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Economic Advisory; Macroeconomic Advisor (consultant) to the Swiss Agency for Development
and Cooperation (Laos Programs), July 2012 - Present (M. Southichack).
Business advisory, investment; Business Advisor (regular) to Leopard Capital’s Laos operation,
a private equity firm, January 2011- present (M. Southichack).
International (Economist) Consultant; Lead a study project on "Trade-Poverty Linkages in Lao
PDR," Ministry of Industry and Commerce, 19 November 2012 - 28 February 2013 (M. Southichack).
Private Sector and SME Development; ADB-TA 4974 (LAO) technical assistance project to
support the ADB Private Sector and SME Development Program, Asian Development Bank, March
2009 – present (P. Khamphilavong).
Agribusiness, supplemental foods development; founded and manage an agribusiness and
supplemental foods development firm, Mekong Food Products, focusing on using public-private
partnerships for sustainable socioeconomic development in Lao PDR. MFP is developing and
implementing field studies using small-holder agricultural products for supplemental foods to address
local malnutrition, 2010-present (E. Leonard).
Environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA); Nam Khan 3 Hydropower Project in Luang
Prabang Province, conducted EIA and wrote environmental monitoring and management plan, 2011
(B. Southichak).
Feasibility study, agribusiness, coffee plantation; estimate of a coffee plantation investment in
Paksong and conducted a feasibility analysis, McCullagh Coffee (Laos), August 2011 (M.
Southichack).
ESIA, environmental monitoring and management; Nam Hinboun Hydropower Project in
Khammouane Province, conducted EIA and wrote environmental monitoring and management plan,
2011 (B. Southichak).
ESIA, resettlement and compensation; Nam Seung I-II Hydropower Project in Luang Prabang
Province, conducted initial environmental examination and coordinated field survey and monitoring
for resettlement and compensation, 2011 (B. Southichak).
Water and environmental resources, ESIA; Pak Beng Hydropower Project in Oudomxay and
Bokeo provinces, managed the study project, led the water quality and fishery surveys and
coordinated with the ESIA team leaders, 2011 (B. Southichak).
ESIA; Boten-Vientiane Railway Project, took overall management tasks of the study project,
developed survey map and survey method and reviewed data entry and report, 2011 (B. Southichak).
Aquaculture, feasibility study; aquaculture Investment Feasibility Study in Southern Laos, April –
September 2010. (M. Southichack).
Microfinance; Microfinance in the Lao Coffee Industry: Lessons for a Sector Approach? 2010-
working. (M. Southichack).
ESIA, resettlement and compensation, environmental monitoring and management; Nam
Beng Hydropower Project in Oudomxay Province, led the EIA and social economic survey, conducted
EIA and wrote environmental monitoring and management plan, collaborated with concerned
authorities on resettlement and compensation, 2010 (B. Southichak).
ESIA; KAP End-line survey Project (Healthy Wetland for Healthy Women, Children and Men project)
in Attapeu Province, Health Unlimited (HU), led and coordinated the social economic surveys, edited
and reviewed reports, 2010 (B. Southichak).
Regional economic growth; Economic Convergence inside Laos? presented at Khon Kaen
University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, July 2010. (M. Southichack).
Price regulation, dairy product; Dynamic Cost-Based Dairy Pricing System: A Solution to Hawaii’s
Dairy Industry?, at the Oxford Business and Economic Conference 2010, Oxford University, Oxford,
England, (M. Southichack).
ESIA, water resource; Sanakham Hydropower Project, Vientiane and Xayabury provinces,
managed the study project, led the water quality and fishery surveys and coordinated with the ESIA
team leaders, 2010 (B. Southichak).
ESIA, water resource; Nam Ngiep I Hydropower Project, Borlikhamxay and Vientiane provinces,
coordinated the ESIA and conducted water quality survey, for KANSAI of Japan, 2009-10 (B.
Southichak).
Price regulation system development, dairy product; developed a Milk Pricing System for
Hawaii Milk Shed, Hawaii Department of Agriculture that allows profitability and affordability under an
unstable market, Hawaii, U.S.A., December 2008 – November 2009. (M. Southichack).
