Ramkishen S. Rajan

Ramkishen S. Rajan is a Yong Pung How Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. Prior to this, he was a Professor of Economics at ESSEC Business School, Asia-Pacific. From 2006 to 2016, he was a Professor of International Economic Policy at George Mason University (GMU) in Virginia, USA. 

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In the past, he has taught at the University of Adelaide in Australia, Claremont Mckenna College and Claremont Graduate University in California, and Singapore Management University, among other places. 

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He has been a Visiting Fellow at various regional research institutes, including the Asia Competitiveness Institute, Institute of South Asian Studies and Institute of Policy Studies (all part of National University of Singapore), Asian Development Bank Institute, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research and Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi. He has been a consultant with the APEC Secretariat, Asian Development Bank, Development Bank of Singapore, UN-ESCAP and the World Bank.

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He specializes in international finance with particular reference to emerging Asia. He has published numerous books, journal articles and book chapters and a number of policy briefs, op-eds and book reviews on various aspects of international economic policy.

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He was also the Founding Editor of the Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy.