Jayati Ghosh PDF
Jayati Ghosh PDF
Jayati Ghosh PDF
Name: Jayati Ghosh
Date of birth: 16 September 1955
Work Address:
Centre for Economic Studies & Planning
School of Social Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi 110 067
Tel.: (91 11) 26704421/26704494
Fax: (91 11) 26611764
Residential Address:
52 Dakshinapuram, Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi 110 067 India
Tel.: (91 11) 26741230 or 26741949.
Mobile: +91‐9810371353.
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Educational Qualifications:
Ph. D. (Economics), University of Cambridge, England, 1983.
M. Phil. (Economics), University of Cambridge, England, 1979.
M.A. (Economics), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1977.
B.A. (Honours in Sociology), University of Delhi, Delhi, 1975.
Employment Experience: (In reverse order)
1998 to present: Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning,
School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Currently also Chairperson, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning,
School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
December 1990 – 1998:
Associate Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning,
School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
January ‐ June 1995: Visiting Professor, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA.
March 1987 ‐ December 1990:
Assistant Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning,
School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
November 1985 ‐ February 1986:
Consultant, Perspective Planning Division,
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Planning Commission, Government of India.
March 1984 ‐ October 1985:
Adrian Research Fellow, Darwin College,
University of Cambridge, England.
October 1983 ‐ March 1984, July ‐ December 1982:
Consultant, International Labour Office, Geneva.
Awards:
1. UNDP Award for Excellence in Analysis 2005, for West Bengal Human
Development Report 2004
2.Ava Maiti Memorial Prize, Asiatic Society, Kolkata, India 2006
3. NordSud Research Prize in Social Sciences 2010, Fondazione Pescarabruzzo, Italy.
4. ILO Decent Work Research Prize 2010, International Labour Office, Geneva.
5. Satyendranath Sen Award, Asiatic Society Kolkata, 2012
6.Conference President, Indian Society for Labour Economics, 2013
Academic Publications:
Books:
1. Crisis as Conquest: Learning from East Asia, Tracts for the Times, Orient Longman,
New Delhi, 2001 (with C. P. Chandrasekhar).
2. The Market that Failed: Neoliberal economic reforms in India, Leftword Books, New
Delhi, 2002 (with C. P. Chandrasekhar) 2nd edition 2004.
3. Work and Wellbeing in the Age of Finance, (volume co‐edited with C. P.
Chandrasekhar) Tulika Publishers, New Delhi, 2003.
4. West Bengal Human Development Report 2004 (principal author)
5. Report of the Commission on Farmers’ Welfare, Government of Andhra Pradesh,
December 2004
6. Tracking the Macroeconomy: Selections from Macroscan, 1998 to 2005, ICFAI Press,
Hyderabad, 2006, Volume I: India, and Volume II: The world economy (with C.P.
Chandrasekhar).
7. Never Done and Poorly Paid: Women’s work in globalising India, Women Unlimited,
New Delhi 2008
8. After Crisis: Crisis, recovery and adjustment in East Asia, (volume co‐edited with C. P.
Chandrasekhar) Tulika Publishers, New Delhi, 2009.
9. Asia rebounds but sustained recovery needs a new growth trajectory: A synthesis study
of the effects of the global financial crisis on the AsiaPacific Region, UNDP Regional
Centre in Asia and the Pacific, Colombo, November 2009 (with Ajay Chhibber and T.
Palanivel) http://www2.undprcc.lk/resource_centre/pub_pdfs/P1116.pdf
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10. Industrialization of China and India: The impacts on the world economy, Routledge
(Taylor and Francis) 2013 (volume co‐edited with Nobuharu Yokokawa and Robert E.
Rowthorn
11. India and the international economy, edited volume , Oxford University Press New
Delhi in collaboration with ICSSR, forthcoming.
Articles:
1."Sickness in Indian industry", Economic & Political Weekly, January 13. 1979.
2. "Introduction" and "Urban labour markets" in Labour Markets in Sudan, ILO,
Geneva, 1983.
3. "Absolute and differential ground rent", Journal of Peasant Studies, September
1985.
