CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS AND SUSTAINABILITY 2020 ANNUAL REPORT
ABOUT US Who We Are The Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability (CDES) brings together researchers from a variety of academic backgrounds in the Monash Business School to promote research encompassing the three dimensions of economic, social and environmental sustainability. It strives for external engagement within and beyond the world of academia to contribute to the global effort to achieve sustainable development.
Our Mission Our mission is to conduct and promote high-quality policy-relevant research on major global issues in development and sustainability, and enhance research capacity and knowledge in these areas. Our mission is consistent with and aligned to the University’s and the Business School’s commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ABOUT US
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DIRECTOR’S NOTE
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Our Goals
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We are committed to:
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– Academic Grants
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– Our Research
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– Conducting and fostering high quality research in the thematic areas of development and sustainability both within the developing country context and beyond, including cross-disciplinary work.
– Rapid Research Response to COVID-19
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– Publications
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– Webinars
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– Visitors
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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CONTACT US
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– Promoting national and international collaborative links with those involved in research, policy and practice of economic development and sustainability. – Striving for policy impact through the dissemination of research findings and the promotion of informed public discussion and dialogue. – Enhancing the profile of Monash Business School and Monash University in the areas of development and sustainability within Australia and internationally.
DIRECTOR’S NOTE 2020 was a most challenging year for everyone in the world. As I write this in April 2021, though parts of the world see some relief on the horizon due to roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccines, most countries, particularly developing countries, are still struggling with new waves or variants of the virus. Hence, the future remains clouded with much uncertainty.
Looking back to the past year, I am pleased to report that we responded to the difficulties and disruptions with strength and determination. Despite our very limited resources, we initiated a series of major research, engagement and policy activities to address the global and local issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.
We launched a number of research projects to monitor, document and analyse how the rapidly evolving pandemic was affecting economies and communities, and to generate new policy ideas for coping with the immediate and
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emerging challenges. The CDES sponsored and, with the support of the faculty, also funded several research
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projects covering a wide range of topics such as the impact on the mental health of women, educational losses of
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children, public awareness about COVID-19 protective health measures and how to address mis-perceptions and
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misconceptions about the disease, and optimal allocation of life-saving ventilators. CDES members contributed articles, blog pieces and op-eds, and participated in webinars and other fora to disseminate our analysis and recommendations.
We recognised quickly that the global pandemic not only posed unprecedented challenges but also offered an opportunity for us to engage with the global community of concerned academics, scientists, health professionals and policy makers to develop effective, practical solutions to those challenges. In April 2020, as soon as the enormity of the epidemic was becoming clear, we launched a webinar series, ‘COVID-19 and Beyond’, to provide a forum for sharing of ideas and for stimulating debate on the huge economic and social ramifications and the policy challenges of the pandemic. We attracted scholars from a wide range of disciplines including medical researchers and health professionals, and policy practitioners as well as some of the world’s thought leaders to the CDES webinar series, successfully reaching a world-wide audience and helping us to network with leading academics, policy analysts and institutions.
Going forward, we plan to build on these achievements, deepen our research and engagement activities, and ensure that CDES will continue to contribute to sustainable, equitable and inclusive development in our region and globally.
I thank you all for your continuing support and assistance and hope that you will all remain alert, safe and strong in these difficult times. I look forward to happier times and to meeting together in-person before too long.
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OUR TEAM
PROFESSOR ASAD ISLAM Asad Islam is the Director of the Centre for Development Economics and Substantiality (CDES) and a Professor at the Department of Economics at Monash University. He has extensive experience working in the field to implement academic and policy-relevant research including the economics of education and health, food security, energy, disaster and environment, technology adoption, gender, microfinance, social networks, and corruption. His research spans several developing countries including Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, China, Cambodia, Uganda, and Tanzania. Asad has been published extensively in leading economics and public policy journals, and has attracted many competitive international grants, such as Australian Research council (ARC), UK Research Council (ESRC), DFID, AusAID (DFAT), International Growth Centre (IGC), European Commission, and World Bank. He is currently collaborating with leading NGOs and institutions in Bangladesh to address a number of emerging challenges on COVID-19 issues. He has given interviews in different media and written on broader public policy responses on COVID-19 in developing countries.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GAURAV DATT Gaurav Datt is the Deputy Director of CDES. Gaurav joined Monash University in 2011 with over twenty years of research and operational work experience in the development sector, including research positions at the World Bank and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). His research focuses on poverty, income distribution, education, labour and social policy issues, and his work encompasses several countries including India, China, Egypt, Laos, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste.
PROFESSOR SISIRA JAYASURIYA Sisira Jayasuriya is a Professor of Economics and former Director of CDES. His current research is on trade and macroeconomic issues in Asia, agriculture and food security, gender and development, and natural disasters. He has held previous appointments at the International Rice Research Institute, the Australian National University, Melbourne University and La Trobe University, He is Distinguished Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi and Honorary Professor Institute of Social and Economic Studies, Osaka University.
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ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR WANG-SHENG LEE Wang-Sheng Lee is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability (CDES). He has held academic positions at Deakin, RMIT and the University of Melbourne, and has also previously worked as a policy consultant at Abt Associates in the US. His research interests include applied micro-econometrics, development economics, environmental pollution, health and labour economics and the Chinese economy. He has published widely in leading journals including the Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Health Economics, Demography, Economics and Human Biology, Empirical Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of Population Economics, and Oxford Economic Papers. He is the recipient of the 2012/2013 Lawrence R. Klein Award from Empirical Economics, a biannual prize awarded for the best paper published in the journal.
DR UMAIR KHALIL Umair Khalil is a Senior Research Fellow at the CDES. His research interests lie in health economics, development economics and political economy as well as in developing new econometric methods for causal inference. Some past work has explored social interactions in voting behavior in India, effect of exposure to terrorist activity on child health in Pakistan, and role of marriage customs and institutions on female autonomy in the South Asian region. His research has been published in the Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, among others.
