STEVEN C. KYLE
130 Sears St. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Ithaca, NY 14850 437 Warren Hall
(607) 319-0171 Cornell University
Ithaca, N.Y. 14853
(607) 255-2104
EDUCATION Harvard University, Ph.D. Economics, 1985
Harvard University, M.A. Economics, 1983
Swarthmore College, B.A. Economics, 1977 with Honors
EMPLOYMENT
1994- International Professor of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Courses Taught:
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* Open Economy Analysis: Theory and Applications
* Economics of Development
* Macro Policy in Developing Countries
* Economics of Agricultural Development
* Introduction to Macroeconomics
Membership in Graduate Fields
* International Development
* Agricultural Economics
* International Agriculture and Rural Development
* Conservation and Sustainable Development
* Latin American Studies
Director of Graduate Studies in Global Development
2011-2012 Consultant to Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning – Govt. of Kazakhstan
Leader of study of options for countercyclical policy using various fiscal rules for sovereign wealth fund
2008-2009 Consultant to Ministry of Trade, Energy, Industry and Handicrafts – Govt. of Guinea Bissau
Leader of Diagnostic Trade Integration Study
2006-2007 Consultant to Ministry of Commerce – Government of Angola
Leader of Diagnostic Trade Integration Study
2005 Consultant to World Bank
Member of team responsible for World Bank Country Economic Memorandum for Angola
2004 Consultant to World Bank
Responsible for formulation of agricultural assistance strategy in Angola
2004 Consultant to UN Food and Agriculture Organization
Author of macroeconomic and sector strategy work for Angola
2003 Consultant to USAID Angola
Responsible for preliminary work on country agricultural strategy
2002-2003 Coonsultant to USAID Mozambique
Responsible for review of activities supporting small farmer development in Mozambique
2001-2002 Consultant to the Government of Tajikistan
Assisted Ministry of Finance in developing macroeconomic projections and estimates of shadow economy activity
1999-2001 Consultant to the Government of The Gambia
Assisted in development of national agricultural policy and its relation to macroeconomic policy
1999-2000 Consultant to the Government of Bulgaria
Assisted Agency for Economic Analysis and Forecasting and National Statistical Institute in improved calculations of GDP and in the construction of an index of leading indicators
1998-1999 Consultant to Government of Sao Tome and Principe
Assisted in drafting of national policy framework for development of the agricultural sector
1998 Consultant to World Bank
Prepared agricultural sector strategy and growth prospects paper for Mozambique
1997 Consultant to World Bank
Responsible for analysis of development options in Aral Sea region of Uzbekistan
1997-99 Consultant for Harvard Institute for International Development
Analysis of macroeconomic policy in Angola
1996 Consultant to FAO
Angola Agricultural Sector Options Review Project - Responsible for preparation of sector and macroeconomics issues paper
1993-96 Consultant to World Bank
Responsible for preparation of Angola Agricultural Strategy Paper and preparation of agricultural loan program. Prepared 1996 Mozambique Agriculture Sector Memorandum.
1988-94 Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
1994 Adviser to Government of Malawi
Responsible for assisting in the preparation of Government request for foreign aid presented to international donors in December 1994 and preparation of government budget in 1995.
1988-89 Adviser to Government of Mozambique
Responsible for preparation of Government request for foreign aid presented to Consultative Group of international donors in November 1988 and 1989.
1988 Consultant to USAID
Part of team responsible for preparation of export and marketing studies for Tunisia Agricultural Policy Implementation Project.
1985-87 The World Bank, Washington, D.C.
* Young Professional Program, 1985
* Brazil Division, 1985: Economist
* Treasury, 1986-87: Portfolio manager responsible for 1.5 billion pounds sterling of Bank holdings in the UK government bond and money markets.
