ALISA DI CAPRIO

Research Fellow UNU-WIDER

CONTACTINFORMATION
Mailing Address: Phone Number: Email: Nationality: Katajanokanlaituri 6B FI-00160 Helsinki, Finland (+3589) 615 99218 alisa@wider.unu.edu USA

EDUCATION
PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology International Development (2007) Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) International Economics and Southeast Asia Studies (1999) Johns Hopkins University Economics and International Relations (honors, 1997)

MA

BA

EMPLOYMENTANDRESEARCHEXPERIENCE
2008Helsinki, Finland

World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Research Fellow New York University Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Politics, Alexander Hamilton Center for Political Economy Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University Visiting Fellow U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Specialist, International Trade Administration, Market Access and Compliance, Office of Latin America and the Caribbean

2007-2008
New York, NY

2005-2007
Boston, MA

2003-2005
Washington, DC

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2001-2003
Cambridge, MA

MIT, Harvard University Research Assistant (Alice Amsden, Michael Piore, Richard Freeman) Communications Workers of America Research Economist and Organizer U.S.-ASEAN Business Council Consultant International Labor Organization, Washington Office Research Assistant U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh Economic and Commercial Intern Pacific Bridge, Inc. Associate U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy Bangkok Economic Intern

1999-2001
Various US

1999
Washington, DC

1999
Washington, DC

1998
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

1997-1998
Washington, DC

1996
Bangkok, Thailand

PUBLICATIONS/BROADCASTS
2011 "Backseat Drivers: The Political Economy of Trade Liberalization," International Studies Review, Vol. 13(2). 2010 "Bilateral Graduation: The Impact of EPAs on LDC Trade Space" with Silke Trommer, Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 46(9). 2010 "U.S. Free Trade Agreements and Policy Flexibility: Will New Rules Hinder Industrialization?" Development Policy Review, Vol. 28(4). 2009 "Tracing the Special and Differential Treatment Principle Through the CARIFORUM EPA" with Silke Trommer, Trade Negotiations Insights, Vol. 8(6). 2009 "Aligning Elites with Development" with Alice Amsden and James Robinson, WIDER Angle.

2006 The WTO and the Shrinking of Development Space: How Big is the Bite? with Kevin Gallagher, Journal of World Investment and Trade, Vol. 7(5). 2006 The Profit Motive: Can Corporate Networks be an Effective Conduit for Improving Worker Rights? Human Rights and Human Welfare, Vol. 6. 2005 Are Labor Provisions Protectionist? Evidence from Nine Labor-Augmented U.S. Trade Arrangements, Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, Vol. 26(1). 2004 Does the New International Trade Regime Leave Room for Industrialization Policies in the Middle Income Countries? with Alice Amsden, ILO World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization, Working Paper No. 22.

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2001 Recorded and Transcribed the Oral Histories of a Cambodian refugee dance troupe in the Washington DC area. (used in various programs for Radio Free Asia, Cambodia Service). 2001 Can You Spare a Nurse: The Growing Health Care Shortage in America. Health Care Worker. 2000 When Healthcare Becomes a Business, Talking Union. 1998 Voice of America: Observations about August Demonstrations (in Khmer language, October). 1998 Asian AIDS Markets: Growing Opportunities, with Ames Gross in In-Vivo: The Business and Medicine Report. Vol. 2

LANGUAGES
English Khmer French Spanish native speaker proficient proficient fair

TEACHINGEXPERIENCE
Spring 2008

Lecturer : Governance, Globalization and Development New York University, V53.0994.02 Undergraduate-level Lecturer : Regionalism in Trade and Development New York University, G53.3400.002 Graduate-level Teaching Assistant: Seminar on International Economic Development Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 11.965 Graduate-level

Fall 2007

Spring 2005

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