SHAHAB SAZEGAR Shahab Sazegar is the Centre Coordinator for the Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability. Shahab provides a broad range of professional and administrative services to support the effective operation of the CDES.
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OUR RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS Academic Grants Recieved in 2020 Professor Asad Islam •
Impact of IRI based mobile lessons on educational outcome of primary graders: A randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh, from EdTech Hub funded by UK AID
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Diligentia Foundation (Germany): Leveraging the power of ‘edutainment’ to reduce ethnic discrimination
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GML|LIC: The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Small Firms in a Developing Country
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IGC: Curbing Littering in Urban Bangladesh
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ARC: Renewable Affordable and Clean Energy (RACE) by 2030 CRC, member of the team of consortium for research into energy networks, for the period 202030
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International Growth Centre (IGC), London School of Economics and Political Science, for the research project “Changing Lives and Livelihoods in the Wake of COVID-19 Pandemic in Rural Bihar”.
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Our Research Our research explores economic and social issues in the developing world, and those concerning the environment and sustainability more broadly. Our expertise extends across several areas including growth, poverty, and inequality, health and education, gender, environmental sustainability, agricultural development, political economy and governance, and big data. Below is a sample of the projects our teams have been working on. THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE SMALL FIRMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES COVID-19 has paralysed the world over the last few months. To limit the spread of the disease, many countries adopted lockdown and social distancing measures. While these measures are seen as vital in containing the disease, they have also precipitated an unprecedented economic crisis. The crisis is hitting low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) harder on both the health and the economic fronts. Besides, the lockdown measures around the world have severely disrupted global supply chains since late January, forcing producers of immediate products to suspend production even before their own country goes into lockdown. These measures have hit Small and Micro Enterprises (SMEs) especially hard, and this group accounts for a large portion of production and employment in LMICs. This research project seeks to explore the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on SMEs and their workers in Bangladesh. This project takes advantage of an ongoing research project in collaboration with BRAC, with funding support from GLM|LIC.
IMPACT OF IRI BASED MOBILE LESSONS ON EDUCATIONAL OUTCOME OF PRIMARY GRADERS: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL IN RURAL BANGLADESH Due to prolonged school closure during the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries adopted online education and home-schooling measures to help address their educational challenges. However, children, particularly those coming from a low socio-economic background, may find learning difficult due to the lack of informational technological resources and effective educational guidance or support at home. This research uses a toll-free number to deliver free interactive audio lessons to primary graders for 15 weeks. The program contains three modules with each divided into several 20-minute lessons (i.e., a total of 75 lessons). The modules focus on numeracy, literacy and behavioural training. The behavioural training covers topics such as self-awareness, responsible decision making, relationship skills, social awareness, self-management, and so on. A total of 1500 children were selected from 60 villages and will be randomly assigned to three groups.
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Our Research EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY AND PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT DURING THECOVID-19 PANDEMIC: RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT OF A TELE-MENTORING PROGRAM IN RURAL BANGLADESH We examine the impact of a weekly tele-mentoring program in rural South-West Bangladesh. The program is delivered by university students to elementary school-aged children and their parents for a 12-week period over the phone. Due to prolonged school closure during the COVID-19 pandemic, a significant portion of children are missing out on a range of educational input, especially if they lack access to the necessary educational technology or their parents do not have the ability, confidence, motivation, or skills to engage in their education. In this context, we examine whether the tele-mentoring program (i) improves children’s cognitive skills, (ii) increases parental engagement in children’s educational and other activities,(iii) changes children’s social preferences, and (iv) affects parents’ perception about their parenting ability and style.
STIGMA AND MISCONCEPTIONS IN THE TIME OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A FIELD EXPERIMENT IN INDIA A hidden cost of the COVID-19 pandemic is the stigma associated with the disease for those infected and groups that are considered as more likely to be infected. This project examines whether the provision of accurate and focused information about COVID-19 from a reliable source can reduce stigmatization. We carry out a randomized field experiment in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, in which we provide an information brief about COVID-19 by phone to a random subsample of participants to address stigma and misconceptions. We find that the information brief decreases stigmatization of COVID-19 patients and certain groups such as religious minorities, lower-caste groups, and frontline workers (healthcare, police), and reduces the belief that infection cases are more prevalent among certain marginalized social and economic groups (Muslims, low caste, rural-poor population). We provide suggestive evidence that improved knowledge about the prevention and transmission of COVID-19 and reduced stress about the disease are important channels for these effects.
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Our Research RAISING COVID-19 AWARENESS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES:A RANDOMIZED EXPERIMENT IN BANGLADESH AND INDIA Effective health information campaigns play an important role in raising public aware-ness and encouraging preventive and health-promoting behavior. We study the extent to which awareness campaigns promoting simple COVID-19 precautionary measures foster health-preserving behavior among people in rural communities. Two weeks after the lockdowns in March 2020, we conducted a randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh and India targeting people living in remote rural areas to disseminate validated COVID-19 information over the phone. We find that relative to the information provided via textmessages, discussing various precautions over the phone can significantly improve rural people’s awareness and induce compliance with COVID-19 public health guidelines. We also find compliance to be substantially higher among women, which is partially due to their concerns about the health of household members, and increased awareness. The compliance also persists after three months of the campaign. These findings help shed light on the importance of health communication methods during public health crises for remote rural communities in developing countries, where rumours and myths about diseases are often ubiquitous, and disseminating validated health information remains a challenge.