4. "Export optimism and import liberalisation", Economic & Political Weekly, March
1985.
5. "Problems of adjustment and growth in the world economy", Economic & Political
Weekly, August 1985.
6. "Critique of the Report on Trade Policies for India", Economic & Political Weekly,
January 1986.
7. "Foreign debt and economic development: The case of Zaire", Development and
Change, July 1986.
8. "The less developed countries in the world economy", Economic & Political
Weekly, November 1986.
9. "The determination of non‐capitalist land rent", Modern Asian Studies, June 1988.
10. "Import liberalisation and the new economic strategy: An analysis of their
impact on output and employment in the Indian economy", Economic & Political
Weekly, Annual Number 1988 (with Ajit Singh)
11."The world economy in the 1980s: Implications for the trade policies of
developing countries", International Journal of Development Banking,
January 1988.
12. "Intersectoral terms of trade, agricultural growth and the pattern of demand in
India, 1959‐85", Social Scientist, March 1988.
13. "Developing countries: Narrowing economic options", Economic & Political
Weekly, December 16, 1988.
14. "Can world markets continue to sustain export‐oriented strategies of
developing countries? The export pessimist's case", in Helen Hughes (ed.), The
Dangers of Export Pessimism, San Francisco: ICS Press, 1992.
15. "South Asia and the international economy in the 1980s", in S. Bose, ed., South
Asia and World Capitalism, Oxford University Press, 1990.
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16. "Perspective from labour studies in South Asia", in Dennis Tully, ed.,
Agricultural Labour and Technological Change in Rainfed West Asia and
North Africa, ICARDA, 1990.
17. "Exchange rates and the trade balance: Some aspects of the recent Indian
experience", Economic & Political Weekly, March 3, 1990.
18. "Young Women in India: Livelihood and Life Choices", in Development (Journal
of the SID), Rome 1990, No.1.
19. "De‐industrialisation without an import surplus: A theoretical note in the
context of a stylised colonial economy", Economic & Political Weekly, Annual
Number, 1991. (with Prabhat Patnaik)
20."Poverty and employment in India", in Henry Bernstein, Ben Crow and Hazel
Johnson (eds.), Rural Livelihoods: Crisis and Responses, Oxford University
Press, London, 1992, (with Krishna Bharadwaj)
21."Twelve theses on agricultural prices", Social Scientist, No. 234, November
1992
22."Structural adjustment and female employment: Issues relating to rural
women", ILO/National Commission on Women, January 1993
23."Economic discipline and external vulnerability: A comment on fiscal and
adjustment strategies", Economic and Political Weekly Annual Number 1993
(with C. P. Chandrasekhar)
24."Gender Concerns in Macro‐Economic Policy", Keynote Address to VIth
Conference of Indian Association of Women's Studies, Mysore 1993, reprinted
in Economic and Political Weekly, Review of Women’s Studies, 1994
25."Trends in rural employment and the poverty‐employment linkage", ILO
ARTEP Working Paper, 1994, (with Abhijit Sen)
26."State Intervention in the Macroeconomy:" in Prabhat Patnaik (ed)
Macroeconomics, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1995
27."Trends in Female Employment in Developing Countries: Emerging issues",
Working Paper, UNDP, New York, 1995, reprinted in Background Papers to
Human Development Report 1995.
28."Structural Adjustment and Labour: India since 1991" Keynote paper for the
Conference of the Indian Society for Labour Economics, reprinted in the Indian
Journal of Labour Economics, Special Number, 1995
29."Recent trends in international trade and finance", Keynote paper for Annual
Conference of Indian Economic Association, reprinted in Indian Economic
Journal, Conference Issue December 1994.
