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Bio and CV
Ramkishen S. RAJAN
is an Associate Professor at the
School of Public Policy,
George Mason University (GMU),
a position he has held since January 2006. Prior
to that he was on the faculty of the
School of Economics, University of Adelaide
for five years. He is also currently
the Joint Economic Research Program Coordinator and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
(ISEAS) and an Associate Faculty at the Center for Global
Studies, George Mason University. He has held one year visiting positions at the
LKY School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore and at the
Department of Economics, Claremont McKenna College in
Professor Rajan specializes in International Economic Policy with particular reference to the developing Asia-Pacific region. Specific topics of interest include international capital flows and trade in Asia, exchange rate regimes and reserve policies in Asia, and Asian economic regionalism (monetary, financial and trade). He has published numerous journal articles and book chapters, 12 books (5 authored/co-authored) and a number of policy briefs, op-eds and book reviews on various aspects of international economics. Since November 2009 he has begun to write a regular column on Macroeconomic and Financial Issues in Asia for India's Financial Express newspaper.
He is the Managing Editor of the Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy and sits on the Editorial Board of various other academic journals including Development Policy Review, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, International Journal of Business, Management and Economics and e-social science Journal. He holds Economics degrees from the National University of Singapore (B.Soc.Sci., Hons), Michigan (M.A.) and Claremont (M.A., PhD). He has been a consultant with the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, the UN-ESCAP, the APEC Secretariatat, the Development Bank of Singapore and other places.
