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1 PETER J. GLICK Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program 3M3 Van Rensselaer Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY Phone (607) (work), (607) (home) EDUCATION Ph.D., Economics, The American University (1993). Concentrations in Development Economics, Microeconomic Theory, Econometrics, and Labor Economics. Honors: American University Center of Excellence Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, B.A., State University of New York at Binghamton (1979). Major: Anthropology RESEARCH INTERESTS Policy impacts on the poor in developing countries; school and health care quality and the demand for education and health services; labor markets, skills, and the returns to schooling; gender gaps in human capital investments, employment, and earnings; HIV/AIDS-related behaviors and interventions; survey methods for policy analysis. AREAS OF EXPERTISE Econometric and statistical analysis of behavior and policy impacts using household and other survey data; quantitative policy evaluation in education and health care; survey design and management; training and capacity building for developing country researchers and institutions. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Senior Research Associate Cornell University Food and Nutrition Policy Program (CFNPP) Ithaca, New York April present GRANTS Research Support Specialist January March 1993 Cornell University Food and Nutrition Policy Program Economist January December 1989 Institute for International Research, Inc. Arlington, Virginia Spencer Foundation (# ): Schooling and Labor Market Transitions in a Context of Fertility Decline: A Sub-Saharan Case Study. Co-principal investigator (Co-PI: Parfait

2 Peter Glick Page 2 2/12/2009 Eloundou-Enyegue) $472, PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Cognitive Skills Among Children in Senegal: Disentangling the Roles of Schooling and Family Background (With David E. Sahn). Forthcoming, Economics of Education Review. Determinants of HIV Knowledge and Condom use among Women in Madagascar: An Analysis Using Matched Household and Community Data (With Josée Randriamamonjy and David E. Sahn). Forthcoming, African Development Review. How Reliable are Client Satisfaction Surveys? Evidence from Matched Health Care Facility and Household Surveys in Madagascar Social Science and Medicine. 68(2), What Policies will Reduce Gender Schooling Gaps in Developing Countries: Evidence and Interpretation. World Development. 36(9): , Reproductive Health and Behavior, HIV/AIDS, and Poverty in Africa. Forthcoming in edited volume published by the African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi, Kenya. Also available as Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program Working Paper No Are Africans Practicing Safer Sex? Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys for Eight Countries Economic Development and Cultural Change. 56(2): , (Co-author: David E. Sahn). Estimating the Consequences of Unintended Fertility for Child Health and Education in Romania: an Exercise Using Twins Data. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 69(5): , (Co-authors: David E. Sahn and Alessandra Marini). Changes in HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Testing Behavior in Africa: How Much and for Whom? Journal of Population Economics. 20(2): , 2007 (Co-author: David E. Sahn). The Demand for Primary Schooling in Rural Madagascar: Price, Quality, and the Choice between Public and Private Providers Journal of Development Economics. 79 (1): , (Co-author: David E. Sahn). Export Processing Zone Expansion in Madagascar: What are the Labor Market and Gender Impacts? Journal of African Economies15 (4): , (Co-author: François Roubaud). The Distribution of Public Expenditures in Madagascar over the 1990s: Increasing Progressivity without Economic Growth? Journal of African Economies 15(3) (Coauthor: Mamisoa Razakamanantsoa)

3 Peter Glick Page 3 2/12/2009 Scaling Up HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing in Africa: What Can Evaluation Studies Tell Us About Potential Prevention Impacts? Evaluation Review 29(4): , Intertemporal Female Labor Force Behavior in a Developing Country: What Can We Learn from a Limited Panel? Labour Economics12:23-45, 2005.(Co-author: David E. Sahn). Parental Labor and Child Nutrition Beyond Infancy. in Jody Heymann, ed., Global Inequalities at Work Oxford: Oxford University Press. Poverty, Education and Health: the Case of Madagascar. in Christian Morrisson, ed., Education and Health Spending and Poverty Reduction Paris: OECD. (Co-authors: D. Cogneau, J.C. Dumont, M. Razafindakato, J. Razafindravonona, and F. Roubaud). Schooling of Girls and Boys in a West African Country: the Effects of Parental Education, Income, and Household Structure. Economics of Education Review. 19(1):63-87, 2000 (Coauthor: David E. Sahn). Simultaneous Determination of Home Work and Market Work of Women in Urban West Africa. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics.61(1) February Maternal Labor Supply and Child Nutrition in West Africa. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 60(3): , August (Co-author: David E. Sahn). Health and Earnings in a Heterogeneous Urban Labor Market: Evidence from Guinea. Applied Economics. 30: , (Co-author: David E. Sahn). Gender and Education Impacts on Employment and Earnings in a Low Income Country: Evidence from Guinea. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 45(4): , (Co-author: David E. Sahn). Missed Opportunity for Adjustment: The Case of Zaire. in David E. Sahn, ed. Adjusting to Policy Failure in African Economies. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press (Co-authors: wa Bilenga Tshishimbi and Erik Thorbecke). Economic Crisis and Adjustment in Zaire. Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program Monograph. Ithaca, N.Y (Co-author: wa Bilenga Tshishimbi). A Cost Analysis of Computer Instruction in Belize. International Journal of Educational Development 11, No. 1, (Co-authors: Michael T. Rock and Ronald V. Sprout). Cost Analysis: Categories and Procedures, in Computers in the Classroom: Cost Analysis Kit for Developing Countries Office of Education, Bureau of Science and Technology, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, and Institute for International Research, Arlington.