Financial services, small business development; directed financial and business program that
provides business skills training and financial services to promote entrepreneurship and small
businesses for low-income and immigrant households, Open Doors, Inc., Sacramento, California,
USA, 2000-2008 (E. Leonard).
Economic impact study, irrigation system; Economic Impacts of Agricultural Reservoir Closures
in Hawaii, HDOA, Hawaii, U.S.A., August – December 2008. (M. Southichack).
Economic impact study, irrigation system; Wahiawa Irrigation System Economic Impact Study,
Hawaii Agribusiness Development Corporation, Hawaii, U.S.A., May – November 2008. (M.
Southichack).
Aid effectiveness; capacity development to promote aid effectiveness (part of consultant team),
World Bank, June 2007 – February 2008 (P. Khamphilavong).
Agribusiness; Hawaii’s Coffee Industry: Structural Change and Its Impacts on Farm Operations,
HDAO, Hawaii, U.S.A., June 2005 – July 2006. (M. Southichack).
Economic feasibility study; An Economic Assessment of the Former Kekaha Sugar Company Land
and Infrastructure: Its Current and Potential Economic Capability, HDOA, Hawaii, U.S.A., August –
October 2005. (M. Southichack).
Monitoring and evaluation; monitoring ADB-assisted governance, finance and trade programs in
Laos and GMS region, ADB, October 2004 – January 2007 (P. Khamphilavong).
Economic impact study; Potential Impacts on Agriculture of the Supper Ferry in Hawaii: A
Preliminary Result, HDOA, Hawaii, U.S.A., July 2004. (M. Southichack).
Regional economic growth; Convergence, Economic Growth and Effective Labor: The Case of
Thailand, University of Hawaii, Hawaii, U.S.A., July 2003. (M. Southichack).
Feasibility study, income generations; Laos, Market, Product, and Technology Study for
Promoting Sustainable Income Generation Activity in Sepone District, Oxfam Solidarity (Belgium) and
Savannakhet Provincial Government, June – July 2002. (M. Southichack).
Rural finance and income diversification; Income Diversification, Rural Finance Services, in
Xiengkhouang Agricultural Development Project and Nonghet Alternative Development Project,
UNDCP and IFAD, May 2000 – March 2001. (M. Southichack).
and Cooperation (Laos Programs), July 2012 - Present (M. Southichack).
Business advisory, investment; Business Advisor (regular) to Leopard Capital’s Laos operation,
a private equity firm, January 2011- present (M. Southichack).
International (Economist) Consultant; Lead a study project on "Trade-Poverty Linkages in Lao
PDR," Ministry of Industry and Commerce, 19 November 2012 - 28 February 2013 (M. Southichack).
Private Sector and SME Development; ADB-TA 4974 (LAO) technical assistance project to
support the ADB Private Sector and SME Development Program, Asian Development Bank, March
2009 – present (P. Khamphilavong).
Agribusiness, supplemental foods development; founded and manage an agribusiness and
supplemental foods development firm, Mekong Food Products, focusing on using public-private
partnerships for sustainable socioeconomic development in Lao PDR. MFP is developing and
implementing field studies using small-holder agricultural products for supplemental foods to address
local malnutrition, 2010-present (E. Leonard).
Environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA); Nam Khan 3 Hydropower Project in Luang
Prabang Province, conducted EIA and wrote environmental monitoring and management plan, 2011
(B. Southichak).
Feasibility study, agribusiness, coffee plantation; estimate of a coffee plantation investment in
Paksong and conducted a feasibility analysis, McCullagh Coffee (Laos), August 2011 (M.
Southichack).
ESIA, environmental monitoring and management; Nam Hinboun Hydropower Project in
Khammouane Province, conducted EIA and wrote environmental monitoring and management plan,
2011 (B. Southichak).
ESIA, resettlement and compensation; Nam Seung I-II Hydropower Project in Luang Prabang
Province, conducted initial environmental examination and coordinated field survey and monitoring
for resettlement and compensation, 2011 (B. Southichak).
Water and environmental resources, ESIA; Pak Beng Hydropower Project in Oudomxay and
Bokeo provinces, managed the study project, led the water quality and fishery surveys and
coordinated with the ESIA team leaders, 2011 (B. Southichak).