30."Towards a conceptual framework for a gender‐sensitive index of human
development", Working paper, CESP/SSS Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1996
31."Human Development Report 1995: A consideration from an Indian
perspective", in N. Rao, L. Rurup and R. Sudarshan (eds) Sites of Change: The
structural context for empowering women in India, New Delhi 1996
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32."Democratic Rights and the Privatisation of Natural Resources" CESP/JNU
Working Paper 1996
33."What determines investment ? A comparative look at the political economy of
Investment patterns in Indonesia and India". CESP/JNU Working Paper 1996
34.“The rupee and its malcontents: Exchange rate management in India”, Economic
and Political Weekly, March 1996 (with Abhijit Sen and C. P. Chandrasekhar)
35.“Using foodstocks productively”, Economic and Political Weekly, May 1996
(with Abhijit Sen and C. P. Chandrasekhar)
36."Gender and Trade: Issues and Evidence from developing Asia" in ESCAP
Studies in Trade and Investment No.22: Asia and Pacific Developing
Economies and the First WTO Ministerial Conference, Bangkok, 1996
37."Coercive Corporatism: The State in Indonesian Capitalism", Social Scientist,
1996
38."Development Policy in India: A political economy perspective", in Bose, S. and
A. Jalal (ed) Nationalism, Democracy and Development: State and politics in
India, OUP, Delhi, 1997
39."Female Employment Patterns: India in Asian Perspective", Indian Journal of
Labour Economics, ol 39, 1996.
40."South East Asian Economy: Miracle or Meltdown" Economic and Political
Weekly, September 1996, (with Abhijit Sen & C.P. Chandrasekhar)
41."Liberalisation debates" in T. J. Byres (ed) India: Economic Debates Since
Independence", Oxford University Press New Delhi, 1997.
42."Infrastructure Development: All dressed up and nowhere to go ", Economic
and Political Weekly", April 1997
43."India's Structural Adjustment: An assessment in comparative Asian context",
Economic and Political Weekly, May 1997
44."Some thoughts on economic independence", Chintha, Special issue on Fifty
Years of Indian Independence, August 1997.
45."Capital flows and macroeconomics: An historical look" in Deepak Nayyar, ed.
Economics as Ideology and Practice: Essays in honour of Ashok Mitra,
London, Frank Cass and Co., 1998, (with Abhijit Sen)
46.“The Asian dilemma: Is there a way out ?”, Economic and Political Weekly,
January 1998, (with Abhijit Sen and C. P. Chandrasekhar)
47.“Hubris, hysteria and hope: The political economy of crisis and response in East
Asia”, in K. S. Jomo (ed) Tigers in Trouble, London: Zed Books, 1998 (with C. P.
Chandrasekhar)
48."Dissenting Economists: the 19th Century Indian Tradition ", in Claudio Sardoni
and Peter Kriesler (eds) Keynes, PostKeynesianism and Political Economy:
Essays in Honour of Geoff Harcourt, London: Routledge, 1998
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49.“Relocative capital, the proliferation of capitalism and industrial growth in Asia”,
forthcoming in K. S. Jomo (ed) East Asia’s ersatz industrialisation, London:
Palgrave (formerly Macmillan) (with C. P. Chandrasekhar)
50."Assessing poverty alleviation strategies for their impact on poor women: A
study with special reference to India", UNRISD Discussion Paper, Geneva,
1998.
51.“Women and economic liberalisation in the Asia‐Pacific region” in Thelma Kay
(ed) Globalisation and Women in Asia, Bangkok, 1999.
52.“Co‐operatives under the Andhra Pradesh Mutually Aided Co‐operative Societies
Act, 1995: A study of the economics of cooperative functioning in Telengana”,
Hyderabad: Cooperative Development Fund, 1998.
53.“The Economy” in Profile of Women and Health in India, VHAI and WHO, New
Delhi, 1998
54."Globalisation, international capital flows and social ethics: An Asian
perspective", Trocaire Development Review, Dublin, 1998
55."Financial crises and elusive recovery: Lessons for emerging markets from
South Korea and Thailand", Economic and Political Weekly, January 1999
(with C. P. Chandrasekhar)
56."Globalisation and national economic policy: Myths and responses" in Jean‐Luc
Racine and Rama Melkote (eds) IndoFrench Perspectives on Globalisation,
Orient Longman, 2000.