FOOD INSECURITY DURING COVID-19 IN RURAL BANGLADESH COVID-19 has threatened food security of the poor due to the lockdown of markets amidst poor institutions and lack of social safety nets in the developing world. To provide rapid evidence on the determinants and dynamics of food insecurity and to understand the coping strategies adopted by rural households during the pandemic, we carried out a telephone survey of roughly 10,000 rural households in Bangladesh, three weeks after the country went into lockdown. We found that roughly 90% of households reported experiencing a negative income shock after the countrywide lockdown was implemented. Households that primarily depend on daily casual labor for their income were affected the most, while households with regular jobs were affected the least in terms of food insecurity. Households adversely hit by income shock due to the pandemic were also found to rely more on past savings, food stocks, and loans from various sources to cope with the food crisis. When we followed-up 2,402 households, about 3 to 4 weeks after the first survey, to understand the dynamics of food insecurity, we found that food insecurity increased significantly across households and began affecting groups that were in an advantageous position during the first survey. This poses a threat to the poor as food security has already worsened since the crisis hit and would presumably worsen further in the future unless urgent measures are taken to attenuate it at the earliest.
COVID-19 AND WOMEN’S MENTAL HEALTH The COVID-19 lockdown and physical distancing measures are having profound economic and social implications across the world. Women are experiencing a heavier burden of household chores and unpaid care responsibilities, and an increased risk of being victims of domestic violence, which are likely to disproportionally affect their mental health. We provide an evaluation of the impact of a rapid randomized telecounselling intervention that aims to improve the mental health and wellbeing of women in rural Bangladesh. Our remote counselling intervention takes place over the phone in four stages over a period of three months. We expect that the provision of mental support to participating women will improve their mental health (levels of stress and depression). In addition, we will examine the impact of the intervention on a range of secondary outcomes: well-being (happiness, life satisfaction), future aspirations, compliance with COVID-19 precautionary measures, physical health of self and other household members, financial standing of the household, well-being of spouse, and relationship with other household members. We plan to conduct two endline surveys to assess the immediate and the short-term impacts of the intervention.
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Our Research SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF PROJECT ON HORTICULTURAL MARKETING POLICY AND INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS IN PAKISTAN In 2016, CDES was awarded $1.5 million by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACAIR) to lead an international research project to identify sources of inefficiency and weaknesses in Pakistan’s horticultural marketing systems and to formulate some practical policy reforms to improve market efficiency, farm incomes, consumer welfare and gender equity on reforming. The project, led by Professor Sisira Jayasuriya and Professor Jeff LaFrance, involved partners from several Australian universities, China’s Peking University and major Pakistani academic and government research institutions. The final workshop of the project was held in July 2020, and the final report submitted in December 2020.
Even before the formal end of ACIAR funding in end-2020, the project had a major impact. The Punjab (state) government passed legislation in March 2020 incorporating project recommendations, and project research was incorporated into the country’s Export Development Strategy. Further reforms are expected with ongoing engagement of the project team over the coming two years. Several academic publications are being finalised for international dissemination. This project has been hailed as ‘over-achieving’ on its policy impact by an external project review team.
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Our Research LABOUR MARKETS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES The project is a part of a larger project called Pro-poor Growth of Rural Enterprises through Sustainable Skills-development (PROGRESS) being undertaken by BRAC with supports from the European Commission to improve the firm productivity of the light engineering (LE) sector in Bangladesh. We partner with BRAC, which also collaborates with different trade associations to understand and evaluate the workplace safety and awareness among LE sector in Bangladesh. We randomly assign the firms in LE sectors into three treatments: T1: Managers/owners of firms receive intensive training on occupational health and safety (OHS) T2: Firms receive occupational health and safety (OHS) and business training and financial linkages T3: The firms in this control group receive no training. We examine a range of outcomes related to workers’ safety and health issues, working environment and safety standards of firm, cost, business growth, investment and profitability.
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT The project uses a large scale randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in rural communities to evaluate the efficacy of three early childhood interventions: a preschool program, this program combined with a parent academy, and combined with home visit. The first intervention established a pre-school program. The second intervention included weekly home visits by teacher and caregivers to demonstrate parent-child interactions and the learning environment at home. The third intervention combined a pre-school program with home visits. The interventions lasted almost two years, from 2017 to 2019. The research was conducted among approximately 7000 children from 223 villages in southwestern Bangladesh to improve their literacy, numeracy, and social skills.
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON WHEAT CROPS IN VICTORIA Climate change is impacting on temperature and rainfall patterns generating many more extreme events – such as days of very high temperatures and very low temperatures. This project, funded by a grant from the Victorian Government’s Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, analyses the impacts of extreme temperatures on wheat yields in North Western Victoria over the next thirty years under various climate change scenarios, developing and applying innovative statistical techniques to (a) assess their economic impacts and, (b) explore the economic viability of feasible adaptation options. The research team is multidisciplinary, and involves Monash economists (Anke Leroux and Sisira Jayasuriya) and econometricians ( Natalia Bailey, Param Silvapulle and Mervyn Silvapulle), as well as climate and agricultural scientists and scientists and farming groups. Preliminary results suggest that farmers and scientists need to develop farming practices and technologies to cope with the impact of projected increases in extreme (particularly high) temperature days, that will negatively affect yields and increase volatility of farm profits.
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Research and Evaluation Services expert panel, Fiji (Coffey), funded by DFAT
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Rapid Research Response to COVID-19 We are conducting rapid actionable research to help policy makers respond to the COVID-19 crisis in developing countries and Australia.
CDES Funded Projects In 2020, the CDES invited innovative proposals from researchers at the Monash Business School for policy-oriented research projects to address the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in both developing countries and Australia. The research priorities included: •
Assessing the economic impact on households, firms and the overall economy, with particular attention to the implications for the poor and disadvantaged communities
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Effective policy tools to minimise adverse effects on livelihoods and welfare
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Understanding the medium to long term impacts and policy implications
CDES funded eight research projects from a number of proposals.
FINANCIAL LITERACY AND ITS ROLE IN HELPING THE POOR TO COPE WITH THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 Investigators: Russell Smyth and Vy Nguyen Research has established a strong correlation between financial literacy and the ability of individuals to make informed financial decisions. However, we know very little about the role of literacy as a coping mechanism in handling the impact of a catastrophic event. The researchers use their recent project on financial interventions to assess the effects of traditional financial education and maintaining a financial diary on assisting households in rural areas following economic and health shocks caused by a pandemic.
