Curriculum Vitae

Key Expertise 

1. Applied policy research on impact on economic growth and development of macroeconomic policies, trade policies, finance, labour market institutions, market access opportunities and institutional structure

2. Use of advanced econometric and statistical techniques to quantitatively measure depth and scope of regional economic integration, market access (tariff and non-tariff), trade diversification, creative economy, finance, decent work and employment promotion

3. Research on finance for development to achieve the transformative development agenda that aim to address inequality, poverty, hunger, human capital, and climate change   

4. Developing quantitative techniques for estimating composite indices/measures:

   • Modified Human Development Index (with A.L.Nagar, 2000)

   • Infrastructure Development Index (with A.L.Nagar, 2001)

   • Economic Well-being Index (2001) 

   • Good Governance Index (2002)

   • Quality of Economic Governance Index (2005)

   • Quality of Life Index (with L.R.Klein and A.L.Nagar, 2005)

   • Trade and Development Index (UNCTAD, 2005, 2007)

   • Right to Development Index ( with Arjun Sengupta, 2006)

   • Polarization Measure (with Shenggen Fan and Ziaobo Zhang, 2007)

   • Development Quality Index (2008)

   • Institutional Quality Index (2008)

   • Trade Diversification Measure (UNCTAD. 2010)

   • Creative Economy Measure (with Edna dos-Santos, UNCTAD, 2011)

   • Productive Capacity Indicators ( UNESCAP, 2012)

   • Asia-Pacific Physical Infrastructure Index ( UNESCAP,  2017)

5. Developing high frequency macro-econometric forecasting methodology for estimating economic growth and other leading indicators

6. Seminal work on establishing macroeconomic forecasting methodologies to estimate the Indian economic growth by using the current quarter model (CQM). It was a part of the research project housed at the Economics Department, University of Pennsylvania under the supervision of Nobel Laureate Professor Lawrence R. Klein 

7. Policy analysis of recovery strategies of recent global economic crisis

8. Designing capacity development programs including training modules on trade analysis, tariff policy simulation and WTO negotiation process for government officials, private sector and academia 

9. Project management (budget preparation, strategic work planning, supervision of national consultants, evaluation and national/regional workshops) experience in over a dozen countries 

10. Policy dialogue and knowledge sharing with governments and stakeholders

11. Research networking experience with leading universities, think tanks, private sectors and development partners 

12. Managing junior economists, research assistants, research interns; collaborative work with about 30 international & national consultants

13. Research and teaching background in international economics, finance, econometric & forecasting modeling