57."The Indian economic reform process and the implications of the Southeast
Asian crisis", ILO Employment and Training Papers 55, Geneva 1999 (with
C.P. Chandrasekhar)
58.“Perceptions of difference: The economic underpinnings”, in K. N. Panikkar (ed)
The Concerned Citizen’s Guide to Communalism, Penguin, New Delhi, 1999.
59.“An Asian view of globalisation, employment, environment and gender”, in
Trade, Sustainable Development and Gender, UNCTAD, Geneva, October
1999.
60.“Trends in economic participation and poverty of women in the Asia‐Pacific
region”, Discussion Paper, UN‐ESCAP, Bangkok 2000.
61.“International economic integration and human rights”, in UNDP Background
Papers to Human Development Report 2000, New York.
62.“Women’s employment in the urban informal sector: A macro perspective”, in
Amitava Kundu and AN Sharma (eds) The Informal Sector in India, New Delhi:
2001.
63.“Exporting manufacturing jobs or watching them disappear? Relocation,
employment and accumulation in the world economy”, in Chandrasekhar and
Ghosh (eds) Work and Wellbeing in the Age of Finance, New Delhi: Tulika
Books.
64.“Export‐oriented employment for women: A case study of the possibilities of
social policy in India”, in Ruth Pearson, Caroline Danloy and Shahrazoub Razavi
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(eds) Globalization, ExportOriented Employment and Social Policy: Gendered
Connections, Palgrave, London and Basingstoke 2004.
65.“Keynesian Economics: A note on its relevance and limitations in the face of
globalisation”, in Jomo K. S. and Shyamala Nagaraj (eds) Globalization versus
Development: Heterodox Perspectives, Palgrave, London and Basingstoke, 2001.
66. “Contradictions and crisis in East Asian development” in Pietro Paolo Masina
(ed) Rethinking Development in East Asia, Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of Asian
Studies, 2001. (with C. P. Chandrasekhar)
67.“Information and Communications Technology and human development: The
potential and the constraints” WHO Bulletin, Special Issue on Globalisation,
2001. (with C. P. Chandrasekhar)
68.“The TRIPS Agreement and its implications for human rights” in Hamish Jenkins
(ed.) Human Rights and the International Economic System, NGLS, UNCTAD,
Geneva.
69.“Will a social clause advance the rights of developing country workers?”, in
Hamish Jenkins (ed.) Human Rights and the International Economic System,
NGLS, UNCTAD, 2001.
70.“Human rights and the need for rules for international investment”, in Hamish
Jenkins (ed.) Human Rights and the International Economic System, NGLS,
UNCTAD, Geneva.
71.“The case of medical knowledge”, in Robert Beaglehole and Richard Smith (eds)
Global Public Goods for Health, London: Academic Publishers, 2003.
72.“Social policy in Indian development”, in Thandika Mkandawire (ed) Social
Policy in Development, UNRISD, Geneva, 2004.
73. Chapter on “Agriculture in India” for South Asian Human Development Report
2002, Mahbub‐ul‐Huq Centre for Human Development, Pakistan
74. Chapter on “The economies of South Asia” for Real World Economic Outlook
2003, New Economics Society, London.
75. “Economic globalisation, cultural identity and social conflict”, in Suman Gupta,
Tapan Basu and Subarno Chatterji (eds) India in the Age of Globalisation:
Contemporary discourses and texts, New Delhi: Nehru Memorial Museum and
Library, 2003.
76. Chapter on “Employment trends in South Asia” for South Asian Human
Development Report 2003, Mahbub‐ul‐Huq Centre for Human Development,
Pakistan.
77. “Macroeconomic reforms and a labour policy framework for India”, Employment
Strategy Paper No. 2004/1, Geneva: International Labour Office, 2004.
78. “Globalisation, economic restructuring and the implications for democracy in
developing countries” in Fahimul Quadir and Jayant Lele (eds) Democracy and
Civil Society in Asia, Volume 1: Globalisation, Democracy and Civil Society in Asia,
Palgrave Macmillan 2004.
79. “The Indian economy 1970‐2003”, chapter for Cambridge Economic History of
India, Vol. II, (ed. S. Bhattacharya) New Delhi: Orient Longman, 2004.
