Caroline Doggart

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Caroline Elizabeth Doggart (born 1939), is a development economist and author. [1]

Born in Utrecht, in the Netherlands, and educated at Girton College, Cambridge and Imperial College London, she began her career at the Economist Intelligence Unit. In 1970, she wrote Tax Havens and their Uses. [2] The publication went on to become the Economist Group's bestselling publication, with 11 editions until 2005, translated into five languages. [3] [4] [5] [ citation needed ][ citation needed ] [6] Reviewers described the book as "magisterial,"[ citation needed ] [7] "encyclopaedic,"[ citation needed ] and a "classic."[ citation needed ]

Doggart has worked as a senior development economist for the World Bank in Malawi, Tanzania, Ghana, Ecuador, Botswana, Haiti, the Maldive Islands and Paraguay. [8] In 1996, she wrote an influential article, From Reconstruction to Development in Europe and Japan. [8] [9]

Doggart is a board member of the Maria Montessori Training Organisation, [10] a founder of the ICEA (International Consulting Economists' Association), [11] and a director of the Pestalozzi Overseas Children's Trust. [12]

She has contributed to The Financial Times , The Independent and The Economist .[ citation needed ]

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  1. "Caroline Doggart – Google Scholar". 23 March 2005. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  2. http://law.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2774&context=expresso [ bare URL PDF ]
  3. Steuerparadiese und wie man sie nutzt : alles, was steuergestresste Herzen höher schlagen lässt [WorldCat.org]. Worldcatlibraries.org. 1990. ISBN   9783878810551 . Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  4. "Bücher: Bücher". Amazon.de. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  5. 修士論文レジュメ(概要)
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. Wall, Barbara (26 July 1997). "Tailor-Made Tax Havens Provide Offshore Niches for Every Client's Need". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  8. 1 2 E-Book Bibliography Part 1 Archived 15 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  9. "The evolving role of the World Bank helping meet the challenge of development [WorldCat.org]". Worldcatlibraries.org. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  10. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. "Management Committee". Icea.co.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  12. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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