Geneva Switzerland
Msc. International Economics June 2007
Thesis Title: Sub Saharan Africa Trade Performance under Unilateral Trade Preferences:
An Empirical analysis. Thesis Advisor: Prof. Richard Baldwin
Makerere University Kampala, (MUK), Kampala, Uganda
Msc. Agriculture Economics June 2003
Thesis Title: Macroeconomic Factors Influencing Uganda`s Non-Traditional Agricultural
Exports in European Union Market. Thesis Advisor: Associate Prof. Bernard Kiiza
Makerere University Kampala (MUK), Uganda
B.A. Economics (Honors) June 2001
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Geneva Switzerland
Teaching Assistant- To Adj. Prof. Patrick Low: Trade and Climate Change Spring, 2009 & 2010
Teaching Assistant-To Ass.Prof. Rahul Mukherjee & Visiting Lecturer Sudip Basu: Statistics (For non-specialists) Fall, 2009 & 2010
Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, Department of Applied Econometrics and International Economic Policy
Visiting Research Fellow Fall, 2011
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
International Labor Organization (ILO), Geneva Switzerland
External Collaborator/Consultant October 2009 – April 2010
World Trade Organization (WTO) –Development Division
Junior Economic Affairs Officer September 2007 – August 2009
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, (IHEID), Geneva Switzerland
Research Assistant to Prof. Richard Baldwin September 2006 – August 2007
World Trade Organization (WTO) –Development Division
Summer Fellow July 2005 – December 2005
Ministry of Trade Tourism and Industry-Uganda Government
Trade Policy Specialist-Inter-Institutional Trade Committee (ITTC) September 2002 – August 2004
Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE)-Kampala, Uganda
Resident Research Fellow-Trade Policy Governance Program July 2001 – August 2002

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WORKING PAPERS
“What drives Africa’s export diversification”-Job Market Paper –December 2010
“What drives Africa’s export survival” –November 2011
“Trade at the extensive margin and civil wars in Africa” (Joint with Dany Jaimovich)
“Three decades of trade policy in Uganda: two generations of reforms in the quest to become part of the global market” (Joint
with Dany Jaimovich), FREIT Working Paper # 437
“Unilateral trade preferences and sub-Saharan African (SSA) trade performance: an empirical analysis”, NCCR Working Paper
2007/34
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
Full Scholarship, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva Switzerland September 2004 – June 2006
Full Scholarship, Danish Embassy Uganda September 2001 – June 2003
Full Scholarship, Uganda Government September 1997 – June 2001
CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS
African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Biannual Seminar-Arusha Tanzania June 2012
Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) Annual Conference: Oxford University March 2012
Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, Department of Applied Econometrics and
International Economic Policy November 2011
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, (IHEID), Geneva
Switzerland September 2011
Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) 25 th Anniversary Conference 2011:
Economic Development in Africa March 2011
World Trade organization, Research Seminar, Geneva Switzerland September 2009
LANGUAGES
English (Excellent), French (Active Understanding), Kiswahili (Active Understanding)
COMPUTER
STATA (Proficient), Microsoft Office (Proficient), R (Basic)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
African Economic Research Consortium Research Network
REFERENCES
Adj. Prof. Patrick Low (Primary Advisor)
Department of Economics, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) and Chief Economist WTO
Pavillon Rigot, 11A Av. De la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
Email: Patrick.Low@wto.org, Patrick.low@graduateinstitute.ch
Prof. Richard Baldwin (Primary Advisor)
Department of International Economics, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, (IHEID), Geneva
Switzerland
Richard Wagner 1, 5 th Floor 501
1202 Geneva Switzerland
Email: richard.baldwin@graduateinstitute.ch
Assistant Prof. Nicolas Berman,
Department of International Economics, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)
Pavillon Rigot, 11A Av. De la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland.
Email: nicolas.berman@graduateinstitute.ch