Dr. Lorraine Ruffing

 

Academic Background 

Ph.D. in Trade and Development, Columbia University

MA in Economics, Columbia University

BA in Economics, Catholic University, Washington, DC

Professional Experience   

Positions held United Nations

• UN Economic Commission for Europe (Geneva) 1981-87

• UN Centre on Transnational Corporations (New York) 1987-93

• UN Development Programme (Uzbekistan) 1993-1995

• UN Conference on Trade and Development (Geneva) 1995-2003

Other International Organizations

• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Paris) 2008-2014
• Accionen Venezuela (Caracas) 1968-1969

Teaching/Lecturing

• St. Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada

• Dine Policy Institute, Tsaile, Arizona

• University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

• Adelphi University, Long Island City, NY

• Webster University/Occidental College, Geneva

• University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Government

• US Senate, American Indian Policy Review Commission, Task Force Seven,

• Reservation Development and Resource Protection

Technical Cooperation Projects

Accounting reform and retraining in Uzbekistan

• Accounting reform in Azerbaijan

• Audit training in Azerbaijan

• Accounting reform in Russian Federation

• Women entrepreneurs in ten LDCs

• Growing SMEs in LDCs

• Public-private sector dialogue in LDCs

• EMPRETEC: entrepreneurship development in 31 developing countries
• Mediterranean 2000: SME development in ten countries

Selected Publication 

• Annual Review of United Nations Affairs, Commentary on the Economic and Social Council Activities, Oxford University Press, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.

• “Lessons from the UN Centre on Transnational Corporations for the Current Treaty Initiative”, in Building a Treaty on Business and Human Rights, Surya Deva and Daivd Bilchitz eds, Cambridge University Press, 2017.

• United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations: Corporate conduct and the public interest with Khalil Hamdani, Rutledge Press, London, 2015.

• Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs: An OECD Scoreboard, OECD, Paris 2011, 2012, 2013.

• Entrepreneurship Policy Framework and Implementation Guidance, UNCTAD, Geneva, 2012.

• Impact of the Global Crisis on SME Entrepreneurship Financing and Policy Responses, OECD, Paris, 2009.

• Enhancing the role of SMEs in Global Value Chains, UNCTAD, Geneva, 2009.

• ISAR 25 years of Promoting Financial Transparency, UNCTAD, Geneva, 2009.

• Enhancing the Role of SMEs in Global Value Chains, OECD, Paris, 2008.

• Silent vs. Shadow Reporting: What can we learn from BP’s Sustainability Report Vs. the Financial Times, CESAR, 2007.

• Investment Guide for Uzbekistan, UNDP, Uzbekistan, 1995 and 2007.

• Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility, course material for Open University Business School, Milton Keynes, UK 2005.
• Business linkages, foreign direct investment and meeting the millennium goals, Small Enterprise Development Journal, Dec. 2005.

Areas of expertise

• Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility

• International accounting: harmonization issues

• Private sector development: development of small and medium sized enterprises through business linkages

• Financing of small and medium sized enterprises

• Twenty years’ experience with economies in transition
• Seven years’ experience in living and working in developing countries: Chile, Mexico, Venezuela, Uzbekistan

Awards & Achievement 

• Phi Beta Kappa

• Who’s who in American Universities
• World Association of Small and Medium Entrepreneurs, Special Honor Award