RUI NUNO BALEIRAS
Short CV
(updated in January 2015)
Born in 1963, Rui Nuno Baleiras is the Executive Member of the Portuguese Public Finance Council’s Senior Board
since 16 February 2012, Associate Professor (on leave) at the Economics Department of Minho University (Braga, Portugal) and member of its Economic Policies Research Centre. At the Portuguese fiscal council since its inception, he
carries out executive board functions and technical work. From 14 March 2005 to 26 October 2009, he served the 17th
constitutional Government of Portugal as Secretary of State for Regional Development. Earlier, he was Assistant Professor
at the School of Economics of Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Holder of a doctoral degree by this university and a postgraduate diploma in Advanced European Economic Studies by the College of Europe, in Belgium, Rui N. Baleiras is an
academic economist and practitioner with articles in international scientific journals and books, book editorship,
knowledge transfer projects co-ordination, experience on policy advising and diversified teaching practice. His major
fields of interest have been political economy, public finance, notably at the subnational layers of government, regional
development economics and policy, European cohesion policy and urban economics. The consultancy activity with the
Portuguese government includes the presidency of the council of ministers (assistance on European economic issues), the
ministry of finance (fiscal decentralisation and European Union’s financial perspectives), and the ministry of foreign
affairs (proposal of a new European Union’s structural fund). He advised the national association of Portuguese municipalities on the revision of the local fiscal environment and drafted a reform of the local public finance act for the President
of the Republic. Several research works for private organisations and public agencies have also been co-ordinated by him.
As visiting scholar (Universities of Fudan, in Shanghai/China, Coruña and Vigo, in Spain, Agostinho Neto, in Angola,
and Técnica de Lisboa, Algarve, Madeira, Évora, in Portugal), Rui N. Baleiras has given scientific talks and instructed
many graduate students in academic and training programmes offered by other institutions, ranging from spatial economics and policy for science-oriented students, to public finance principles for prospective senior officials of the (then)
forthcoming East Timor’s administration, to monetary economics courses for banking staff. His sensitivity to multicultural environments was enhanced by the teaching experience in Portugal, China, East Timor and Angola. Besides the
performed political functions, civic activity comprises a number of articles and interviews on several politico-economic
issues that have been published in the media, along with numerous interventions in public events.
Education
Ph.D in Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, 1997. Dissertation title:
Political Economy in Local Governments.
Graduate Diploma of Advanced European Studies in Economics, College of Europe, Bruges,
Belgium, 1986.
Current positions
Executive Member of the Senior Board, Portuguese Public Finance Council, since 16 February 2012.
Associate Professor, School of Economics and Business Administration, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal, since 6 April 2006; tenure since 27 October 2010—on leave since 16
February 2012.
Member of the Economic Policies Research Unit (NIPE), School of Economics and Business
Administration, Universidade do Minho, since 26 February 2010.
Previous positions
Secretary of State for Regional Development, 17 th Constitutional Government, Portugal, 14
March 2005 to 26 October 2009.
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Assistant Professor, Teaching Assistant and Teaching Trainee, Nova School of Business and
Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1 October 1986 to 5 April 2006.
Chief responsibilities as Member of
the Government,
from 14 March
2005 to 26 October
2009 (Secretary of
State for Regional Development–aid to the
Minister for Environment, Spatial Planning
and Regional Development)
Political co-ordination of the three multi-annual, structurally-oriented financing systems of the
Portuguese economy: Third Community Support Framework (CSF; 20.5 billion euros, b€, of
EU funding), II Cohesion Fund (CF; 3.1 b€) and National Strategic Reference Framework
(NSRF; 21.5 b€).
Stimulation of strategically driven collective actions and place-based co-operation between
private and public actors aiming at the structural improvement of the Portuguese economy.
Design and launching of the PROVERE Initiative (Programmes for the Economic Enhancement of Endogenous Resources) to foster the competitiveness of low density territories.