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80. “The political economy of the Indian reform strategy: The role of the Indian
capitalist class”, in Manoranjan Mohanty (ed) Class, Caste, Gender, New Delhi:
Sage Publications, 2004. (with Prabhat Patnaik and C. P. Chandrasekhar)
81.“Imperialist globalisation and the political economy of South Asia”, in Alan
Freeman and Boris Kagarlitsky (eds) The Politics of Empire: Globalisation in
Crisis, London: Pluto Press, 2004.
82. “Fluid finance, systemic risk and the IMF’s SDRM proposal”, in K. S. Jomo (ed)
After the Storm: Crisis, recovery and sustaining development in four Asian
economies, Singapore: Singapore University Press, 2004. (with C. P.
Chandrasekhar and Smitha Francis)
83.“Capital flows, changing patterns of work and gendered migration: Implications
for women in Asia”, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 2004
84.“Changes in the world of work”, Keynote Paper for Indian Society of Labour
Economics Annual Conference, published in Indian Journal of Labour Economic
Conference Volume, 2004
85.“Can the US continue to rule the world economy?” in N. Janardan Rao, ed. “US
Economy: Issues and perspectives”, ICFAI Press 2005.
86.“The Twelfth Finance Commission and the restructuring of state debt: A note”,
Economic and Political Weekly, Vol XL No 31, July 30‐Aug 5, 2005.
87. “Macroeconomic policy, inequality and poverty reduction in fast‐growing India
and China”, in Andrea Cornia (eds) Propoor macroeconomic: Potential and
limitations, London: Macmillan‐Palgrave, 2006. (with C. P. Chandrasekhar)
88.“The social and economic impact of financial liberalisation: A primer for
developing countries”, UN‐DESA Working Paper, New York, and in Jose Antonio
Ocampo and K.S. Jomo (eds) Policy Matters, Opus Books and Zed Books.
89.“The right to development and international economic regimes” in Arjun
Sengupta, Archana Negi and Moushumi Basu (eds) Reflections on the right to
development, New Delhi: Sage Publications 2005.
90. “Inequality in India: A survey of recent trends” in K.S. Jomo (ed) Flat world: Big
gaps, London Zed Books and Opus Books, 2007. (with Parthapratim Pal)
91. “Understanding the extent and evolution of inequalities in China” in K. S. Jomo
(ed) Flat world: Big gaps, London Zed Books and Opus Books, 2007. (with Ranja
Sengupta)
92.“Michal Kalecki as a development economist”, in Jomo K.S. (ed.), The Pioneers of
Development Economics: Great Economists on Development”, Delhi: Tulika Books
and London: Zed Books, 2005.
93.“The right to work and recent legislation in India” Indian Journal of Labour
Economics, Conference volume, December 2005
94.“Economic insecurity in South Asia” chapter for South Asia Human Development
Report 2006, on Human Security in South Asia
95.“IT‐driven offshoring: The exaggerated development opportunity” in Journal of
Human Systems Management, 2006, IOS Press. (with C. P. Chandrasekhar)
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96.“The economic and social effects of financial liberalisation”, in New Agenda:
South African Journal of Social and Economic Policy, Issues 22 and 23, Second
and Third Quarters 2006.
97.“Making sense of the world economy”, Development and Change, Vol 37 No 6,
2006: pages 1417‐1423.
98.“The “Demographic Dividend” and Young India’s Economic Future” in Economic
and Political Weekly, Vol XLI No 49, December 9‐16 2006. (with C. P.
Chandrasekhar and Anamitra Roychoudhury)
99.“Macroeconomic and growth policies”, Policy Guidance Notes for Developing
Countries, UN‐DESA and UNDP, New York, 2007.
100.“Central bank autonomy in the age of finance: The implications for developing
countries”, in Amiya Kumar Bagchi and Gary Dimski (eds) Capture and Exclude:
Developing economies and the poor in global finance, New Delhi: Tulika Books,
2007.
