CURRICULUM VITAE OF MARTY CHEN Name: Martha Alter Chen Address: Harvard Kennedy School 79 John F. Kennedy Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Date of Birth: February 9, 1944 Marital Status: Married (two children, six grandchildren) Education: Graduate Ph.D. 1989 Department of South Asia Regional Studies University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Under-Graduate B.A. Cum Laude Connecticut College 1965 with Honors in New London, CT English Literature Special Program Indian Studies Isabella Thoburn College 1960-61 Lucknow, U.P., India High School Graduated 1960 Woodstock School Mussoorie, U.P., India Languages: Hindi - speaking and reading Bengali - speaking Urdu - speaking Sanskrit - reading French - reading Employment: 1997-present: Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University 2013-present: Affiliated Professor, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University 2018-present: Senior Advisor, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO). WIEGO is a global research policy network that seeks to improve the status of the working poor – especially women - in the informal economy through stronger organizations, better data and research and fairer policies and regulations. 2 1997-2017: International Coordinator, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO). WIEGO is a global research policy network that seeks to improve the status of the working poor – especially women - in the informal economy through stronger organizations, better data and research and fairer policies and regulations. 2003-2006 Visiting Professor, SEWA Academy, Self-Employed Women’s Association, India 1999-2002: Matina S. Horner Distinguished Visiting Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University 1999-2000: Senior Associate, Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University 1997-1998: Development Advisor, Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University 1992-1996: Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University 1987-1996: Research Associate, Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University 1982-87: Field Representative for India and Bangladesh, Oxfam America 1980-81: Visiting Scholar, Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University 1980-81: Project Officer for India and Bangladesh, Oxfam America 1975-1980: Executive Assistant and Head of Women's Program, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC). BRAC is a world- renowned non-governmental organization engaged in integrated rural and urban development. 1971-1972: Founding Member, Friends of Bangladesh, Boston, Mass. and Bangladesh Information Centre, Washington, D.C. Both organizations were established to advocate for US recognition of Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan. 1970-1971: Co-Founder and Co-Director, HELP. HELP was a relief and rehabilitation agency founded after the cyclone and tidal wave of 1970 in East Pakistan. 3 Awards and Honors: 2015: College Medal, Connecticut College 2012: Friend of Bangladesh Liberation War Honour from the Government of Bangladesh 2011: Padma Shri from the Government of India 2005: Distinguished Alumni Award from Woodstock School, India 1999-2001: Matina S. Horner Distinguished Visiting Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University 1965: BA Cum Laude with Honors in English Literature, Connecticut College for Women Boards and Advisory Committees: 2020-present: BRAC Global Board, Board Member 2017-present: United Nations University World Institute for Development \ Economics Research (UNU WIDER), Board Member 2016-2017: UN Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment, Member 2012 -2015: Chronic Poverty Advisory Network, Overseas Development Institute, UK, Advisory Committee, Member 2010-2019: BRAC Bangladesh, Governing Body, Member 1997-2017: Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) Board, Non-Voting Member. 2008-2009: World Bank project to develop “Archive of Micro-Data Sets on Informal Employment in Developing Countries”, Advisory Committee, Member. 2006-2008: High Level Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor. Working Group # 3 on Labour Rights and Working Group # 4 on Informal Enterprises, Member. 1981-2007: The Population Council, New York, N.Y. SEEDS Pamphlet Series, Editorial Committee, Member. 4 1996-1998: International Center for Research on Women. Promoting Women in Development (PROWID) research competition, Technical Advisory Group, Member. 1992-1996: Private Agencies Collaborating Together (PACT), Washington, D.C. Board of Trustees, Member. 1992-1996: United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), New York, N.Y. Editorial Advisory Committee, Vice-Chair. 1990-1996: Aid to Artisans, Farmington, Conn. Board of Directors, Member. 1990-1997: Kodai Woodstock International, Atlanta, Georgia. Board of Directors, Member. 1989-1997: Institute for Development Research, Boston, Mass. Board of Directors, Member. 1987-1998: Joint MIT-Harvard Women in Development Group. Advisory Board, Member. 1991-1994: U.S. Council for International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW), Berkeley, California. Board of Directors, Member. 1991-1993: The Population Council, New York, N.Y. Program on Family Formation, Female Headship and Poverty, Advisory Committee, Member. 1985-1986: American Embassy School, New Delhi, India. Board of Governors, President. 1983-1986: American Embassy School, New Delhi, India. Board of Governors, Member. 1977-1980: American International School, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Board of Governors, Member. 1976-1977: United Nations World Food Programme, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Advisory Committee on Women in Food-for Work, Member. Consultancies: 2020: UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA). Expert consultant on “Share Economic Benefits” for High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. 5 2019: UN Human Development Office, Expert consultant and background paper writer for 2019 Human Development Report on Inequality 2019: American University Beirut, Expert consultant and book chapter writer for project on livelihoods of Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon 2019: International Development Research Council: Expert consultant and strategy paper writer on women’s economic empowerment 2016: UN Secretary-General High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment: Expert consultant and background paper writer 2015-16: Habitat III, UN Habitat: Expert Group on Equitable Urban Development 2012: Rockefeller Foundation, Reference Group on Informal City Dialogues 2012: US Department of State: Civil society advisor on US Delegation to Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development 2012: World Bank: Case study writer and peer reviewer for World Development Report 2013 on “Jobs” 2008-2009: World Bank: Expert advisor on two projects: “Archive of Micro Data Sets on Informal Employment in Developing Countries”; and “Africa Informal Sector, Growth and Poverty Reduction” 2008: Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Expert advisor and report writer on “Women and Employment in Africa” for Africa Commission 2008: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida): Expert advisor and report writer on “Informal Employment in South Asia” 2008: World Bank Africa Bureau: Expert advisor and co-team leader on “Increasing Earnings and Reducing Poverty in the Informal Sector in Africa” 2007: High-Level Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor: Member of working groups on labor rights and on business rights and co-author of reports by these working groups 2007: Coady International Institute, ST. Francis Xavier University, Canada: author of case study on SEWA for edited volume on “The Role of Assets and Agency in Community Driven Development” 6 2005: Ford Foundation’s Affinity Group on Development Finance: Resource person and presenter at Ford Foundation staff meeting in Polokwane, South Africa Institute of Development Research Canada (IDRC): Paper for presentation at international conference “Reforming the Business Environment: From Assessing Problems to Measuring Results” organized by the Committee of Donor Agencies for Small Enterprise Development in Cairo, Egypt. United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM): Flagship publication, Progress of the World’s Women, on the topic of women, work, and poverty (lead-author) 2004: Commonwealth Secretariat: Book on informal employment, gender, and poverty reduction in series of publications on mainstreaming gender in development (lead-author) Expert Group on Development Issues (EGDI) and United Nations University-World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER): Paper for international conference “Unleashing Human Potential: Linking the Informal and Formal Sectors’ in Helsinki, Finland (published in an edited volume of selected papers from that conference) Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida): Public lecture on the informal economy in Stockholm, Sweden. Economic Policy Institute: Technical advice to a set of five country studies on workforce development and concluding chapter to the edited volume featuring these studies (lead-author). 2003: Committee of Donor Agencies on Small (and Micro) Enterprise Development: Review of commissioned paper on evaluating impact of enterprise development interventions on poverty and presentation on informal enterprise development at the annual meeting of the Donor Committee World Bank: Case study of constraints faced by informal entrepreneurs in India for World Development