Curriculum Vitae

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Key Expertise

· 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

· 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

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

· Developing quantitative techniques for estimating composite indices/measures. For example,

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

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

o Economic Well-being Index (2001)

o Good Governance Index (2002)

o Quality of Economic Governance Index (2005)

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

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

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

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

o Development Quality Index (2008)

o Institutional Quality Index (2008)

o Trade Diversification Measure (UNCTAD. 2010)

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

o Productive Capacity Indicators ( UNESCAP, 2012)

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

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

o 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

· Policy analysis of recovery strategies of recent global economic crisis

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

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

· Policy dialogue and knowledge sharing with governments and stakeholders

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

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

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