101.“Recent employment trends in India and China: An unfortunate convergence?”,
in Indian Journal of Labour Economics 2007 (with C. P. Chandrasekhar)
102.“India: Growth with exclusion”, Chapter for South Asia Human Development
Report 2007, Mahbub‐ul‐Haq Centre for Human Development, Islamabad,
Pakistan.
103.“Informalization, migration and women: recent trends in Asia”, in Labour,
Globalization and the State, edited by Debdas Banerjee and Michael Goldfield,
Routledge 2007.
104.“Adjustment, recovery and growth: An analysis of the five “crisis” countries of
East Asia”, Economic and Political Weekly, VOL 42 No. 50 December 15 ‐
December 21, 2007
105.“New research questions in the decent work agenda: A perspective from Asia”,
in Gerry Rodgers and Christiane Kuptsch (eds) Pursuing decent work goals:
Priorities for research, IILS Research Series 115, Geneva 2008
106.“South Asia” for Handbook of Development Economics, edited by Amitava
Krishna Dutt and Jaime Ros, Macmillan 2008 (with Prabhat Patnaik)
107.“Informalization and women’s work force participation: A consideration of
recent trends in Asia”, in Shahrazoub Razavi (ed) The Gendered Impact of
Liberalization: Towards embedded liberalization?, Routledge 2008.
108.“The case for caste‐based quotas in higher education”, in Sukhadeo Thorat and
Narender Kumar (eds) In Search of Inclusive Policy: Addressing graded
inequality, Delhi: Rawat Publications, 2008.
109.“Migration and gender empowerment: Recent trends and emerging issues”,
Human Development Background Paper, UNDP New York, May 2009, available at
http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2009/papers/HDRP_2009_04.pdf.
110.“The costs of coupling: The global crisis and the Indian economy”, in Cambridge
Journal of Economics Symposium on the Financial Crisis July 2009, 33: 725–739
(with C. P. Chandrasekhar).
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111.“The unnatural coupling: Food and global finance”, Journal of Agrarian Change,
Symposium on the Global Food Crisis, January 2010.
112.“Poverty reduction in China and India: Policy Implications of recent trends”,
UNDESA Working Paper No 92
113.“Capital” in “Marx: A Political Economy Companion”, edited by Ben Fine and
Alfred Saad‐Filho, London: Palgrave‐Macmillan, forthcoming 2011.
114.“Peasant societies in flux” in Ira Pande, ed “India China: Neighbours/Strangers,
New Delhi: HarperCollins Publishers 2010
115.“Global crisis and beyond: Sustainable growth trajectories for the developing
world”, International Labour Review, July 2010.
116.“Reading Capital in the age of finance”, in Sudhanva Deshpande, ed., Marx’s
Capital: An introductory reader, New Delhi: Leftword Publications, December
2010.
117.“Employment in post‐crisis economies: Emerging issues”, Background Paper for
Trade and Development Report 2010, UNCTAD Geneva, (with C. P.
Chandrasekhar)
118.“Global crisis and the developing world”, in Soundings, Issue 44 Spring 2010
pp198‐208.
119. “The political economy of hunger in India” Economic and Political Weekly, Vol
45, Nos 44‐45, October 30‐November 12, 2010.
120. “Food and global finance”, in Jome Kwame Sundaram ed. Reforming the
International Financial System for Development, Columbia University Press, New
York 2010.
121.“Re‐orienting development in uncertain times”, in Peter van Bergelijk, Arjan de
Haan and Rolph van der Hoeven (eds) The Financial Crisis and Developing
Countries, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2010 pp 17‐31
122. “Social processes in the Indian accumulation story”, in Social Scientist, January
2011.
123. “Cash transfers as the silver bullet for poverty reduction: A sceptical note”,
Economic and Political Weekly, Vol XLVI No 21, pp 67‐71, May 21, 2011.
124.“Fear of foreigners: Recession and racism in Europe”, Race/Ethnicity:
Multidisciplinary Global Contexts, Vol 4:1, July 2011.
125. “Sustaining real development in the South”, in Development, July 2011,
www.sidint.net/development/.
126. “Dealing with ‘the poor’”, Development and Change, June 2011 Vol 42 No 3: pp
849–858.