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CDES COVID-19 Funded Projects
RESPONDING TO COVID-19 IN INDIAN PUBLIC HEALTH Investigators: Amrik Sohal, Julie Wolfram and Kamal Gulati With over 1.35 billion people and less than 2% of GDP spent on health, India’s public healthcare system suffers due to poor infrastructure and lack of medical staff. The research team collaborates with four public hospitals in North India to study the new policies/strategies employed as well as the effectiveness of these policies. The findings will enable the research team to identify how different strategies and practices have impacted on the hospitals’ capability to deal with COVID-19.
EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY AND PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT OF A TELE-MENTORING PROGRAM IN RURAL BANGLADESH Investigators: Hashibul Hassan, Liang Choon Wang and Abu Bakar Siddique In line with this previous research, researchers will provide a brief weekly tele-mentoring service to rural children delivered by current university students. After the program, the researchers survey the parents and assess the children using over-the-phone assessment and compare the results with the baseline scenario. The project is significant in two ways: (i) studying the effects on educational and gender inequality as a result of school closure and barriers to educational technologies and (ii) providing evidence on the effectiveness of a cost-effective and easy-to-scale-up educational intervention that applies to other severely resource-constrained developing countries.
ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LOCKDOWN AND THE RISK OF EASING LOCKDOWN Investigators: Tatsushi Oka, Dan Zhu and Wei Wei This research aims to analyse data in China, where the first lockdown against COVID-19 took place and gradually eased. We will use cutting-edge statistical methods to analyse the spatial-temporal data and will examine the effectiveness of lockdown and the risk of lockdown easing. Our data analysis will provide critical insights for policymakers on how to lift or soften lockdown and its possible threats.
EVALUATING THE ETHICAL APPEAL OF VENTILATOR ALLOCATION PROTOCOLS Investigators: Liang Choon Wang and Birendra Rai Over the last two decades, numerous public health departments have proposed protocols for the allocation of ventilators during a pandemic. This project will employ online survey questionnaires and administrative data related to COVID-19 to answer these questions. The findings may help improve existing protocols by highlighting aspects of existing protocols that people do not find normatively reasonable.
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CDES COVID-19 Funded Projects COVID-19 AND IMPACT ON EMPLOYMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN ASIA Investigators: Fang Lee Cooke This project aims to understand the role of governments, employers and trade unions as key stakeholders in the field of employment in selected Asian developing countries in combating the impact of COVID-19 on employment to maintain economic development and social wellbeing of the workers and their family. Findings and recommendations will show policymakers what intended and unintended consequences certain policy and regulatory decisions, and their implementation, may yield.
HOW SMALL BUSINESSES RESPOND TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC Investigators: Daniel Prajogo and Tui McKeown Small businesses in Australia have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, with 63% reporting a significant reduction in revenue and demand resulting from the country’s lockdown measures. The project uses online surveys, as well as interviews to gain both depth and breadth. We are partnering with the Small Enterprise Associations of Australia and New Zealand, as well as the Small Business Mentoring Service, to ensure that the practical, and policy implications of this study are widely disseminated. The outcomes of this research will inform small businesses on the effective mitigation and risk management strategies that can help navigate the impacts of this pandemic and implement a successful recovery plan.
UNDERSTANDING HOW COVID-19 INFLUENCES THE WELLBEING OF THE ELDERLY IN AUSTRALIA Investigators: Gang Chen Globally there is an increased risk of serious illness from Coronavirus (COVID-19) among older adults. An online anonymous survey will be administered to a sample of 1,000 general public aged 65 years and older in Australia to find out more about older adults’ subjective wellbeing and which life circumstances are most important, especially under the current COVID-19 outbreak. The outputs from this study will provide first-hand evidence for policy-makers regarding what extent the wellbeing of older adults have been influenced by the current COVID-10 outbreak, and in particular, what life circumstances have been influenced the most.
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COVID-19 Working Papers 1.
Determinants and Dynamics of Food nsecurity During COVID-19 (Firoz Ahmed, Asad Islam, Debayan Pakrashi, Tabassum Rahman and Abu Siddique)
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Financing of Fiscal Response to COVID-19: A Pragmatic Alternative (Ayushi Bajaj and Gaurav Datt)
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A Spatial Stochastic SIR Model for Transmission Networks with Application to COVID-19 Epidemic in China (Tatsushi Oka, Wei Wei and Dan Zhu)
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Food Insecurity and Mental Health of Women During Covid-19: Evidence from a Developing Country (Tabassum Rahman, MD Golam Hasnain and Asad Islam)
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Income Loss and Wellbeing During COVID19 Lockdown in Rural Bangladesh: Evidence From Large Household Surveys (Firoz Ahmed, Asad Islam, Debayan Pakrashi, Tabassum Rahman and Abu Siddique)
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Raising COVID-19 Awareness in Rural Communities: A Randomized Experiment in Bangladesh and India (Firoz Ahmed, Asad Islam, Debayan Pakrashi, Tabassum Rahman and Abu Siddique)
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COVID-19: Facts, Figures, Estimated Relationships and Analysis (Sanjesh Kumar and Ranjan Ray)
COVID-19 Policy Briefs 1.