4 Peter Glick Page 4 2/12/2009 WORKING PAPERS Ability, Grade Repetition, and School Attainment in Senegal: a Panel Data Analysis (with David. E. Sahn) Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program Working Paper No. 227, March Are Client Satisfaction Surveys Useful? Evidence from Matched Facility and Household Data in Madagascar. Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program Working Paper No. 226, September Policy Impacts on Schooling Gender Gaps in Developing Countries: The evidence and a framework for interpretation Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program Working Paper No An Assessment of Changes in Infant and Under-Five Mortality in Demographic and Health Survey Data for Madagascar (with Stephen D. Younger and David E. Sahn). Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program Working Paper No The Progression through School and Academic Performance in Madagascar Study: Preliminary Descriptive Results (with Harivelo Rajemison, Arsène Ravelo, Yolande Raveloarison, Mamisoa Razakamanantsoa, and David E. Sahn). Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program Working Paper No Integrating Gender into Benefit Incidence and Demand Analysis (Co-authors: Rumki Saha and Stephen D. Younger). World Bank Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network Working Paper No The Urban Labor Market in Madagascar through Growth and Crisis, (Co-authors: John-Brice Randrianasolo and François Roubaud). Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program Working Paper No Progression through School and Academic Performance in Senegal: Descriptive Survey Results. Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program Working Paper No (With Christelle Dumas, Sylvie Lambert, David E. Sahn, and Leopold Sarr). Women s Employment and its Relation to Children s Health and Schooling in Developing countries: Conceptual Links, Empirical Evidence, and Policies. Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program Working Paper No The Distribution of Social Services in Madagascar, Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program Working Paper No (Co-author: Mamisoa Razakamanantsoa). Education and Health Services in Madagascar: Utilization Patterns and Demand Determinants Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program Working Paper No (Co-authors: Jean

5 Peter Glick Page 5 2/12/2009 Razafindravonona and Iarivony Randretsa). Pauvreté à Madagascar: défi public et stratégies des ménages Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program Working Paper No (Co-authors: Yazid Dissou, Paul Dorosh, and others). Patterns of Employment and Earnings in Madagascar. Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program Working Paper No Female Labor Force Dynamics in a Developing Country: Insights from Panel Data. Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program Working Paper No (Co-author: David E. Sahn). Labor Market Participation, Sectoral Choice, and Earnings in Conakry, Guinea. Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program Working Paper No (Co-author: David E. Sahn). Note: CFNPP working papers are available online at WORK IN PROGRESS OR IN PUBLICATION REVIEW Ability, Grade Repetition, and School Attainment in Senegal: a Panel Data Analysis (with David. E. Sahn). In review (revise and resubmit) at World Bank Economic Review. "Family Background, School Characteristics and Children s Cognitive Achievement in Madagascar" (with Jean Claude Randrianarisoa and David E. Sahn). In review at Education Economics. HIV Prevention in Africa: What has been learned? Prepared for United Nations Symposium on the Social and Economic Dimensions of HIV/AIDS in Africa, New York, September, 2008 Economic and Heath Shocks and School Dropout in Madagascar (with David. E. Sahn and Thomas Walker) Water Infrastructure Investments and Time Allocation in Uganda and Madagascar (With Stephen Younger). Draft. SURVEY DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION As project leader or co-leader: Senegal Education and Household Welfare Survey (2003; funded by World Bank, USAID and Agence Française de Développement): Conceived and designed (with David Sahn) a panel household survey and matched school facility surveys to study the effects of school quality and family background on children s skill acquisition and progress through school; oversaw training

