Eva Paus is Professor Emerita of Economics on the Ford Foundation at Mount Holyoke College and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Global Development Policy Center at Boston University. She specializes in issues of economic development and globalization. Her current research focuses on the opportunities and challenges of inclusive green development in Latin America, drivers of innovation in developing economies and the middle-income trap, the role of modern services in the economic transformation of developing countries, and industrial policies for catching up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She has published more than 50 articles and book chapters on these topics, frequently with a focus on Latin America, in international journals including CEPAL Review, European Journal of Development Research, Journal of Development<\/em> Studies, Journal of Economic Literature, Journal of Policy Reform, Studies in International Comparative Development, <\/em>and World Development. <\/em>She is the author, co-author, editor or co-editor of eight books. Her most recent book is Towards Inclusive Development In Latin America: Leveraging the Global Green Transition <\/a><\/em> (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026, with Rafael Dominguez Martin).<\/p>\n\n\n\n She began her studies at the Westf\u00e4lische Wilhelmsuniversit\u00e4t M\u0171nster, Germany, and received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh, USA. She has consulted for CEPAL, ILO, UNIDO, and UNDP, and has been a visitor at universities and research institutes in Colombia, Costa Rica, Germany, Ireland, Peru, and South Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n