Giovanna Bua cv_2012University

Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Economics, Business and Statistics
University of Milan
Via Conservatorio 7, 20122 Milan
Education
GIOVANNA BUA
Curriculum vitae
Phone: 001 202 569 2290
Email: Giovanna.Bua@unimi.it
Date of birth: September 2, 1981
Nationality: Italian
November 2012
Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
Department of Economics, Business and Statistics, University of Milan (Italy).
Main area of studies: Mathematics, Open economy macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Micro econometrics,
Time series econometrics, Game theory.
MA in Applied Econometrics
Scuola Superiore dell’Economia e delle Finanze Ezio Vannoni (Italy, 2010).
Main area of studies: Time series econometrics, Panel data, Non parametric and spatial econometrics, Limit
and discrete variables models.
MSc in Economics and Network Management
Cum Laude, University Ca Foscari of Venice (Italy, 2006).
BA in Business Economy
Cum Laude, University of Trieste (Italy, 2004).
Current position
Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, Department of Economics, Business and Statistic, University of Milan, Italy.
Research project: Domestic debt and non concessional borrowing: a sustainability analysis for Low-Income
countries.
September 2010 –
Research interest
Public Debt, Debt Sustainability, Development Economics, International Economics.
Research grant
World Bank, Research Support Grant.
Public debt in Low Income Countries: fact and implication s for Debt Sustainability.
October 2012-
Past position
Research fellow, Area Science Park
Trieste, Italy
January 2010- October 2010
Area Science Park is one of the leading multi-sector science and technology parks on the international level.
It is recognized by the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) in 2005 as a 1 st level
national research body, whose purpose is to provide a national point of reference for technology transfer.
I awarded the Area Science Park’s fellowship programme for research about: Technology transfer and
Knowledge management in cooperation projects for research, development and innovation.
Auditing support, CMC di Ravenna
Johannesburg, South Africa

May 2008 – May 2009
Cooperativa Muratori e Cementisti – Cmc di Ravenna is an Italian leading construction company.
I was responsible for supporting external and internal auditors (KPMG) in analyzing company status and
understanding capacity of the company to comply with the law of the country. Adjusting company
procedures and administration issues according to auditor reports and suggestions.
Administrator/Coordinator, Ngos Coordination Committee for Iraq (NCCI)
Amman, Jordan
May 2007 – April 2008
http://www.ncciraq.org/
The NGO Coordination Committee for Iraq – NCCI – is an independent initiative launched by a group of
International NGOs which were present in Baghdad in April 2003. At the time of its inception, the 14
members of NCCI intended to establish the basis of a neutral aid coordination highlighting the priorities for
intervention and optimizing the responses to the needs of the Iraqi population. Today its main activities are:
optimize general information sharing on humanitarian issues, improve general coordination amongst the
humanitarian community to optimize provision of assistance and protection, training and capacity building of
International NGO teams and national NGOs.
My main responsibility was the coordination of all the NGOs part of the network on financial, human
resources and administrative aspects. Implement and animate workshop on economic and social topics.
Follow economic and social indicators in order to develop a relevant data base. Coordination with donor’s
and Jordanian Authorities. Accounting/Finance/Human resources management
Capacity builder / Administrator, Action Against Hunger
Pakistan, Kenya, South Sudan
May 2006-May 2007
http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/
Action Against Hunger is part of the ACF International network. It is a global humanitarian organization
with 30 years of expertise in emergency situations of conflict, natural disaster, and chronic food insecurity. It
is recognized as leader in the fight against malnutrition. It runs life-saving programs in some 40 countries
benefiting five million people each year.
I worked for “Action against hunger” in three different countries (Pakistan, Kenya and South Sudan) mainly
as program manager, administrator and then as consultant -designing and implementing changing strategy
on the field-.
My main responsibility in Kenya/South Sudan mission as a consultant was to train the national and
international staff in order to improve the understanding of budgets and donors (ECHO, DFID, OFDA,
UNICEF, CHF) procedures. To implement banking on line. Training of trainer.
My main responsibility in Pakistan as project manager and administrator was to manage the “WFP
distribution programme post-earthquake in northern Pakistan”.
Fellowship Leonardo, Accion Contra el Hambre
Madrid, Spain
September 2005-March 2006
http://www.accioncontraelhambre.org/quienes_somos.php
Action contra el hambe is part of the network ACF International .
My main duty was to support financial department.
Publication
Bua, G. Cattaneo E., Locardi C., Trabacchi C. 2011. Weak City. Ecotonal strategies for urban landscape. In:
My Ideal City. Scenarios for the European City of the 3rd Millennium. Università Iuav di Venezia, Maggio
2011, pp. 76-85. ISBN 978-88-87697-57-5 . URL: http://docu.iuav.it/76/.

Computer skills
Good knowledge of Microsoft Office application, econometrical and statistic software (STATA, R).
Languages
Italian: native, English: fluent, Spanish: fluent.