INNOVATION, EXPERIMENTATION, AND ECONOMICS

THE 3RD ANNUAL CDES PUBLIC LECTURE FEATURING NOBEL LAUREATE PROFESSOR MICHAEL KREMER (27 NOVEMBER 2022)

Professor Michael Kremer discussed how institutions can be designed to accelerate innovation and shape it to meet human needs. This includes developing new vaccines, preparing for future pandemics, addressing climate change, and the ongoing challenge of poverty reduction.

SPEAKER

Nobel Laureate Economist

Professor Michael Kremer, The University of Chicago, USA

HOST

Professor Susan Elliott AM, Provost and Senior Vice-President, Monash University

Moderator

Professor Simon Wilkie, Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics, Head of Monash Business School

Events

THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR ASIA AMIDST GLOBAL UNCERTAINTIES (13 APRIL 2022)

In this presentation, ADB Chief Economist discusses these developments and the region’s outlook based on ADBs ADO 2022.

SPEAKER

Professor Albert Park, Chief Economist, Asian Development Bank (ADP)

COMMENTATORS

Professor Sisira Jayasuriya, CDES

Dr Mia Mikic, Fellow, Waikato University

CAN ASIA REMAIN THE WORLD’S FACTORY AND GROWTH ENGINE IN A POST-CARBON WORLD? (13 MAY 2022)

In this webinar, Professor Garnaut was joined by two eminent panelists Amanda McKenzie, CEO of the Climate Council of Australia and Professor Navroz K. Dubash, from the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India, to discuss the prospects for Asia in the emerging post-carbon world.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER MODERATOR

Professor Ross Garnaut, University of Melbourne

Emilia Tjernstrom

PANELISTS

Amanda McKenzie, CEO, Climate Council

Professor Navroz K Dubash, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India

SRI LANKA’S ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CRISIS: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS (24 MAY 2022)

In this webinar, Sri Lanka’s leading economic affairs parliamentarian, Dr Harsha de Silva, and eminent economic policy analysts Dr Dushni Weerakoon and Dr Shekhar Shah, discussed causes of the crisis, pathways to recovery, and political and policy challenges facing the country.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Dr Dushni Weerakoon, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS)

Hon. (Dr) Harsha de Silva, Parliament of Sri Lanka

Commenter

Dr Shekhar Shah, Vice Chairman, Indian School of Public Policy

A GENDER LENS ON PANDEMIC RECOVERY (18 AUGUST 2022)

This event was co-hosted by the Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability (CDES) and the Monash Gender, Peace and Security Centre.

A panel of gender and development scholars examined how pandemic-related policy responses supporting Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in South-East Asia run by women, have met their needs.

Speakers

Dr Samanthi Gunawardana, Monash Gender, Peace and Security Centre

Dr Alexandra Phelan, Monash Gender, Peace and Security Centre

Professor Asad Islam, CDES

Associate Professor Wang-Sheng Lee, CDES

THE INDIAN ECONOMY 75 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE (27 OCTOBER 2022)

In this webinar, our distinguished panel of speakers offered insightful perspectives on the chequered trajectory of the Indian economy since its independence, and what lies ahead.

SPEAKERS

Professor Arvind Subramanian, Brown University and Peterson Institute for International Economics

Dr Shekhar Shah, Indian School of Public Policy

Professor Jayati Ghosh, University of Massachusetts,

INDIA 75 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: TRUTH AND UNTRUTHS OF ITS HISTORY (3 NOVEMBER 2022)

SPEAKER HOST AND MODERATOR

Professor Romila Thapar

Monash Environmental Economics Workshop 2022

Dr Mridula Nath Chakraborty, Monash University

MEEW is an annual research-intensive workshop on environmental and resource economics. Theoretical, experimental, and empirical papers equally valued.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Associate Professor Corbett Grainger, University of Wisconsin-Madison