Associates

Professor Emeritus Helen Hughes - Professor Emeritus, Visiting fellow, Australian National University and Senior Fellow at CIS.

Professor Hughes worked at the World Bank from 1968 to 1983 and was a member of the United Nations Committee for Development Planning from 1987 to 1993. Widely published, Professor Hughes remains a Senior Fellow with the Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney.

Associate Prof. Dr. Karel Jansen - Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands

Dr. Jensen has had strong links with the National Economics University in Hanoi, the University of Economics in Ho Chi Minh City and the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. He has published extensively in areas of interest including macroeconomic policy, monetary policy and international finance. His research work concentrates on Southeast Asia, particularly Thailand and Vietnam.

Professor Finn Tarp – Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Professor Tarp's main research interests deal with poverty, income distribution and growth; micro- and macroeconomic policy and modelling; agricultural sector policy and planning; and international development assistance. He is a member of the Danish Economic Association, the American Economic Association, and the Royal Economic Society and has carried out a great variety of advisory and consultancy tasks, including work for academic institutions and bilateral as well as multilateral agencies.

Professor James Riedel – Professor of International Economics, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

Professor Riedel’s main research interest is in the area of international trade, finance and economic growth, with a regional focus on China and Vietnam. Professor Riedel has consulted for numerous international organisations and has published widely in professional journals. He is the author of the recently published “How China Grows: Investment, Finance, and Reform”, Princeton University Press 2007.