Lykke E. Andersen
DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

landersen@
inesad.edu.bo

Lykke Andersen holds a Ph. D. in Economics from Aarhus University, Denmark. She has worked on development for more than 10 years, living and working in Denmark, UK, Kazakhstan, U.S.A., Brazil, Nicaragua and Bolivia. She speaks English, Spanish and Danish fluently, and reads German, Portuguese and French. 

She has worked as consultant for the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Andean Development Bank (CAF), various UN agencies (UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and OMS), a number of bilateral development agencies, several governmental institutions such as the Ministry of Sustainable Development, the Ministry of Education, and the National Statistical Institute, and a few NGOs. During the last five years she has worked as Chief Economist at the Institute for Socio-Economic Research at the Bolivian Catholic University where she also served as editor for the Latin American Journal of Economic Development. She is currently coordinating the elaboration of one of the 2006 Regional Human Development Reports for the United Nations Development Program in Bolivia.

Some of her recent publications include:

  • Andersen, L. E. & R. Faris (2004) "Natural Gas and Inequality in Bolivia" Latin American Journal of Economic Development, No. 2, pp. 57-90.

  • Andersen, L. E. (2003) "Baja Movilidad Social en Bolivia: Causas y Consequencias para el Desarrollo" Revista Latinoamericana de Desarrollo Económico, No. 1, pp. 11-36.

  • Andersen, L. E. (2003) "Social Mobility in Latin America: Links with Adolescent Schooling". In: Duryea, S., A. Cox-Edwards & M. Ureta (eds.) Critical Decisions at a Critical Age: Adolescents and Young Adults in Latin America. Washington, D.C.: Inter-Aamerican Development Bank. Chapter 6: pp. 219-247.

  • Andersen, L. E., C. W. J. Granger, E. J. Reis, D. Weinhold & S. Wunder (2002) The Dynamics of Deforestation and Development in the Brazilian Amazon. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

  • Andersen, L. E. & O. Nina (2001) "The HIPC Initiative in Bolivia." Canadian Journal of Development Studies, Vol. XXI, No. 2, pp. 343 - 376.

In January 2005 she received a Global Development Award for Outstanding Research on Development in Dakar, Senegal.

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