Professor Denis Benn, a Guyanese by birth, is a graduate
of the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus where he
received his B.Sc. in Economics with Honours, his M.Sc. in
Government and his Ph.D. also in Government from Manchester
University, in the United Kingdom.
He is presently the Michael Manley Professor of Public Affairs/Public
Policy, here at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus
and has served the United Nations in several capacities, including
that of Director, UN Secretariat for International Strategy,
and Resident Representative, UNDP/UN Resident Co-ordinator,
Jamaica.
He was responsible for co-ordinating the work of various
UN organizations and agencies (UNFPA, WFP, UNICEF, PAHO and
UNESCO) operating in these countries and chaired on a monthly
basis donor co-ordination meetings involving the IMF, World
Bank, IDB, USAID, CIDA, UK, Germany, Italy, France, Netherlands
and the European Union. Prof. Benn also worked in the government
service in his native Guyana as Head, Economic Division, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs. During the period 1974 to 1979 he participated
in several international economic conferences relevant to
the negotiations on the New International Economic Order,
including UNCTAD IV Nairobi and UNCTAD V in Manila. He also
was Chairman, Negotiating Group II, Fourth Ministerial Meeting
of the Group of 77, Arusha.
Professor Benn has been on many special assignments in the
region including the Academic Editor/Co-ordinator, Jamaica
Human Report 2000, Member, Commonwealth Team to Review Relations
between the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, Member Advisory
Board, Research and Policy Group (RPG) UWI, Mona, Member Advisory
Council on Foreign Relations (Guyana).
He has jointly, with the office of the Principal been involved
in the Mona Academic Conferences since their inception.
His academic achievements include B.Sc. Economics Prize,
Student of the Year, Nethersole, Sir Joseph Luckhoo Memorial
and the Sir Hugh Springer Prizes.
He has authored, edited and published several books and numerous
articles dealing with issues relating to the Caribbean.
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