Prof Bishnodat Persaud

Career: res fell Inst of Social and Econ Res Univ of the WI 1965-74; Cwlth Secretariat: chief econs offr Commodities Div 1974-76, asst dir Econ Affrs Div 1976-81, dir and head Economic Affrs Div 1981-92; Univ of the WI Jamaica: prof of sustainable devpt 1992-96, hon prof 1996-; co-leader IDB Team on Socio-Economic Reform in Guyana 1994, chief tech co-ordinator Int Negotiations Caribbean Community 1996, sr assoc Caribbean Regnl Negotiating Machinery 2002-10, advsr to Cwlth Secretariat and World Bank on small states 2005-06; memb: Bd of Dirs Central Bank Barbados 1973-74, Bd Cwlth Equity Fund 1989-93, Univ of Guyana Review Cmmn 1991 and 1996, Bd of Tstees Guyana Rainforest Programme 1992-2002, UN Ctee for Devpt Policy 1995-2000, Cmmn on Cwlth Studies 1995-96, Jamaica Conservation Tst 1995-99, Worldaware (UK) 1996-2006, Cwlth Partnership for Technol Mgmnt (UK) 1997-2001, Bd of Tstees Ramphal Centre 2009-12; served on many cmmns of enquiry and on int expert gps; numerous speeches and lectures incl address to Euro Foreign and Security Policies Conf of the Euro Movement 1991, numerous radio broadcasts and TV appearances in Cwlth countries; memb Chatham House; FRSA

Books and Publications: Developing with Foreign Investment (jtly, 1987), Economic Policy and the Environment (jtly, 1995); contrib chapters to many books, and articles and book reviews to professional and learned jls