Alvaro Pereira

Alvaro is on political leave until Fall 2014. 

Education

B.A. (U of Coimbra), M.Sc. (U of Exeter), Ph.D. (SFU)

Areas of Interest

• Economic Growth and Development,
  
• African economies,
  
• Portuguese economy,
  
• Economic Legacy of colonialism

Research and Teaching

Economic growth and development, African development, Mozambican and Portuguese economies

Selected Publications

Books

• The Fear of Failure: History and Economic Policy in Portugal (2009), Lisbon: Esfera dos Livros
• The Myths of the Portuguese Economy (2007), Guerra e Paz Editores

Refereed Articles and Papers

• “The Opportunity of a Disaster: The Economic Impact of the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake” (2009), Journal of Economic History, vol. 69, no. 2, June, pp. 466-499.
• “Localized or Generalized Growth? Revisiting the Industrial Revolution” (2009), December, Historical Social Research, forthcoming.
• (with Sue Bowden and Domna Michailidou) “Chasing Mosquitoes: An Exploration of the Relationship between Poverty, Economic Growth and the Elimination of Malaria in Southern Europe in the Twentieth Century” (2008), Journal of International Development, vol. 19, pp. 1–27.
• “Dollarization or a North American Common Market? Reviewing the Options for Canada” (2006), Current Politics and Economics of Europe, Vol. 17(2): 237-58
• “Dollarization or a North American Common Market”(2006), in Britain and Canada and their Large Neighboring Monetary Unions, ed. Amy Verdun, New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Other Works

• “Economic Reforms and Peacebuilding Success: Lessons from Post-Conflict Mozambique”, (2008) United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office Strategy Paper #1
• “Two Views of Economic Development” (2003), Inroads: The Canadian Journal of Opinion, vol. 14
• “On the feasibility of a Marshall Plan for the Arab Countries” (2001), Politica Internacional, December, vol. 24.

Grants and Awards

• Portuguese Science Foundation, 2008/2011, Prices, Wages and Rents in Portugal 1500-1900 (joint project with Jaime Reis, C. Andrade Martins, Leonor Costa, Inês Amorim, H. Fonseca)
• Simon Fraser University Initial Research Grant, 2007
• Simon Fraser University President’s Research Grant, 2007
• Royal Economic Society Travel Fellowship, May 2006
• Outstanding Teaching Award 1999-2000, Simon Fraser University
• Simon Fraser University President’s Research Fellowship, Spring 2003
• Simon Fraser University Research Scholarship, 2001
• 1996-2000, Portuguese PRAXIS XXI scholarship

Curriculum Vitae