6 Peter Glick Page 6 2/12/2009 and field testing, survey implementation, data management and analysis. Madagascar School Progression and Academic Performance Survey (2004-5; funded by World Bank and USAID): Conceived and designed (with David Sahn) a panel household survey and matched school surveys to study children s skill acquisition, progress through school, and parental satisfaction with education quality; oversaw training and field testing, survey implementation, data management and analysis. Cameroon Enquête Population Scolarisation II (2008 present; funded by Spencer Foundation). Co-PI (with Parfait M. Eloundou-Enyegue) on panel household survey project to analyze schooling, fertility, and labor market dynamics. Survey conceptualization and design, survey implementation, and data analysis. Botswana Household and Poverty Monitoring surveys (2008). Lead consultant on UNDP-funded project to design surveys to measure and monitor household welfare and economic activity. Other Survey Experience: Participated in survey design and analysis for the Conakry (Guinea) Household Welfare Survey (1991; USAID) and the Study on the Efficiency and Equity of Health Care in Madagascar (2003; World Bank). Conducted field test for Viet Nam Living Standards Survey (1996; World Bank). TRAINING/TEACHING: Training: Conducted training programs and workshops in economic theory, econometrics and poverty analysis for researchers from developing countries (including Ghana, Mozambique, Kenya, Guinea, Nigeria, Madagascar, and South Africa) for USAID and the African Economic Research Consortium. Conducted workshops on benefit incidence and monitoring and evaluation techniques for the World Bank and the African Development Bank in Washington, Bangkok and Tunis. Teaching: Taught courses in microeconomics and macroeconomics at The American University (Washington, D.C.), Montgomery College (Rockville, MD), and City University (Bellevue, Washington). PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Journal Referee: Africa Economic Research Consortium Research Papers, African Development Review, American Economic Review, American Journal of Agricultural Economics; Economic Development and Cultural Change; Education Economics, Economics of Education Review; Industrial and Labor Relations Review; Journal of African Economies, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Development Economics; Journal of Development Studies; Journal of

7 Peter Glick Page 7 2/12/2009 Human Resources; Journal of Policy Analysis and Management; Journal of Population Economics; Population Studies; Social Science and Medicine; World Development. External Reviews: Africa Economic Research Consortium (2001, 2002, 2006); United Nations University (2003); Cornell University Community and Rural Development Institute Hatch Research Grants (2001). CONSULTING 2009, African Economic Research Consortium (Olu Ajakaiye), prepare "Experimental versus Non- Experimental Methods: Opportunities, Limitations and Data Requirements for Project on Health, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Africa. 2009, World Bank, Middle East and North Africa Region (T.G. Srinivasan), Prepare Yemen Public Expenditure Review background report on Gender, Benefit Incidence, and Health Care Demand. 2008, United Nations Development Programme (Constance Formson), serve as technical consultant on the design of comprehensive household surveys and poverty monitoring surveys for Botswana. 2007, African Development Bank (Hailu Mekonnen), prepare executive education short courses on fiscal incidence and monitoring and evaluation systems for ADB staff, June , Millenium Challenge Corporation (Delia Welsh), serve as technical advisor on impact evaluations of land tenure reform and rural finance programs funded through Millenium Challenge Account. 2006, World Bank (Mead Over), prepare Health Service Quality, Client Satisfaction, and the Demand for Care in Madagascar. 2006, USAID/Madagascar / UNICEF (Wendy Benazerga), prepare "An Assessment of Changes in Infant and under-five Mortality in Demographic and Health Survey Data for Madagascar." 2006, African Economic Research Consortium (Olu Ajakaiye), prepare "Reproductive Health and Behavior, HIV/AIDS, and Poverty in Africa." 2005, World Bank (Malcolm Ehrenpreis), serve as technical consultant to the workshop "Economic Policy and Gender Capacity Building in East Asia, Bangkok, Thailand, October , World Bank, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network (Nayantara Mukerji), prepare "Integrating Gender into Public Expenditure Analysis." 2002, African Economic Research Consortium (Augustin Fosu), develop module on Health and Education Expenditures in Consumption Aggregates for AERC Technical Workshop, Nairobi, May

8 Peter Glick Page 8 2/12/ , Harvard School of Public Health (Jody Heymann), prepare Women s Employment and its Relation to Children s Health and Schooling in Developing countries. 2001, African Economic Research Consortium (Augustin Fosu), develop module on education analysis using household survey data for AERC Technical Workshop, Nairobi, May , OECD (Christian Morrisson), prepare "Education and Health Expenditures and Development in Madagascar." 1996, World Bank (Paul Glewwe), conduct field test of VLNSS survey and prepare "Viet Nam Living Standards Survey 1996/97: Report of Field Test." 1990, USAID (Office of Education, Bureau of Science and Technology) prepare Cost Analysis: Categories and Procedures. 1984, USAID, prepare USAID, IMF Conditionality, and the Links between Them. *

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