Larry Willmore Last Updated April 27th, 2012

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 About Me:

I am a research scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg, Austria. My career as economist with the United Nations Secretariat began in Chile in 1978 and ended in New York in 2004, with intermediate postings to Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico and Brazil. Before that I was an economist with the Canadian Department of Finance and a consultant to the National Planning Office of the Government of Costa Rica. I have taught graduate and undergraduate courses and have published widely in academic journals.

Hobbies & Interests:
I enjoy theatre, concerts and cooking, but my passion is policy-oriented research.

Family:

My wife, Ligia, is an anthropologist (Licenciada, Universidade de Brasilia) who was employed many years by the US office of American Field Service (AFS US) to support student exchanges between the USA and the rest of the world. She now works occasionally for AFS International as a consultant. We have two sons. Our oldest, Christopher (b. 1977), earned a PhD in economics from the University of British Columbia and is senior lecturer at the University of Victoria (BC). He is currently on leave, residing in Ottawa with his wife, Elishea. Our youngest son, Andrew (b. 1981, MD University of Toronto) is completing his residency (emergency medicine) at the University of Ottawa. Andrew's wife, Jacqueline, is an epidemiologist (MS, University of Toronto) employed by the regional government of Ottawa.
My papers at SSRN --at Google Scholar
  • Social Security and Pensions
  • Central America
  • Export Processing Zones
  • Intra-Industry Trade
  • Transnational Corporations in Brazil
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