Francesco Abbate
Adjunct Professor of International Economics, Turin University

Who is

Who is

Present position

  • Adjunct Professor of International Economics, Law Department, Turin University.
  • Adjunct Professor of International Economics, Unicollege, Turin
  • Senior consultant to the Asian Development Bank, European Commission and UNCTAD on formulation, implementation and evaluation of development projects and studies in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and Caribbean, especially in the areas of international and regional trade policies, trade development and foreign direct investment.

Previous positions

  • United Nations System Staff College, Turin. Principal Officer; coordinator of training programmes for UN system officials on national development strategies, multilateral trade liberalization, foreign direct investment.
  • United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva.
    • Acting Director of the Trade Division; coordinator of policy-oriented and technical assistance work on WTO negotiations, accession to WTO, regional trade integration, preferential tariff schemes for developing countries, competition policy, trade and environment.
    • Chief, Development Finance Branch; promoter of initiatives for the reduction of developing country debt; UNCTAD representative to the Paris Club. 
    • Senior Economist, Commodities Division; one of the key architects of the Common Fund for Commodities. 
  • World Bank, Washington, D.C. Economist and Senior Economist, Latin America and Caribbean Region; chief and member of economic missions to Brazil, Caribbean Community, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela. 

Other academic and professional activities

  • Adjunct Professor of Development Cooperation, University of Turin.
  • Adjunct Professor of International Economics, University of Insubria, Italy.
  • Visiting Research Fellow, Brown University, USA.
  • Visiting Professor, Bocconi University, Milan.
  • Lecturer, ILO International Training Centre, Turin.
  • Consultant to Turin Municipality and Italian NGOs on local development projects.

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