Draft:Glenn Paul Jenkins

Glenn P. Jenkins (born December 3, 1944) is a Canadian / American economist. He is renowned for his contributions to the field of economics, especially in the domains of public policy, public financial management, and development economics. Glenn is the founder of the Program on Investment Appraisal and Management at the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID), and was its director from 1985 to 2000. Additionally, he led the International Tax Program at the Harvard Law School from 1989 to 1998. Presently, he is associated with the Department of Economics at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. There, he continues to influence the field as the founder and director of the John Deutsch International Program on Investment Appraisal and Risk Analysis. Jenkin's research primarily focuses on public finance, investment appraisal, and economic development. Throughout his career, he has also provided his expertise as an economic consultant to numerous governments and international institutions worldwide.

Education
Jenkins completed his B. Comm. in economics at Carleton University in 1967 and his M.A. in economics at the University of Western Ontario in 1969. Jenkins subsequently completed a second M.A in economics at the University of Chicago in 1970 and a Ph.D in economics at the same institution in 1972.

Career
Glenn P. Jenkins started his academic career at the University of Chicago as a lecturer at the Graduate Business School in 1971. In 1972, he moved to Harvard University where he held multiple roles including Assistant Professor of Economics, Lecturer on Economics. During his time at Harvard, he was a teaching faculty member at the department of Economics at the Kennedy School of Government. He also served as the director of the International Tax Program at Harvard Law School (1989-1998) and as the Program Director on Investment Appraisal and Management at HIID (1985-2000).

In the Canadian government, Jenkins served as the Assistant Deputy Minister of Tax Policy and Legislation in the Department of Finance (1981-1984) and was a Special Advisor on Investment Appraisal in the Departments of Industry, Trade and Commerce, and Regional Economic Expansion (1974-1975).

In 2000, Jenkins joined Queen's University as a Professor of Economics and director of the Program on Investment Appraisal and Risk Analysis, John Deutsch International Executive Programs. The same year, he was conferred the status of Institute Fellow Emeritus at Harvard Institute for International Development and Kennedy School of Government. Jenkins held the position of Vice President (2010) and later President (2011) of the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis.

His professional career has also included numerous consulting engagements with international organizations such as the World Bank, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, USAID, Asian Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, United Nations Development Program and the Ford Foundation. He has also provided consultancy services to numerous international governments in areas related to taxation, investment appraisal, and public financial management. He has also served as an economic consultant to a number of governments and international financial institutions, including the governments of the Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Canada, Dominican Republic, India, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, South Africa, United States. He has played a large role in leading tax reforms in Indonesia, Dominican republic, Nepal and Belise and served as a long term advisor to the government of Indonesia since 1985.

Since 1997, Jenkins has been serving as the President of Cambridge Resources International, an economic consulting firm based in Cambridge, MA, USA.

Honors and Awards

 * President, Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis (2011)
 * Vice President, Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis (2010)