ESIA; Boten-Vientiane Railway Project, took overall management tasks of the study project,
developed survey map and survey method and reviewed data entry and report, 2011 (B. Southichak).
Aquaculture, feasibility study; aquaculture Investment Feasibility Study in Southern Laos, April –
September 2010. (M. Southichack).
Microfinance; Microfinance in the Lao Coffee Industry: Lessons for a Sector Approach? 2010-
working. (M. Southichack).
ESIA, resettlement and compensation, environmental monitoring and management; Nam
Beng Hydropower Project in Oudomxay Province, led the EIA and social economic survey, conducted
EIA and wrote environmental monitoring and management plan, collaborated with concerned
authorities on resettlement and compensation, 2010 (B. Southichak).
ESIA; KAP End-line survey Project (Healthy Wetland for Healthy Women, Children and Men project)
in Attapeu Province, Health Unlimited (HU), led and coordinated the social economic surveys, edited
and reviewed reports, 2010 (B. Southichak).
Regional economic growth; Economic Convergence inside Laos? presented at Khon Kaen
University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, July 2010. (M. Southichack).
Price regulation, dairy product; Dynamic Cost-Based Dairy Pricing System: A Solution to Hawaii’s
Dairy Industry?, at the Oxford Business and Economic Conference 2010, Oxford University, Oxford,
England, (M. Southichack).
ESIA, water resource; Sanakham Hydropower Project, Vientiane and Xayabury provinces,
managed the study project, led the water quality and fishery surveys and coordinated with the ESIA
team leaders, 2010 (B. Southichak).
ESIA, water resource; Nam Ngiep I Hydropower Project, Borlikhamxay and Vientiane provinces,
coordinated the ESIA and conducted water quality survey, for KANSAI of Japan, 2009-10 (B.
Southichak).
Price regulation system development, dairy product; developed a Milk Pricing System for
Hawaii Milk Shed, Hawaii Department of Agriculture that allows profitability and affordability under an
unstable market, Hawaii, U.S.A., December 2008 – November 2009. (M. Southichack).
Financial services, small business development; directed financial and business program that
provides business skills training and financial services to promote entrepreneurship and small
businesses for low-income and immigrant households, Open Doors, Inc., Sacramento, California,
USA, 2000-2008 (E. Leonard).
Economic impact study, irrigation system; Economic Impacts of Agricultural Reservoir Closures
in Hawaii, HDOA, Hawaii, U.S.A., August – December 2008. (M. Southichack).
Economic impact study, irrigation system; Wahiawa Irrigation System Economic Impact Study,
Hawaii Agribusiness Development Corporation, Hawaii, U.S.A., May – November 2008. (M.
Southichack).
Aid effectiveness; capacity development to promote aid effectiveness (part of consultant team),
World Bank, June 2007 – February 2008 (P. Khamphilavong).
Agribusiness; Hawaii’s Coffee Industry: Structural Change and Its Impacts on Farm Operations,
HDAO, Hawaii, U.S.A., June 2005 – July 2006. (M. Southichack).
Economic feasibility study; An Economic Assessment of the Former Kekaha Sugar Company Land
and Infrastructure: Its Current and Potential Economic Capability, HDOA, Hawaii, U.S.A., August –
October 2005. (M. Southichack).
Monitoring and evaluation; monitoring ADB-assisted governance, finance and trade programs in
Laos and GMS region, ADB, October 2004 – January 2007 (P. Khamphilavong).
Economic impact study; Potential Impacts on Agriculture of the Supper Ferry in Hawaii: A
Preliminary Result, HDOA, Hawaii, U.S.A., July 2004. (M. Southichack).
Regional economic growth; Convergence, Economic Growth and Effective Labor: The Case of
Thailand, University of Hawaii, Hawaii, U.S.A., July 2003. (M. Southichack).
Feasibility study, income generations; Laos, Market, Product, and Technology Study for
Promoting Sustainable Income Generation Activity in Sepone District, Oxfam Solidarity (Belgium) and
Savannakhet Provincial Government, June – July 2002. (M. Southichack).
Rural finance and income diversification; Income Diversification, Rural Finance Services, in
Xiengkhouang Agricultural Development Project and Nonghet Alternative Development Project,
UNDCP and IFAD, May 2000 – March 2001. (M. Southichack).