Determinants and Dynamics of Food Security During COVID-19 (Firoz Ahmed, Asad Islam, Debayan Pakrashi, Tabassum Rahman and Abu Siddique)
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A Spatial Stochastic SIR Model for Transmission Networks with Application to COVID-19 Epidemic in China (Tatsushi Oka, Wei Wei and Dan Zhu)
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Increases Public Support for The Principle of Saving More Lives During a Pandemic (Simone Pandit, Birendra Rai, Chiu Ki So and Liang Choon Wang)
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Understanding The Influences of Covid-19 on the Wellbeing of Older Adults in Australia (Gang Chen and Jan Abel Olsen)
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COVID-19 and Impact on Employment in Developing Countries in Asia (Fang Lee Cooke)
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PUBLICATIONS The CDES team and members have a reputation for producing high quality published research in leading academic journals on a range of topics related to the centre’s mandate of sustainable development. Abbink, Klaus, Islam, Asad, & Nguyen, Chau. (2020). Whose voice matters? An experimental examination of gender bias in intra-household decision-making. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 176, 337–352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2020.02.003 Bajaj, Ayushi & Datt, Gaurav (2020). Financing of fiscal response to COVID-19: A pragmatic alternative. Indian Economic Review, 55(1), 149-160. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41775-020-00090-6 Balarama, Hemawathy, Islam, Asad, Kim, Jun Sung, & Wang, Liang Choon. (2020). Price elasticities of residential electricity demand: Estimates from household panel data in Bangladesh. Energy Economics, 92, 104937. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2020.104937 Datt, Gaurav, Rinku Murgai & Ravallion, Martin (2020). Poverty and growth in India over six decades. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 102 (1): 4-27. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aaz043 Datt, Gaurav & Wang, Liang Choon (2020). Schooling and learning deficits: A simple unified measurement framework. Comparative Education Review, 64 (3): 470-497. https://doi.org/10.1086/709450 Datt, Gaurav, Wang, Liang Choon & Badji, Samia (2020). Is emigration of workers contributing to better schooling outcomes in Nepal? Review of International Economics, 28 (4): 1046-1075. https://doi.org/10.1111/roie.12481 Derby, Sarah Jane, Islam, Asad, & Smyth, Russell. (2020). Labour market and human capital behaviour of immigrant couples: Evidence from Australia. International Migration, 58(2), 118–142. https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12618 Emran, M. Shahe, Islam, Asad, & Shilpi, Forhad. (2020). Distributional effects of corruption when enforcement is biased: Theory and evidence from bribery in schools in Bangladesh. Economica (London), 87(348), 985–1015. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecca.12337 Fafchamps, Marcel, Islam, Asad, Malek, Mohammad Abdul, & Pakrashi, Debayan. (2020). Can referral improve targeting? Evidence from an agricultural training experiment. Journal of Development Economics, 144, 102436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2019.102436 Hahn, Youjin, Islam, Asad, Patacchini, Eleonora, & Zenou, Yves. (2020). Friendship and female education: Evidence from a field experiment in Bangladeshi primary schools. The Economic Journal (London), 130(627), 740–764. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uez064 Hill, C. Hal, & Jayasuriya, Sisira. (2020). Some reflections on the state of development economics in Asia. The Philippine Review of Economics, 56(1 & 2), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.37907/1erp9102jd Islam, Asad, Leister, C. Matthew, Mahmud, Minhaj, & Raschky, A. Paul. (2020). Natural disaster and risk-sharing behavior: Evidence from rural Bangladesh. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 61(1), 67–99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11166-020-09334-5 Islam, Asad, & Pakrashi, Debayan. (2020). Labour market participation of women in rural Bangladesh: The role of microfinance. The Journal of Development Studies, 56(10), 1927–1946. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2020.1725482 Khalil, Umair, Oak, Mandar, & Ponnusamy, Sundar. (2021). Political favoritism by powerful politicians: Evidence from chief ministers in India. European Journal of Political Economy, Vol 66, 101949. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2020.101949
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COVID-19 AND BEYOND: A CDES WEBINAR SERIES
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, CDES organised special presentations to address the huge economic and social ramifications of the pandemic and the priorities for the evolving policy response, especially in, but not limited to, developing countries.
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Webinars THE WORLD’S POOR CANNOT PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THE NEW CORONAVIRUS (7 MAY 2020) Speaker: Professor Martin Ravallion (Georgetown University) Moderator: Associate Professor Gaurav Datt (CDES) Professor Martin Ravallion’s webinar presentation, which was attended by a large, worldwide audience, focused on the adequacy of the home environment for protection (HEP) from Covid-19 across 54 developing countries.
Professor Martin Ravallion
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Professor Ashok Kotwal
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Professor Alaka Basu
Associate Professor Toby Monsod
Dr Sajeda Amin
Ms Maheen Sultan
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THE NEW CORONAVIRUS AND THE INDIAN ECONOMY (14 MAY 2020) Speaker: Professor Ashok Kotwal (The University of British Columbia) Moderator: Associate Professor Gaurav Datt (CDES) Professor Ashok Kotwal’s presentation gave a comprehensive account of the context and response to the new Coronavirus epidemic in India. Watch the webinar
GENDER IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 (23 MAY 2020) Speakers: Professor Alaka Basu (Cornel University), Associate Professor Toby Monsod (The University of the Philippines School of Economics) and Dr Sajeda Amin (Population Council) Moderator: Ms Maheen Sultan (BRAC) The impacts of COVID-19 are not gender-neutral. As the three speakers, Sajeda Amin, Alaka Basu, and Toby Monsod, pointed out, the pandemic poses grave risks for women, particularly in developing countries where resources for addressing their sexual and reproductive problems are grossly inadequate. Watch the webinar
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Webinars COVID-19 AND CHALLENGES FOR SOUTH ASIAN ECONOMIES (28 MAY 2020) Speakers: Dr Nadeem Ul Haque (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics), Dr Selim Jahan (United Nation’s Human Development Report Office), Dr Swarnim Wagle (the Institute for Integrated Development Studies) and Dr Ganeshan Wignaraja (Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies) Moderator: Professor Sisira Jayasuriya (CDES)
Dr Nadeem Ul Haque
Dr Selim Jahan
Dr Swarnim Wagle
Dr Ganeshan Wignaraja
The presentations by the expert panellists outlined the COVID 19 situation, policy responses and challenges in these countries. Despite important differences in the situations, and the scope and effectiveness of policy responses, they show many common features, highlighting the fact that the ‘best practice in developed countries may not be feasible and/or effective in low income countries. Watch the webinar
Professor Sisira Jayasuriya
HOW COVID-19 HAS PLUNGED THE US INTO CRISIS AND WHY THE ASIA-PACIFIC WILL LEAD GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY (2 JUNE 2020) Speaker: Professor Jeffrey Sachs (Columbia University) Moderator: Professor Margaret Gardner AC (President and ViceChancellor of Monash University) In a stunning and comprehensive presentation, renowned global development economist Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs unpacked the policy failures of the United States in tackling the COVID-19 crisis, as well as outlining how the Asia-Pacific countries including Australia have dealt with the crisis in a way that sets up the region to lead the economic recovery. (With a Q&A led by Monash University Vice Chancellor Professor Margaret Gardner AC and comments from Head of Monash Business School, Professor Simon Wilkie.)
