MIKHAIL A. BUNCHUK
mb1709@hotmail.com
Date: January 2001
QUALIFICATIONS
Strong analytical, writing, organizational and communication skills.
Native Russian, fluent English, good French.
EMPLOYMENT
2000 - present
The World Bank, Moscow
Office
Consultant for the Development Gateway project
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Responsible for quality assurance of project documents prepared by country teams in the CIS region, as well as for knowledge management Prepared a note on the e-government strategy within the Gateway project.
1998 - present
The Eurasia Foundation, Moscow Regional
Office
independent consultant
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In 1998-99 carried out more than 30 independent evaluations of 14 grantee
consulting companies in various Russian regions, a mid-term evaluation
report and a final evaluation report within the program "Development of
Consulting Services for Small Innovative Enterprises" (co-funded by the
Eurasia Foundation and the Federal Fund for Assistance to Small Innovative
Enterprises). Proposed several follow-up programs to the Eurasia Foundation,
some of which are being implemented in 1999-2000.
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Evaluated applications for grants within the program "Russian-Language
Internet resources" in 1998.
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Involved in on-going independent evaluations of projects within the private
sector development program of the Eurasia Foundation.
1997 - 2000
Russian Institute of Economics, Policy and Law in Science and Technology Sphere, Moscow
Senior Research Associate
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Wrote several sections for the Russian Government report on science and
technology policy in 1998.
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Prepared analytical reports on tax incentives for R&D in OECD countries,
venture capital and innovation, commercialization of government-funded
research, national innovation systems.
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The Web-server "Technology Business in Russia" - consultant for the project.
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Developer of the Web page "Internet Resources on Technology Business in
Russia" (http://mbun.tripod.com/support.htm
– Russian version; http://mbun.tripod.com/support_eng.htm
– English version).
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In 1999, awarded a grant from IREX within
the Small Alumni Grants Program to purchase literature on evolutionary
economics and to organize an academic visit of a U.S. economics professor
to Russia.
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Most recent conferences attended: the 1999 conference of the European Association
for the Study of Science and Technology (Lisbon, Portugal); the 3rd Conference
of the International Kondratieff Foundation (Moscow, 1999); International
Summer Academy on Technology Studies (Deutschlandsberg, Austria, 1999);
annual conference of the European Association for Evolutionary Political
Economy (Prague, November 1999).
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13 publications in 1998-1999.
1994-1995
All-Russia Institute of Scientific and Technical Information (VINITI),
Moscow
expert
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Wrote reviews of economics articles from English-language periodicals for
a journal of abstracts.
EDUCATION
1998 - present
G.V. Plekhanov Russian Economic Academy,
Moscow
graduate student at the Department of Economic Theory
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Ph.D. in economics expected in 2001.
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In 1995 awarded a Freedom Support Act fellowship for graduate study in
the USA.
1997 and 1998
Student at the Summer Schools of the European Association for Evolutionary
Political Economy, Crete, Greece and Kelmare, Ireland
1995-1997
University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
Master of Arts in Economics
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In 1997 presented a paper at the international conference “The Need for
a New Economics of Science”, University of Notre Dame.
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In 1996 had an internship at the Center for
Post-Soviet Studies (Chevy Chase, Maryland) and worked in Washington
D.C. collecting materials on Russian science policy.
1990-1994
G.V.Plekhanov Russian Economic Academy, Moscow
Diploma with honors in international economic relations
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Council member of the European
Association for Evolutionary Political Economy; member of the
European Association for the Study of Science and Technology
COMPUTER SKILLS
MS Office. Experienced in using the Internet as a research tool. Basic
Web-design skills.