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Sukhdev Shah
Mr. Shah studied economics in Nepal and India before coming to the United States for graduate studies at the University of Hawaii. There he earned Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in economics and was fi...view moreMr. Shah studied economics in Nepal and India before coming to the United States for graduate studies at the University of Hawaii. There he earned Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in economics and was first to be awarded a doctorate in economics in the University’s history. At the university he was a student of Milton Friedman who also partly supervised his dissertation.
Mr. Shah worked as staff economist for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 1973 until his retirement in 2002. Mr. Shah traveled extensively in Asia, South Pacific, Caribbean, and South America on IMF economic missions to conduct field studies in support of economic adjustment programs.
After leaving IMF, Mr. Shah taught economics at the University of South Pacific in Fiji Islands, at the University of District of Columbia in Washington DC, and at Stratford University in Virginia.
Mr. Shah is currently a faculty at Northern Virginia Community College, in the Department of Economics.view less