Professor Jeffrey Sachs
Professor Margaret Gardner AC
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Webinars ADDRESSING FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION (9 JUNE 2020) Speakers: Dr David Dawe (United Nations), Dr Marie Ruel (International Food Policy Research Institute) and Professor Madhura Swaminathan (Indian Statistical Institute) Moderator: Professor Glen Denning (Columbia University) Economists Dr David Dawe and Professor Madhura Swaminathan joined nutritionist Dr Marie T. Ruel to discuss how COVID-19 has disrupted the global food supply chain, compromising food security and nutrition, especially in poor countries and those with existing humanitarian crises. Professor of Professional Practice Glenn Denning moderated the Webinar.
Dr David Dawe
Dr Marie Ruel
Professor Madhura Swaminathan
Professor Glen Denning
Professor Anthony Venables
Professor John Thwaites
Dr Nadeem Ul Haque
Professor Rodney Maddock
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COVID-19 AND THE FUTURE OF CITIES (16 JUNE 2020) Speakers: Professor Anthony Venables (Oxford University), Professor John Thwaites (Monash University and ClimateWorks Australia) and Dr Nadeem Ul Haque (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics) Moderator: Professor Rodney Maddock (Victoria University) In this webinar Dr Nadeem Ul Haque, Professor John Thwaites, Professor Tony Venables and moderator Professor Rodney Maddock discussed the future of cities and the questions COVID-19 has raised about the future of cities. Watch the webinar
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Webinars COVID-19: IMPACT AND POLICY CHALLENGES FOR SOUTHEAST AND EAST ASIA (23 JUNE 2020) Speakers: Professor Orville Solon (University of Philippines), Dr CynYoung Park (Asian Development Bank) and Dr Chatib Basri (University of Indonesia) Moderator: Professor Hal Hill (Australian National University) In this webinar the guest speakers discussed how the region as a whole at that stage appeared to have been relatively successful in containing the virus.
Professor Orville Solon
Dr Cyn-Young Park
Dr Chatib Basri
Professor Hal Hill
Dr Craig Emerson
Dr Aaditya Mattoo
Dr Mia Mikic
Professor Sisira Jayasuriya
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WILL FREE TRADE SURVIVE COVID-19? (30 JUNE 2020) Speakers: Dr Craig Emerson, Dr Aaditya Mattoo (World Bank) and Dr Mia Mikic (United Nations) Moderator: Professor Sisira Jayasuriya (CDES) In this webinar our guest speakers discussed the prospects, dangers and possible solutions for the global trading system in the aftermath of COVID-19. Watch the webinar
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Webinars PATHWAYS TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY FROM COVID-19 (2 JULY 2020) Speakers: Professor Kaushik Basu (Cornell University), Professor Raghuram Rajan (The University of Chicago Booth School of Business) and Professor Simon Wilkie (Head of Monash Business School) Moderator: Professor Simon Wilkie (Head of Monash Business School) In this webinar our guest speakers shared their ideas on the pathways to economic recovery from the still unfolding COVID-19 pandemic and the policy challenges ahead.
Professor Kaushik Basu
Professor Raghuram Rajan
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Professor Simon Wilkie
COVID-19: A CONVERSATION WITH WHO CHIEF SCIENTIST, SOUMYA SWAMINATHAN (20 JULY 2020) Speakers: Dr Soumya Swaminathan (World Health Organisation), Professor Sharon Lewin (The Peter Doherty Institute), Professor Raina MacIntyre (Kirby Institute, UNSW) and Professor Stephen King (Productivity Commission) Moderator: Mr Peter Martin (The Conversation) As COVID-19 continues to wreak devastation around the world, Chief Scientist for the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Soumya Swaminathan and our guest speakers discussed global epidemiological scenarios, challenges and policy priorities.
Dr Soumya Swaminathan
Professor Sharon Lewin
Professor Raina MacIntyre
Professor Stephen King
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Mr Peter Martin
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Webinars LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS: GLOBAL MORTALITY AND POVERTY EFFECTS OF COVID-19 (5 AUGUST 2020) Speakers: Professor Francisco HG Ferreira (London School of Economics) Moderator: Professor Asad Islam (CDES) What is the cost to global wellbeing in the advent of COVID-19? In this webinar Professor Francisco HG Ferreira presented estimates that showed the pandemic has generated a staggering 68 million additional poverty years (PYs) and 4.3 million years of life lost (LYs) across 150 countries, as of June 2020. Watch the webinar
Professor Francisco HG Ferreira
Professor Asad Islam
Professor Warwick McKibbin
Dr David Andolfatto
Dr Ayushi Bajaj
Associate Professor Silvio Contessi
Professor Francois Bourguignon
Professor Branko Milanovic
COVID-19: MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICY IN PANDEMIC TIMES (27 AUGUST 2020) Speakers: Professor Warwick McKibbin (Australian National University), Dr David Andolfatto (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) and Dr Ayushi Bajaj (Monash University) Moderator: Associate Professor Silvio Contessi (Monash Business School) This round-table brought together experts from Central Banks and academia to discuss the largely unprecedented policy responses designed and implemented to counter one of the sharpest recessions of the century in several countries. Watch the webinar
COVID-19: INEQUALITY AND THE PANDEMIC (10 SEPTEMBER 2020) Speakers: Professor Francois Bourguignon (Paris School of Economics) and Professor Branko Milanovic (City University of New York) Moderator: Professor Ranjan Ray (Monash Business Shcool) This webinar brought together two outstanding scholars in the area of inequality to discuss aspects of COVID-19 with significant policy lessons. Watch the webinar
Professor Ranjan Ray
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Webinars COVID-19 AND THE HISTORIC ECONOMIC CONTRACTION IN INDIA (22 SEPTEMBER 2020) Speakers: Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia (Former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Government of India), Professor Ashima Goyal (Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research) and Dr Pronab Sen (The International Growth Centre (IGC) India) Moderator: Associate Professor Gaurav Datt (CDES) In this webinar, our quest speakers discussed the June quarter contraction of 23.9 per cent in the Indian economy, raising both retrospective and prospective concerns about the country’s economic performance.
Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Professor Ashima Goyal
Dr Pronab Sen
Associate Professor Gaurav Datt
Emeritus Professor Bruce Chapman
Professor Marc Parlange
Ms Nicki Hutley
Professor Simion Wilkie
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COVID-19 AND TERTIARY EDUCATION IN AUSTRALIA (30 SEPTEMBER 2020) Speakers: Emeritus Professor Bruce Chapman (Australian National University), Provost Professor Marc Parlange (Monash University) and Ms Nicki Hutley (Deloitte) Moderator: Professor Simion Wilkie (Head of Monash Business School) In this webinar, our expert panel brought university, private sector and public policy perspectives to a discussion on challenges facing tertiary education in Australia. Watch the webinar
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Webinars ABANDONED? ASYLUM SEEKERS, TEMPORARY WORKERS AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS DURING COVID-19 (15 OCTOBER 2020) Speakers: Mr Kon Karapanagiotidis OAM (Asylum Seeker Resource Centre), Associate Professor Caroline Fleay (Curtin University) and Ms Varsha Devi Balakrishnan (Council of International Students Australia) Moderator: Dr Samanthi Gunawardana (Monash University) Asylum seekers, temporary workers and international students have been excluded from government income support measures provided to many workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this webinar, our expert panel discussed the issues and offered their insights.
Mr Kon Karapanagiotidis
Associate Professor Caroline Fleay
Ms Varsha Devi Balakrishnan
Dr Samanthi Gunawardana
Professor Ross Garnaut AO, AC
Professor Yiping Huang
Professor Jane Golley
Professor Sisira Jayasuriya
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RECENT PERFORMANCE AND PROSPECTS OF THE CHINESE ECONOMY (9 NOVEMBER 2020) Speakers: Professor Ross Garnaut AO, AC (University of Melbourne), Professor Jane Golley (Australian National University) and Professor Yiping Huang (National School of Development) Moderator: Professor Sisira Jayasuriya (CDES) In this webinar, our panel of experts discussed how China has managed to achieve this recovery, its sustainability and likely trajectory, as well as wider regional and global implications. Watch the webinar
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Webinars SOCIAL PROTECTION RESPONSES TO COVID-19: ARE WE DOING ENOUGH? (19 NOVEMBER 2020) Speakers: Dr Celia M. Reyes (The Philippines Institute for Development Studies), Dr Michal Rutkowski (World Bank) and Dr Sudarno Sumarto (The SMERU Research Institute, Indonesia) Moderator: Professor Asad Islam (CDES) In the webinar, our panel of experts provided an overview of the social protection responses in different countries; to identify best practices in terms of targeting food and cash transfers in times of crises; and to identify the key social protection issues to consider in formulating strategies for an inclusive COVID-19 recovery.
Dr Celia M. Reyes
Dr Michal Rutkowski
Dr Sudarno Sumarto
Professor Asad Islam
Professor Ashwini Deshpande
Barrister Jenefa Jabbar
Dr Naomi Pfitzner
Professor Jacqui True
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COVID-19 AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (1 DECEMBER 2020) Speakers: Professor Ashwini Deshpande (Ashoka University), Barrister Jenefa Jabbar (BRAC) and Dr Naomi Pfitzner (Monash University) Moderator: Professor Jacqui True (Monash University) In this webinar, our panel of international experts discussed the issues and challenges posed by increase in GBV, and explored policy options and strategies to prevent and respond to GBV. Watch the webinar
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Webinars DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC LECTURE 2020 FEATURING NOBEL LAUREATE PROFESSOR JOSEPH STIGLITZ (17 DECEMBER 2020) Speaker: Nobel Laureate Professor Joseph Stiglitz (Columbia University) Moderators: Professor Margaret Gardner AC (President and Vice-Chancellor of Monash University) and Professor Simon Wilkie (Head of Monash Business School) In this inaugural CDES Distinguished Public Lecture, Nobel Laureate Professor Joseph Stiglitz described the economic effects and ramifications of the pandemic, and discussed the policies needed to achieve a robust global recovery. Watch the lecture
Professor Joseph Stiglitz
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Professor Simon Wilkie
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E-visitors
E-visitors
Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Government of India
Dr Celia M. Reyes, The Philippines Institute for Development Studies
Dr Sajeda Amin, Population Council
Dr Michal Rutkowski, World Bank
Dr David Andolfatto, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University
Dr Ayushi Bajaj, Monash University
Dr Pronab Sen, The International Growth Centre (IGC) India
Ms Varsha Devi Balakrishnan, Council of International Students Australia
Professor Orville Solon, University of Philippines
Dr Chatib Basri, University of Indonesia
Professor Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University
Professor Kaushik Basu, Cornell University
Dr Sudarno Sumarto, The SMERU Research Institute, Indonesia
Professor Alaka Basu, Cornell University
Professor Madhura Swaminathan, Indian Statistical Institute
Professor Francois Bourguignon, Paris School of Economics
Dr Soumya Swaminathan, World Health Organisation
Emeritus Professor Bruce Chapman, Australian National University
Professor John Thwaites, Monash University and ClimateWorks Australia
Dr David Dawe, United Nations
Professor Jacqui True, Monash University
Professor Glen Denning, Columbia University
Dr Nadeem Ul Haque, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
Professor Ashwini Deshpande , Ashoka University
Professor Anthony Venables, Oxford University
