About Me

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Welcome to my webpage!

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I'm currently a Senior Lecturer in Economics (on Educator-Track) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP), National University of Singapore (NUS). ​Prior to this, I was an (Advanced) Assistant Professor of Economics in the College of Business and Economics at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) based in Abu Dhabi. In the past, I have held various research appointments across several universities in Asia including Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong), Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), as well as NUS. I have also taught at the Graduate School of Public Policy at Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan). I obtained my PhD in Public Policy from George Mason University (GMU) in Virginia, USA,  in 2014. 

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TEACHING

My expertise lies in designing and teaching courses on macro and international economic policy. As an economics educator, I have taught a variety of courses in both business and public policy schools over the last decade -- from macroeconomics to empirical methods, to money and banking and international economics (trade/finance) -- at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. At LKYSPP, NUS, I primarily teach courses on Macroeconomics for Public Policy, Analytical Issues in Money and Banking and International Economic Development. I design and teach these courses with a significant policy emphasis, calibrating them for students coming from diverse academic backgrounds which typically involves very little background or training in economics. I'm also currently the co-chair of LKYSPP's flagship graduate MPP program (Master in Public Policy) and the convenor of the Policy Analysis Exercise (MPP capstone).   
 

RESEARCH

My research focus is closely aligned with my teaching interests. My research assumes a strong interdisciplinary orientation and lies at the intersection of applied macro, international economics and development policy, with a focus on emerging markets. My research can be organized into four specific themes: (a) foreign direct investment, (b) financial globalization, (c) financial inclusion, and (d) trade policy & global value chains. I have published on issues spanning all these themes in notable field journals such as World Development, Economic Modelling, Journal of Macroeconomics, Review of World Economics, Information Economics and Policy, the World Economy, and Climate Policy. I've also co-written a few books on the above themes, as well as contributed to several policy briefs and op-eds for leading global financial dailies.

I'm also an Associate Editor of Economia Politica and an Affiliate of the Center for Competitiveness, University of Fribourg.