National implementation of European territorial co-operation instruments and encouragement
of Portuguese actors participation therein.
Management co-ordination of public services under direct political supervision: Financial Institute for Regional Development, Regional Development and Co-ordination Commissions of
North, Centre, Alentejo, Lisbon and Tagus Valley, and Algarve, Foresight, Planning and International Relations Department and Financial Controller.
Co-ordination of the cohesion policy mission structures under direct political supervision:
CSF and NSRF Observatories and Management Authorities of the five Regional Operational
Programmes in mainland and the Technical Assistance Operational Programmes.
Budget management horizontal supervision of the Ministry of Environment, Spatial Planning
and Regional Development—universe of 4,000 employees and budget of 730 million € in
2008.
Latest scientific
publications
“Collective Efficiency Strategies: A Regional Development Policy Contribution for Competitiveness Enhancement”, in Roberta Capello and Tomaz P. Dentinho (eds., 2012), Globalization Trends and its Challenges for Regional Development, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar,
pp. 207–247. Preliminary version with the same title: Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas
Económicas, Universidade do Minho, Working Paper No. 27/2011, August 2011.
Book Regional Development Cases—Exercises and Solutions, editor, May 2012, first edition,
Cascais: Princípia (a few chapters in English, most in Portuguese). Author of the following
chapters:
“The Collective Efficiency Rationale and Policy Applications in Portugal”, pp. 91–102;
“How to Boost Competitiveness in Low Density Territories? The PROVERE Initiative
Case”, pp. 109–116;
“PROVERE: the Long Way from Dream to Work” (Portuguese written chapter), pp. 151–
158.
Book Regional Development Cases, editor, September 2011, first edition, Cascais: Princípia
(a few chapters in English, most in Portuguese).
“Introduction: Regional Development Economics and Policy”, in Rui Nuno Baleiras (ed.,
2011), Regional Development Cases, first edition, Cascais: Princípia, pp. 13–81 (Portuguese
written).
“The Collective Efficiency Rationale and Policy Applications in Portugal”, in Rui Nuno Baleiras (ed., 2011), Regional Development Cases, first edition, Cascais: Princípia, pp. 281–312.
“How to Boost Competitiveness in Low Density Territories? The PROVERE Initiative Case”,
in Rui Nuno Baleiras (ed., 2011), Regional Development Cases, first edition, Cascais:
Princípia pp. 325–365.
“Citizens’ Voice as a Device for Political Choice”, China-USA Business Review, Vol. 10, No.
4, April 2011, pp. 298–313, co-authored with Ana Paula Barreira.
Collective Efficiency Strategies: a Policy Instrument for the Competitiveness of Low-Density
Territories, Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas, Universidade do Minho, Working Paper No. 4/2011, January 2011.
“Subnational Governance: Economic Legitimacy and Public Expenditure Decentralisation”,
in José da S. Costa and Peter Nijkamp (eds., 2009), Compêndio de Economia Regional [Readings in Regional Economics], Vol. I: Teoria, Temáticas e Políticas [Theory, Themes and Policies], first edition, Cascais: Princípia, pp. 723–760 e 775–778 (Portuguese written).
“To Fragment or to Consolidate Jurisdictions: the Optimal Architecture of Government”, in
Economics and Management Higher Institute (ed., 2006), Ensaios de Homenagem a António
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Simões Lopes [Festschrift in Honour of António Simões Lopes], Lisbon: Technical University
of Lisbon, pp. 323–353.
“The Local Public Sector in Border Alentejo”, Papeles de Economía Española, No. 21, 2005,
pp. 297–313, co-authored with A. Paula Barreira (in Castilian).
“To Be or Not To Be in Office Again: an Empirical Test of a Local Political Business Cycle
Rationale”, European Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 20, Issue 3, September 2004, pp.
655–671, co-authored with José S. Costa.
“On the Likelihood and Welfare Effects of 'Stop-and-go' Policies”, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Vol. 5, No. 1, January 2003, pp. 121–133, co-authored with Vasco Santos.
“Behavioral and Institutional Determinants of Political Business Cycles”, Public Choice, Vol.
104, Nos. 1–2, July 2000, pp. 121–147, co-authored with Vasco Santos.
“Electoral Defeats and Local Political Expenditure Cycles”, Economics Letters, Vol. 56, No.
2, 17 October 1997, pp. 201–207.
Latest policy paper publications
“Territory and Economic Development: Institutional Failures”, in Bank of Portugal, Portuguese Public Finance Council and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (eds., 2014), Towards a
Comprehensive Reform of Public Governance – Presentations and Comments, “Fridays of
Reform” Seminar Cycle, December, Lisbon: Bank of Portugal, pp. 413–448. Extended version
published as: Occasional Paper No. 3/2014, 2 December, Lisbon: Portuguese Public Finance
Council (both in English and Portuguese).
“Towards Predictability and Sustainability of Public Finances: a Comment on ‘Control of the
State’s Budget Outturn’”, in Bank of Portugal, Portuguese Public Finance Council and
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (eds., 2014), Towards a Comprehensive Reform of Public
Governance – Presentations and Comments, “Fridays of Reform” Seminar Cycle, December,
Lisbon: Bank of Portugal, pp. 243–266. Also published as: Occasional Paper No. 2/2014, 2
October, Lisbon: Portuguese Public Finance Council (both in English and Portuguese); Working Paper No. 15/2014, October, Braga, Portugal: Economic Policies Research Unit, Universidade do Minho.
“A Comment on Performance Measurement and Budgeting in the Public Sector”, in Bank of
Portugal (ed., 2013), Towards a Comprehensive Reform of Public Governance, Proceedings
of a conference organised by Bank of Portugal, Portuguese Public Finance Council and
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, 28 to30 January 2013, pp. 68–74 (in Portuguese).
“Firms, Collective Efficiency and Environment in the Portuguese Economic Development”,
Indústria e Ambiente, “Environment, Employment and Growth” File, No. 66, January/February 2011, pp. 10–14 (in Portuguese).
“The ‘Eixo Atlântico’ and Regional Development Policy”, Eixo Atlântico — Revista da Eurorrexión Galicia-Norte de Portugal, No. 17, 2010, pp. 97–111 (in Portuguese).
“Heading for 2020: What changes in European Cohesion Policy?”, in José M. Viegas and
Tomaz P. Dentinho (eds., 2010), Emerging Challenges for Regional Development, Cascais:
Princípia, pp. 349–375 (in Portuguese).
“Proposals for the next decade territorial co-operation”, in e-Newsletter of Eixo Atlântico do
Noroeste Peninsular, guest article, http://www.eixoatlantico.com/_eixo_2009/comtenido.php?idpag=1&mostrar=firma_invitada&idcon=fir20100302140207, March 2010 (in
Portuguese).
“Routes for the 2014/2020 Cohesion Policy”, Eixo Atlântico—Revista da Eurorrexión Galicia-Norte de Portugal, No. 16, Jully-December 2009, pp. 17–46 (in Portuguese).
“EU Presidency’s Address: Measuring Progress, True Wealth and Well-Being”, in European
Commission, European Parliament, Club of Rome, WWF and OECD (eds., 2009), Beyond
GDP: Measuring Progress, True Wealth and the Well-Being of Nations, Conference Proceedings, Conference held at the European Parliament, Brussels, 19 and 20 November 2007, Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, pp. 31–33.
Book Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development: the 2005–2009 Office Tenure Account [Ambiente, Ordenamento do Território e Desenvolvimento Regional: Balanço da
Legislatura 2005–2009], 2009, Lisbon: Ministry of Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development (edited with Francisco Nunes Correia, Humberto Rosa and João Ferrão;
Portuguese written).
Co-ordinator and co-author of “Regional Development”, in F. N. Correia, H. Rosa, J. Ferrão
and R. N. Baleiras (eds., 2009), Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development:
the 2005–2009 Office Tenure Account, Lisbon: Ministry of Environment, Spatial Planning and
Regional Development, pp. 157–202 (in Portuguese).
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“Towards cross-border co-operation renewal in Europe”, in e-Newsletter of Eixo Atlântico do
Noroeste Peninsular, guest article, No. 4, February 2009, pp. 4–6 (In Portuguese, with Paula
Fernandes).
“National Strategic Reference Framework for Structural and Cohesion Funds in the 2007/2013
Programming Period”, Eixo Atlântico—Revista da Eurorrexión Galicia-Norte de Portugal,
No. 12, July-December 2007, pp. 31–43 (in Portuguese).
Book MAOTDR: a Two-Year Account (2005–2007), 2007, Lisbon: Ministry of Environment,
Spatial Planning and Regional Development (edited with Francisco Nunes Correia, Humberto
Rosa and João Ferrão; in Portuguese).
Co-ordinator and co-author of “Regional Development”, in F. N. Correia, H. Rosa, J. Ferrão
and R. N. Baleiras (eds., 2007), MAOTDR: a Two-Year Account (2005–2007), Lisbon: Ministry of Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development, pp. 93–119 (in Portuguese).
“Municipal Finance”, in Presidency of Republic (ed., 2005), Challenges for Portugal— Seminars of the Presidency of Republic, Cruz Quebrada (Portugal): Casa das Letras, pp. 365–472
(paper) and 473–506 (discussion). In Portuguese.
Research work
in progress
The Economics of Multilevel Governance, textbook on fiscal decentralisation, currently under
revision. It has already been accepted for publication by Edward Elgar Publishing, UK.
Collective Efficiency Strategies: a Place-based Policy Toolbox for Competitiveness, book project that sets the state of the art in the field of endogenous economic development and proposes
a family of policy instruments anchored on the “collective efficiency” concept and aligned
with the “place-basement” international paradigm.
Elections and the Public Expenditure Mix, co-authored with Ana Paula Barreira, theoretical
paper that seeks politico-economic explanations for government expenditure composition cycles.
Teaching
Graduate (academic and training) and undergraduate courses on Economic Policies, Public
Economics, Regional and Urban Economics, Regional Development Policy, European Economy, Microeconomics and Principles of Micro and Macroeconomics.
Applied research
“Economic Impacts Assessment of the Secondary Education School Modernisation Programme”, applied research commissioned by Parque Escolar, E.P.E. to Minho University’s
Economic Policies Research Centre, co-authored with Francisco José Veiga, Francisco Carballo-Cruz, João Cerejeira, Miguel Lebre de Freitas, Miguel Portela and Sílvia Sousa.
Executive co-ordination of the report “Strategic Development Plan of Sintra’s Municipality”.
Consultancy project commissioned by the Municipality of Sintra, co-authored with Jorge
Braga de Macedo (general co-ordinator), Maria Regina Salvador, Luís Azevedo Coutinho,
Joana Chorincas, João Coimbra and occasional research assistants, November 2003 through
March 2005.
Co-ordination of the report “EXPO’98 Global Project Impacts on General Government Revenues”, co-authored with Rui S. Monteiro and Ana B. Reis, commissioned by Parque EXPO
98, S.A., September 2001 through May 2002. Re-assessment work, November 2004 through
March 2005.
“The User-payer Principle and Road Infrastructure Financing in Mainland Portugal”, report
commissioned by the Portuguese Socialist Party’s parliamentary group, November 2004
through March 2005.
“Municipal Finance”, report on the future of the Portuguese local finance act, commissioned
by the President of the Portuguese Republic, April and May 2004.
“Local Administration Financing”, report commissioned by the Board of the Portuguese Association of Local Governments, February and March 2004.
Research project “Financing Cities and Regions” sponsored by the Luso-American Development Foundation, co-authored with J. Braga de Macedo and Fernando C. Gabriel, January
1997 through September 2001.