1983-84 Research Associate Harvard Institute for International Development
1983-84 Assistant Head Tutor, Department of Economics, Harvard University
1983-84 Research Assistant to Professor Richard Cooper, Harvard University
1983 Consultant to World Bank supported study of the Uruguayan energy system.
1981-84 Teaching Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
* Economic Development
* International Monetary Economics
* Introductory Economics
* Allyn Young Teaching Prize in Economics, Honorable Mention, 1983.
1981 Consultant to US Agency for International Development, Energy Planning Assistance Project, Khartoum, Sudan.
* Macroeconomic and energy sector projections, data collection and lectures to the staff of the National Energy Administration in Khartoum.
* Co-author of AID Project Paper for Sudan village renewable energy project.
1980 Lecturer in the Energy Management Training Program, State University of New York, Stony Brook.
1977-80 Associate Economist, National Center for Analysis of Energy Systems, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY.
Energy/economic modeling and policy analysis in the United States and developing countries. Major projects:
* Principal investigator responsible for formulation and application of an energy/economic planning model for developing countries. Project supported by field work in Peru, Portugal, South Korea and Dominican Republic.
* Formulation of multi-regional linear programming model of US energy system.
* Analysis of the interfuel substitution possibilities in major energy using industries in Northeastern U.S.
* Study of the employment impacts of alternative energy technologies in New England.
1979-80 Consultant with Energy/Development International Inc. in AID sponsored study of energy production and use in Honduras and Mexico
HONORS & Sloan Foundation Grant for Research in Microeconomics of Finance 1984-85
AWARDS
Chenery Fund Grant for Research in Development Economics 1984-85
Graduate Fellow, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
Aaron S. Salant Fellow, Harvard University 1983-84
Elected Co-chair of Harvard Graduate Economics Association, 1983
Allyn Young Teaching Prize in Economics 1983
B.A. with Honors 1977
Pan American Medal for Distinction in Latin American Studies 1977
PROFESSIONAL American Agricultural Economics Association
ASSOCIATIONS
American Economics Association
International Association of Agricultural Economists
REVIEWER American Economic Review
FOR American Journal of Agricultural Economics
Contemporary Policy Issues
Development and Change
Economic Development and Cultural Change
Elsevier Science Publishers
Journal of African Economies
Journal of Agricultural Economics
Journal of Banking and Finance
Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking
McGraw-Hill
Northeast Journal of Agricultural Economics
World Development
SHORT COURSES/WORKSHOPS
"Agricultural Production Economics and Post-Harvest Management". One week course presented at Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique, September 1989.
"Policy Reform and Natural Resources Management in Sub-Saharan Africa". Workshop held at Cornell University, November 11-12, 1988.
Agricultural Economics Department Workshop, Fall 1989. "Real Exchange Rates and Agriculture".
Department of Economics Workshop on International Trade and Applied Macroeconomics, 1989, "Developing Country Debt and U.S. Commercial Banks".
Institute for African Development Seminar Series 1989, "Structural Adjustment and Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa".
Research Group in Latin American Environmental Issues Workshop, Spring 1989, "World Bank Involvement in the Brazilian Amazon".
"Sustainable Development and Biodiversity". Symposium at Cornell University, September 19-22, 1991.
PERSONAL
Nationality: U.S.
Languages: Spanish, Portuguese; basic Russian; reading knowledge of French
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ARTICLES IN JOURNALS
"Macroeconomic Impact of Mineral Revenues on General Market Equilibrium and Poverty Alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa" (Ahmad Slaibi and Steven Kyle) Journal of Energy and Development (Spring 2009)
“ Fair Trade - Is It Really Better for Workers?” (Keith Poe and Steven Kyle) Journal of Development Alternatives and Area Studies forthcoming 2007.
“The Interaction of Social and Regional Structure with Macroeconomic Trends - The Political Economy of Angolan Growth in the Long Run” (Steven Kyle) Review of African Political Economy Vol. 32 No. 104/5, June/September 2005, pp. 269-293.