Dr Craig Emerson, The Australian APEC Study Centre at RMIT and former MP
Dr Swarnim Wagle, The Institute for Integrated Development Studies
Professor Francisco HG Ferreira, London School of Economics Associate Professor Caroline Fleay, Curtin University
Dr Ganeshan Wignaraja, Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies
Professor Margaret Gardner AC, Monash University
Professor Simon Wilkie, Monash Business School
Professor Ross Garnaut AO, AC, University of Melbourne
Professor Warwick McKibbin , Australian National University
Professor Jane Golley, Australian National University
Dr Mia Mikic, United Nations
Professor Ashima Goyal, Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research
Professor Branko Milanovic, City University of New York
Dr Samanthi Gunawardana, Monash University Professor Hal Hill, Australian National University
Associate Professor Toby Monsod, The University of the Philippines School of Economics
Professor Yiping Huang , National School of Development
Dr Cyn-Young Park, Asian Development Bank
Ms Nicki Hutley, Deloitte
Professor Marc Parlange, Monash University
Barrister Jenefa Jabbar, BRAC
Dr Naomi Pfitzner, Monash University
Dr Selim Jahan, United Nation’s Human Development Report Office
Professor Raghuram Rajan, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Mr Kon Karapanagiotidis OAM, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Professor Martin Ravallion, Georgetown University
Professor Stephen King, Productivity Commission
Dr Celia M. Reyes, The Philippines Institute for Development Studies
Professor Ashok Kotwal, The University of British Columbia
Dr Marie Ruel, International Food Policy Research Institute
Professor Sharon Lewin, The Peter Doherty Institute
Dr Michal Rutkowski, World Bank
Professor Raina MacIntyre, Kirby Institute, UNSW
Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University
Professor Rodney Maddock, Victoria University
Dr Pronab Sen, The International Growth Centre (IGC) India
Mr Peter Martin, The Conversation
Professor Orville Solon, University of Philippines
Dr Aaditya Mattoo, World Bank Professor Warwick McKibbin , Australian National University Dr Mia Mikic, United Nations Professor Branko Milanovic, City University of New York Associate Professor Toby Monsod, The University of the Philippines School of Economics Dr Cyn-Young Park, Asian Development Bank Professor Marc Parlange, Monash University Dr Naomi Pfitzner, Monash University Professor Raghuram Rajan, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business Professor Martin Ravallion, Georgetown University
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Dr Marie Ruel, International Food Policy Research Institute
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The CDES thanks its Advisory Board and Fellows for their continued support and participation throughout 2020.
Advisory Board Mary Amiti Vice President of the Microeconomic Studies Function, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Xin Meng Professor, Research School of Economics, Australian National University.
Christopher B. Barrett Professor of Agricultural and Development Economics, Cornell University.
Dilip Mookherjee Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for Economic Development, Boston University.
Michael R. Carter Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Director of the BASIS Assets and Market Access Innovation Lab, University of California, Davis.
Mari Pangestu Professor of Economics, University of Indonesia and Senior Fellow at Columbia School of International and Public Affairs, and Managing Director, Development Policy and Partnerships at the World Bank.
Ian Coxhead Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Martin Ravallion Edmond D. Villani Chair of Economics, Georgetown University, and former Director of the World Bank’s Research Department, the Development Research Group.
Hal Hil H.W. Arndt Professor Emeritus of Southeast Asian Economies, Arndt Corden Department of Economics, Crawford School, Australian National University.
Rohini Somanathan Professor of Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
Jikun Huang Professor, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences and Founding Director of the Centre for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Peking University.
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Fellows
Fellows
Klaus Abbink
Roland Hodler
Shahriar Abu Zafar
Brett Inder
Klaus Ackermann
Stephen King
Reshad Ahsan
Rachel Knott
Heather Anderson
Claudio Labanca
Simon Angus
Jeffrey LaFrance
Dharma Arunachalam
Paul Lajbcygier
Natalia Bailey
Ingrid Landau
Ayushi Bajaj
Andreas Leibbrandt
Suresh Balraj
Anke Leroux
Dyuti Banerjee
Jakob Madsen
Rajabrata Banerjee
Pushkar Maitra
Mita Bhattacharya
Chris Manning
Sambit Bhattacharyya
Felix Mavondo
Steven Bond-Smith
Rigissa Megalokonomou
Edward Buckingham
Nidhiya Menon
Paul Burke
Vinod Mishra
Vivek Chaudhri
Duncan Mortimer
Wenli Cheng
Solmaz Moslehi
Gang Cheng
Susan Olivia
Chongwoo Choe
Debayan Pakrashi
Liang Choon Wang
Jaai Parasnis
Silvio Contessi
Shirmal Perera
Katy Cornwell
Nishith Prakash
Angela Cruz
Laura Puzzello
Sabyasachi Das
Birendra Rai
Gouranga Das
Michaela Rankin
Alice De Jonge
Paul Raschky
Giovanni Di Lieto
Ranjan Ray
Qingyuan Du
Ummul Ruthbah
Ratbek Dzhumashev
Paulo Santos
Piyadasa Edirisuriya
Satheesh Seenivasan
Richard Foster
Mervyn Silvapulle
Lata Gangadharan
Param Silvapulle
Wayne Gumley
Kompal Sinha
Samanthi Gunawardana
Russell Smyth
Youjin Hahn
Srinivas Sridharan
Gamini Herath
Diana Contreras Suarez
Fellows Prabanga Thoradeniya Denni Tommasi Luisa Unda Farshid Vahid Rebecca Valenzuela Joseph Vecci Sarah Walker Michael Ward Maame Esi Woode Hee-Seung Yang Siew Ling Yew Quanda Zhang
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