ALIMAMY KAMARA Citizenship: United States

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1 ALIMAMY KAMARA Citizenship: United States Office Contact Information Home Contact Information 204B Jay Street Hillsborough Street Office Room 160 Chapel Hill NC Raleigh, NC Phone: Website: EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2010-PRESENT NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY PhD, Economics Expected Completion Fall 2014 Primary Fields: International Economics, Economic Growth and Development Secondary Fields: Financial Economics, Applied Econometrics Dissertation Title: Essays in Regional Integration and Open Macroeconomics Dissertation Advisors/Committee: Prof. Barry K Goodwin (Co-Chair), Prof. Ivan Kandilov (Co-Chair), Prof. Nora Traum (Member), Prof. Douglas Pearce (Member) DUKE UNIVERSITY, Sanford School of Public Policy MA, Applied Economics Sep Thesis Title: Explaining Sierra Leone s Food Security Problem: An Evaluation of Policy Alternatives DUKE UNIVERSITY, Sanford School of Public Policy Graduate Certificate, Project Appraisal and Risk Management Sep ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY MSc, Economics July 1996 Thesis Title: Output Growth, Money Supply and Inflation in a War-Torn Economy: Evidence from Sierra Leone UNIVERSITY of SIERRA LEONE Fourah Bay College Freetown, Sierra Leone BSc (Hons) in Economics Dec Dissertation Title: An Econometric Examination of the Determinants of Inflation in Sierra Leone 1

2 TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTEREST Teaching Area: International Economics, Macroeconomics, Applied Econometrics, Finance Research Area: International Trade, Open macroeconomics, Economic Development TEACHING EXPERIENCE Aug 2013 Present Teaching Assistant, ARE 141 Sept 2010 Present Sept 2009 Present Sept 1996 Oct 2001 Sept 1996 Oct 2001 Teaching Fellow, Project Appraisal and Risk Management Duke Center for International Development Executive Education Program Duke University Teaching Fellow, Fiscal Decentralization and Financial Management Duke Center for International Development Executive Education Program Duke University Lecturer, Quantitative Economics and Macroeconomics Fourah Bay College Lecturer, Business Mathematics, Microeconomics and Elementary Statistics Institute of Public Administration and Management NON-ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Sept 2005 April 2008 Duties: Program Manager Devereux Foundation Westchester, PA Oversaw the development of new programs and maintain proposal development. Provided overall management of the organization s support units to ensure proper coordination and implementation of the agency s plan of action. Led regular team meetings in order to review the overall financial and operational performance of the project. Maintained effective communication with headquarter regarding program development and staffing. Maintained effective organizational relationships and networks with other development partners. Monitored facility documentation and records (programmatic and financial). Coordinated the activities of the project to ensure the effective implementation of programs and projects via locally established partners. Sept Aug Data Analyst RUTGERS UNIVERSITY New Brunswick, NJ

3 Duties: Compiled and analyzed COGEN data and statistics related to gas and electricity usage. Tracked purchase orders, invoices and overtime. Analyzed statistical data and prepared reports. Mar 1994 Oct 2001 Senior Economic Statistician Statistics Sierra Leone Freetown, Sierra Leone Duties: Analyzed gaps and discrepancies in data on development and health indicators. Led a large team of statisticians for compiling national income and price statistics and generating preliminary estimates of Gross Domestic Product. Prepared the annual statistical digest and national account bulletin. Recommended and designed development projects on sanitation, poverty alleviation and public sector reforms; performed economic and statistical analysis of data. Collaborated with other government agencies, international agencies and other stakeholders in policy dialogue on macroeconomic and data compilation issues. Provided strategic advice on policy and program priorities; participated in the design of survey questionnaires. Prepared analytical reports and periodic briefings for senior management and the Statistician General on macroeconomic performance and issues related to prices and national accounts. Represented the organization in various domestic and international meetings. Coordinated the activities of NGOs and other agencies on data compilation issues to ensure consistency in the dissemination of statistical information. Provided statistical support to the Ministry of Development and other research organizations. Responded to requests for data from governmental, non-governmental and international financial institutions like the World Bank, IMF, ADB, USAID etc. Wrote annual development and financial reports; participated in the preparation of the country s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, MICS II Report, MTEF Report etc.. Participated in the formulation and monitoring of government economic policies, and analyzed development and economic policy issues. Designed development programs in the areas of education, health and infrastructure, and prepared economic forecasts for the national economy. Recommended revisions, improvements and best practices for statistics development. WORKING PAPERS 1. Aggregate Output, Currency Devaluation and the Trade Balance in Six ECOWAS Countries: An Error- Correction Approach. 2. Sierra Leone s Silent Tragedy: Demystifying the Determinants of Maternal Mortality. 3

4 3. Towards Improving World Bank and IMF Effectiveness in the Fight Against Poverty in Developing Countries: Poverty Reduction Strategy Programs Revisited. 4. An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Economic Growth in Developing Countries with Alisher Siddiqqui RESEARCH IN PROGRESS Regional Integration and Bilateral Trade: Evidence from Three Trading Blocs Traded Goods Prices, Inflation and the Exchange Rate: A Smooth Transition Regression Analysis of the Passthrough Puzzle Productivity Differential Hypothesis and the Real Exchange Rate HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS Graduate Student Support Award March 2001-June 2001 European Union Award for a Course in Environmental and Social Statistics Munich, Germany African Economic Research Consortium Award for graduate studies in Economics Sierra Leone Government Award for undergraduate studies in economics LEADERSHIP CHAIR, Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, Statistics Sierra Leone Oct Dec TEAM LEADER, African National Accounts Group International Monetary Fund Washington DC USA CHAIR, Economic Development and Policy Analysis Group Economic Policy Research Unit Sierra Leone SCHOLARLY PRESENTATION June 2013 The Signaling Content of Dividend Policy on Future Earnings in the U S Aggregate Equity Market Finance Training Seminar June 10-21, 2013 Copperbelt University Livingstone, Zambia. 4

5 May 2001 March 1998 Estimating Gross Value Added for Financial Intermediation Services: Evidence from Sierra Leone. Economic and Environmental Statistics Seminar May 15-16, 2001 EUROSTAT Luxembourg An Econometric Analysis of the Demand for Money in Mano River Union Countries in West Africa West African Monetary Union Annual Meeting March 9-13, 1998 West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management Lagos, Nigeria TECHNICAL SKILLS Computer Programming Skills: STATA, MATLAB, LATEX, EVIEWS, MFIT-4. Computer Skills: MS Office Suites REFERENCES: Professor Barry K Goodwin Professor Ivan T Kandilov Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics 4421C Nelson Hall 4342 Nelson Hall Raleigh, NC Raleigh, NC [email protected] [email protected] Professor Nora Traum 4108 Nelson Hall 4160 Nelson Hall Raleigh, NC Raleigh, NC Professor Douglas K Pearce [email protected] [email protected] 5