“How and Why to Move Beyond Exchange Rate Based Stabilization in Angola” (Steven Kyle) Revista Academica Vol. 2 (December 2004)
“Portugal and the Curse of Riches: Macro Distortions and Underdevelopment in Colonial Times” (Steven Kyle) Portuguese Studies Review Vol 10 No. 2, Winter 2002/2003 pp. 101-125.
‘’Determinants of Girls’ Educational Enrollment in Ghana”, (Rebecca Johnson and Steven Kyle) Journal of Development Alternatives and Area Studies Vol. 21 No. 3 December 2002, pp. 134-160.
"Retail Margins, Price Transmission and Price Asymmetry in Urban Food Markets: The Case of Kinshasa", (Bart Minten and Steven Kyle) Journal of African Economies Vol. 9 No. 1 (2000) pp. 1-23.
"The Effect of Distance and Road Quality on Food Prices, Marketing Margins, and Traders' Wages: Evidence from Zaire"
(Bart Minten and Steven Kyle) Journal of Development Economics Vol. 60 (1999) pp. 467-495.
“Development of Angola’s Agricultural Sector” (Steven Kyle) Agroalimentaria No. 4, June 1997, pp. 89-104.
"Overshooting Agricultural Prices and the Importance of Economic Structure: Evidence from Brazil" (Heloisa Burnquist and Steven Kyle) Revista Brasileira de Economia Vol. 49 No. 1 (January/March 1995) pp. 63-83.
"The Theory of Contested Markets and the Degree of Tradedness of Agricultural Commodities: An Empirical Test in Zaire" (Steven Kyle and Jo Swinnen) Journal of African Economies Vol. 3 No. 1 (1994) pp. 93-113.
"The Relation Between Farm Production Risk and Off-Farm Income" (Steven Kyle) Agricultural and Resource Economics Review Volume 22 No. 2 (October 1993) pp. 179-188.
"Application of the Faustmann Principle to a Short Rotation Tree Species: An Analytical Tool for Economists, With Reference to Kenya and Leucaena", (Steven Stone, Steven Kyle and Jon Conrad) Agroforestry Systems Vol. 21, 1993, pp. 79-90.
"Pitfalls in the Measurement of Real Exchange Rate Effects on Agriculture", (Steven Kyle) World Development Vol. 20 No. 7, 1992, pp. 1009-1019.
"National Factor Markets and the Macroeconomic Context for Environmental Destruction in the Brazilian Amazon", (Steven Kyle and Aercio Cunha) Development and Change Vol. 23 No. 1, 1992, pp. 7-33.
"Economic Reform and Armed Conflict in Mozambique", (Steven Kyle) World Development Vol. 19 No. 6, 1991, pp. 637-649.
"What Role for Leucaena Leucocephala in Meeting Fuelwood Demand in Kenya?" (Steven Stone, Steven Kyle and Jon Conrad) Leucaena Research Reports Vol. 12 (1991) pp. 121-123.
"The Impact of Sovereign Risk on the Market Valuation of U.S. Bank Equities", (Steven Kyle and Ronald Wirick) Journal of Banking and Finance 14 (1990):761-780 November.
"Amazonia: Crecimiento con Abundancia de Recursos Naturales en una Región Periférica", (Aercio Cunha and Steven Kyle) Revista de Análisis Económico Vol. 5 No. 2, November 1990, pp. 81-93.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS
“Countercyclical Policy in Kazakhstan” (Steven Kyle draft 2013)
BOOK CHAPTERS
“The Perils of Resource Riches in a Small Country: Oil in Sao Tome e Principe” Chapter 4 in Small Economies and Global Economics J. R. Pillarisetti et. al. eds. Nova Science Publishers, NY 2008.
“Policy Considerations Along the Interface Between Biodiversity and Agriculture” (William Lesser and Steven Kyle) in Biodiversity and Agricultural Intensification, J. Srivastava, N. Smith and D. Forno, Eds., International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 1996.
"Structural Adjustment in a Country at War: The Case of Mozambique", in Adjusting to Failed Policy in African Economies, D. Sahn, ed., Cornell University Press 1994.
