Stahis Panagides

Stahis S. Panagides has served as the Resident Country Director of the Millennium Challenge Corporation in Cape Verde (2005-2011), a U.S. Federal development agency (www.mcc.gov ), has extensive experience in international development and conflict resolution, having worked in senior staff positions with the World Bank, the Organization of American States, the Ford Foundation and the University of California (Berkeley). He represented the World Bank in Brazil. Mr. Panagides has worked or supervised work in more than fifty countries. Mr. Panagides is a founding member of Esquel Group Foundation, Inc, an institution dedicated to civil society participation and sustainable development with affiliates in Latin America. Co-founder of INOVA International Inc, an Information Technology company in Brazil. Mr. Panagides is fluent in English, Portuguese, and Greek, proficient in Spanish.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Economics, Iowa State University, 1967; Economic Theory and Policy, Agricultural Economics.

M.A. Economics, Kansas State University, 1963.

B.S. Mathematics/Engineering, Kansas State University, 1961.

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Recognition of participation in the Cyprus Liberation Struggle, 1954-59.

• Award of first-class merit for distinguished services to the country, The Government of Cape Verde,

• Key to the Capital City of Cape Verde, Praia,

• Blue Key National Honor Society, Kansas State University(first international student),

• Brotherhood Award from Manhattan, KS, Jewish community,

• Omicron Delta Epsilon, Honor Society of Economics, Delta Chapter, Kansas,

• Medal of Service, Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil,

PUBLICATIONS (partial list):

CYPRUS: Island in the Storm, Dorrance Publishing, 2021

Co-editor, Climate Variability, Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the Semi-Arid Tropics, Cambridge University Press, 1996, reprinted 2005.

Communal Conflict and Economic Considerations: The Case of Cyprus, Journal of Peace Research, Vol 5, 1968, pp. 133-145.

Publications and Papers on International Development (investment project preparation and financing, agricultural development, social development, training, evaluation, institution building, conflict resolution).