“The Prospective Impact of Lisbon’s New Airport in the Regional and Local Economies”, coauthored report with A. Nogueira Leite and Rui S. Monteiro, commissioned by NAER—Novo
Aeroporto de Lisboa, S.A. as part of the Environmental Incidence Studies regarding Lisbon’s
future airport, March to November 1998.
(major commissioned
projects)
Consultancy (major
projects)
Technical assistance to the internationalisation of the regional development consortium “Minho In”, including the report “How to Boost Competitiveness in Low Density Territories? A
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Structured Proposal for the Post-2013 European Cohesion Policy”, applied research commissioned by the Minho-Lima Intermunicipal Community, December 2010 to August 2011.
“Economic Impact Assessment of the Secondary School Modernization Programme”, applied
research commissioned by Parque Escolar, E.P.E. to Minho University’s Economic Policies
Research Unit (NIPE), co-authored with Francisco José Veiga (coordinator), Francisco Carballo‐Cruz, João Cerejeira, Miguel Lebre de Freitas, Miguel Portela and Sílvia Sousa, May
2010 to February 2011.
“Sintra’s Socio-economic Profile”, presentation commissioned by the Municipality of Sintra
as part of their credit risk evaluation (Rating book) by Moody’s Investors Service, 14 June
2004.
Participation in the XIV Congress of the Portuguese Association of Local Governments, as
local finance consultant, Tecnopolo, Funchal (Portugal), 2 and 3 April 2004; Participation in
regional meetings with municipal leaders to prepare the XIV Congress of the Association,
December 2003 through February 2004.
Participation on “Development Strategies for Timor Lorosae”, training initiative for candidate
senior officials to the (then) emerging East-Timorese administration, held in Dili (East Timor),
organised by the Portuguese government, 23 to 28 May 2000.
“Local Finance: Background Paper to the 1994 State Budget Report”, report commissioned
by the Portuguese Ministry of Finance—Minister’s Office—under a consultancy contract also
including editorial assistance to the 1994 State Budget Report, September and October 1993.
Consultant to the Portuguese Ministry of Finance (Minister’s Office, Secretary of State for
Treasury’s Office and Economic Studies Directorate-General), January through December
1992, for the following areas:
Delors II Package—assistance to the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European
Communities, January to June;
Local Public Finance—participation on inter-ministerial discussions about fiscal decentralisa tion and co-ordination of the national contribution to the structural theme (Local Public Finance part) of the 1992/93 OECD survey to the Portuguese economy, March to December;
State Budget for 1993—contribution to both the General and the Synthesis Report, June to
October.
Consultant for community economic affairs to the Portuguese Secretary of State for European
Integration, having designed a new European Community’s Structural Fund, May to July
1991.
Consultant—for community economic affairs—to the Portuguese Council of Ministers Presidency’s Secretary of State, July 1990 to June 1991.
Honours
and Awards
(a selection)
Audience granted by the President of the Portuguese Republic, Prof. Aníbal Cavaco Silva, to
receive the first sample of the “Casos de Desenvolvimento Regional” book, July 2011.
“Grande-Oficial da Ordem do Infante Dom Henrique”, honorific order awarded by the President of the Portuguese Republic, Mr Jorge Sampaio, June 2005.
Research grant awarded by Nova Forum—Executive Education Institute, February 2002.
Honorary Fellow of the Economists Association of East-Timor (ASETIL), since May 2000.
Winner (for Doctoral dissertation) of the “National Competition of Master’s Theses and Ph.D.
Dissertations” organised by the (Portuguese) Social and Economic Council, May 1998.
Jean Monnet Professor title awarded by the Commission of the European Communities, March
1991.
European Economic Association (EEA)’s presidential Honour (by Prof. Agnar Sandmo) for
personal performance as member of the Local Organising Committee of EEA’s Fifth Annual
Congress, 2 September 1990.
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