"Distributional Effects of Global Warming and Emission Abatement", in Agricultural Dimensions of Global Climate Change, H. Kaiser and T. Drennen eds., St. Lucie Press 1993.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
“Oil and the Politics of Reconstruction in Angola” (Steven Kyle) Paper presented at the African Studies Association Annual Conference, Washington DC, Nov. 17-20 2005.
“We’re Rich!! Or Are We? Oil and Development in So Tom e Prncipe” (Steven Kyle) Paper presented at the Conference on Lusophone Africa, Cornell University, May 2, 3 2003.
“Oil and the Political Economy of Growth in Angola” (Steven Kyle) Paper presented at the Conference on the Growing Importance of African Oil, March 17, 2003, Carnegie Endowment for Peace, Washington D.C.
“Dutch Disease in So Tom e Prncipe: Policy Options for the Coming Oil Boom” (Steven Kyle) Paper Presented at the Island Studies Association Annual Conference, Charlottetown Prince Edward Island, June 2002.
“Portugal and the Curse of Riches: Macro Distortions and Underdevelopment in Colonial Times” (Steven Kyle) Paper Presented at the Brown University Conference on Lusophone Africa, April 2002.
"The Theory of Contested Markets and the Degree of Tradedness of Agricultural Commodities: An Empirical Test in Zaire" (Steven Kyle and Jo Swinnen) Selected Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the African Studies Association, Boston, December 4-7, 1993.
"Efeitos de Políticas Macro-Monetárias Sôbre Preços Agrícolas" (Effects of Macro-Monetary Policies on Agricultural Prices, Heloisa Burnquist and Steven Kyle) Anais do XXX Congresso Brasileiro de Economia e Sociologia Rural pp. 88-105. Selected Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Brazilian Association of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Rio de Janeiro, August 6, 1992.
"Effects of Carbon Taxes on Economic Growth and Structure" (Steven Kyle) Selected Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association, San Francisco, July 9-13, 1992.
"Measuring the Effects of Real Exchange Rate Policies on Agriculture", (Steven Kyle). American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 73 No. 5, 1991, p. 1553 (Abs.) Selected Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Kansas State University, August 1991.
"Agricultura na Amazônia: Crescimento com Abundancia de Recursos Naturais em uma Região Periférica", (Agriculture in the Amazon Growth with Abundance of Natural Resources in a Peripheral Region, Aercio Cunha and Steven Kyle). Anais do XVIII Encontro Nacional de Economia Vol. 3 pp. 971-985. Selected Paper presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Economics Association, Brasilia, December, 1990.
COMMENTS, DISCUSSIONS, AND BOOK REVIEWS
"Fiscal Policy, Exchange Rates and World Debt Problems - Discussion", in International Financial Markets and Agricultural Trade. Thomas Grennes, ed., Westview Press, Boulder, CO, 1989.
"Macro-Linkages and Agriculture: the United States Experience: Discussion", in Agriculture and Governments in an Interdependent World. Proceedings of the Twentieth International Conference of Agricultural Economists, held at Buenos Aires, Dartmouth Publishing Co., England, 1988 pp. 539-541.
Review of Dam the Rivers Damn the People by Barbara Cummings. Development and Change, Vol. 24 No.3, 1993 pp. 585-586.
Review of Latin American Land Reforms in Theory and Practice by Peter Dorner. Economic Development and Cultural Change Vol. 42 No. 3, April 1994, pp. 678-683.
Review of The Social Causes of Environmental Destruction in Latin America, M. Painter & W. Durham, eds. Development and Change Vol. 27 No. 4, October 1996, pp. 831-832,
Review of Pathways to Economic Development by Richard Grabowski. American Journal of Agricultural Economics February 2002.
Review of Reforming Agricultural Markets in Africa by Mylene Kheralla, Christopher Delgado, Eleni Gabre-Mahdin, Nicholas Minot, and Michael Johnson Africa Today Vol. 50 No. 4 (Summer 2004) p.120.