Knowledge of languages

Education

• 1989 - 1992 University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Doctoral dissertation (lic. polit.) in Economics.
• 1977 - 1978 University of Copenhagen, Denmark. M.Sc. (cand. polit.) in Economics.
• 1976 - 1977 University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, USA. Graduate student of Economics.
• 1972 - 1976 University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Student of Economics (stud. polit.). 
• 1967 - 1970 Aalborg Katedralskole, Denmark. Danish studentereksamen. High school with specialization in mathematics and physics.

Employment

• 2002 - present Professor of Development Economics, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen.
• 2009 - 2018 Director, UNU-WIDER, Helsinki, Finland.
• 1996 - present Coordinator of the University of Copenhagen Development Economics Research Group (DERG).
• 2000 - 2002 Visiting Professor, National Economics University (NEU), Hanoi, Vietnam and Senior Economist/Project Coordinator at the Central Institute of Economic Management (CIEM).
• 1991 - 2002 Associate Professor in Development Economics, Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 1988 - 1991 Assistant Professor in Development Economics, Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 1987 - 1988 Macroeconomist/Agricultural Planner (Teamleader), FAO/Ministry of Agriculture, Maputo, Mozambique.
• 1986 - 1987 Project Coordinator/Planning Economist, FAO/Ministry of Agriculture, Maputo, Mozambique.
• 1981 - 1986 Programme Officer/Economist, Maputo, Mozambique.
• 1980 - 1981 Economist (FAO Associate Expert), Maputo, Mozambique.
• 1978 - 1980 Programme Officer (FAO Associate Expert), Mbabane, Swaziland.
• 1977 - 1978 Instructor, Economic Principles, University of Copenhagen.
• 1975 - 1976 Research assistant, social cost/benefit project concerning care of the elderly funded by the Organization of Danish Communes.
• 1975 - 1976 Instructor, Economic Principles, University of Copenhagen.
• 1971 - 1972 Teacher, primary and secondary school, Aalborg, Denmark.
• 1970 - 1971 Military service, Denmark.

Professional activities (current)

• 2019 - present Member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Development Research ZEF, University of Bonn.
• 2018 – present Member of the Academic Advisory Council, Institute of New Structural Economics, University of Peking.
• 2018 – present Member of the University of Copenhagen review panel under the Research and Inovation Council (KUFIR).
• 2009 - present Member of the Board, Journal of Development Studies (JDS).
• 2009 - present Editor, Journal Sustainability Science (SUST).
• 2004 - present Resource person, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Nairobi, Kenya. Since 2015 chair of the thematic group one on poverty, inequality and food security.
• 2001 - present Invited Member, European Union Development Network (EUDN).
• 1999 - present External Research Fellow, Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, School of Economics, University of Nottingham.
• 1998 - present Member, Editorial Board, Journal of International Development (JID).

Special honours

• November 2015 Conferred a Knighthood, Order of the Dannebrog, by Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.
• January 2014 The Vietnamese Government Medal of Honour for Support to the Planning and Investment System.
• November 2011 The Vietnamese Government Development Merit ‘Medal for the Cause of Science and Technology’.
• August 1996 The University of Copenhagen Institute of Economics’ Award for excellent and inspiring teaching.
• January 1979 The Zeuthen award of the Danish Economic Society (Socialøkonomisk Samfund) based on the thesis Growth and Income Distribution in Developing Countries.

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Research interests

• Development economics
• Poverty
• Income distribution and growth
• Micro- and macroeconomic policy and modeling

Teaching and supervision

I have over the years lectured at a great variety of institutions and places around the world, including countries in both the North and the South and have supervised a large number of students at bachelors, masters and PhD level at the University of Copenhagen. The focus in my teaching has been and remains development economics and its diverse sub-components. I am not at present teaching on a regular basis at the Department of Economics at the University of Copenhagen.

Recent publications

• ‘Linked-In by FDI: The Role of Firm-Level Relationships for Knowledge Transfers in Africa and Asia’. Published online in Journal of Development Studies. With C. Newman, J. Page, J. Rand, A. Shimeles and M. Söderbom.
• ‘Commodity Prices and Intra-Household Labor Allocation’. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, vol. 101(2), 2019, pp. 436-54. With U. Beck and S. Singhal.
• ‘Female Autonomy and Women's Welfare: An Introduction’. Review of Development Economics, vol. 22(4), 2018, pp. 1385-9. With S. Sharma.
• Industries Without Smokestacks: Industrialization in Africa Reconsidered. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, 451 pages. Editor with R. Newfarmer and J. Page.

Most downloaded publications (source: RePEc)

• ‘On the Empirics of Foreign Aid and Growth’. The Economic Journal, vol. 114(496), 2004, pp. F191-FF216. With C.-J. Dalgaard and H. Hansen.
• ‘Aid and Growth Regressions’. Journal of Development Economics, vol. 64(2), 2001, pp. 547-70. With H. Hansen.
• ‘Business Cycles in Developing Countries: Are They Different?’ World Development, vol. 30(12), 2002, pp. 2071-88. With J. Rand.
• ‘Financial Liberalization, Financial Development, and Economic Growth in LDCs’. Journal of International Development, vol. 15(2), 2003, pp. 189-208. With T. B. Andersen.

Most cited publications (source: Google Scholar)

• ‘Aid and Growth Regressions’. Journal of Development Economics, vol. 64(2), 2001, pp. 547-70. With H. Hansen.
• ‘Aid Effectiveness Disputed’. Journal of International Development, vol. 12(3), 2000, pp. 375-98. With H. Hansen.
• ‘On the Empirics of Foreign Aid and Growth’. The Economic Journal, vol. 114(496), 2004, pp. F191-FF216. With C.-J. Dalgaard and H. Hansen.
• Foreign Aid and Development: Lessons Learnt and Directions for the Future. London and New York: Routledge, 2000,512 pages. Editor, assisted by P. Hjertholm.

Media presence

• Video: ‘Interview with Professor Finn Tarp on SA-TIED’. DERG, University of Copenhagen. Published on 10 April 2019.
• Radio: ‘Interview with UNU-WIDER Director Finn Tarp’. Kaya FM. Published on 26 October 2018.
• Video: ‘Policy Formation and Implementation Process: Finn Tarp’. SABC Digital News. Published on 24 October 2018.
• Video: ‘Economic Transformation: Lessons for Development’. UNU-WIDER. Published on 28 August 2018.
• Video: ‘10 Lessons for Development’. UNU-WIDER. Published on 28 August 2018.
• Video: ‘Think Development - Think WIDER’. UNU-WIDER. Published on 21 August 2018.
• Blog: ‘Comprehensive Policy Change needed in Myanmar to Support Structural Transformation: Insights from the Myanmar Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Survey 2017’. WIDERAngle, September 2018.

Metrics

• Google Scholar information (as of 24 October 2019):

• October 2019 RePEc rankings are available at https://ideas.repec.org/top/ They include a top 1% world wide rank among 56,942 authors and a top one Danish and a top three Nordic position based on the average publications rank score the last 10 years.

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