127. “Fiscal devolution in the era of liberalization: The Indian experience”, in
Praveen Jha, ed Progressive Fiscal Policy in India, New Delhi, Sage Publications,
2011, pp 206‐221
128. “Providing quality school education to all children”, in KN Panikkar and M
Bhaskaran Nair, eds Emerging trends in Higher education in India, Delhi:
Longman (Pearson Press) 2011, pp 117‐142
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129. “Financial crises and the impact on women: A historical note”, in Nalini
Visvanathan, Lynn Duggan, Nan Wiegersma and Laurie Nisonoff (eds) The
Women, Gender and Development Reader, Second edition, London: Zed Books
2011, pp 22‐27.
130. “Implications of regulating commodity derivatives markets in the USA and EU"
in PSL Quarterly Review (formerly Banco Nationale del Lavoro Quarterly
Review) Vol. 64 n.258 (2011), 287 ‐ 304.
131.“WTO conflict with financial regulation”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol
XLVI No 52, Dec 17, 2011 pp75‐79 (with Todd Tucker).
132. “Implicazioni della regolazione dei mercati dei derivati sulle materie prime
negli USA e nell’Unione Europea”, Moneta e Credito, Vol. 64 n. 256 (2011), 297‐
318.
133. “Women, capital and labour accumulation in Asia”, Monthly Review, January
2012, Vol 63 Issue 8, pp 1‐15.
134. “Redefining development and quality of life: New economic strategies in
Ecuador”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol XLVII No 7, February 18, 2012, pp
37‐43.
135. “Development” in Bhupinder S. Chimni and Siddharth Mallavarapu, eds.
International Relations: Perspectives for the Global South, New Delhi:
Pearson/Dorling Kindersley, 2012.
136. “The emerging Left in the ‘emerging’ world”, Economic and Political Weekly,
June 16, 2012, Vol XLVII no 24, pp 33‐37.
137.“Left regimes in Latin America: Economic aspects of the attempt to create ‘21st
century Socialism’”, The Marxist, Vol XXVIII No 2, April June, pp29‐49.
138.“Speculation on Commodities Futures Markets and Destabilization of Global
Food Prices: Exploring the Connections”, International Journal of Health Services,
2012, Volume 42, Number 3, Pages 465–483, 2012 (with Robert Pollin and
James Heintz).
139. “Accumulation strategies and human development in India”, Agrarian South:
Journal of Political Economy, 2012, Vol 1 No 1, pp 43‐64.
140. “The Asian financial crisis, financial restructuring and the problem of
contagion”, in Martin H. Wolfson and Gerald E. Epstein, eds. The Handbook of the
Political Economy of Financial Crises, Oxford University Press 2013, pp 311‐325
(with C. P. Chandrasekhar)
141. "Should rich countries stop sending development aid to India?" British Medical
Journal, January 2013, 346:f78
142." Growth and emergent constraints in the Indian economy in the context of
global uncertainty", in Industrialization of China and India: The impacts on the
world economy, Routledge (Taylor and Francis) 2013 (edited by Nobuharu
Yokokawa, Jayati Ghosh and Robert E. Rowthorn
143. "Crisis and beyond: Debating gender justice in Asia", in Rashidah Shuib,
Noraida Endut and Diana Wong (eds) Gender Justice in Asia, Penerbit USM Press,
Penang Malaysia July 2013.
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144. “Economic integration and global crises: A perspective from the developing
world”, in Heiner Flassbeck (ed) Act Now! A global manifest for economic policy,
Palgrave Macmillan New York, August 2013.
145. “Development in a time of financial crises: How good is the bad news? A note on
re-orienting macroeconomic policies”, in Byasdeb Dasgupta ed., Non-Mainstream
Dimensions of Global Political Economy: Essays in honour of Sunanda Sen,
Routledge, 2013.
146. “Microfinance and the illusion of development”, Cambridge Journal of Economics,
forthcoming 2013.
147. “A brief empirical note on the recent behaviour of factor shares in national
income”, Global and Local Economic Review, Special Issue in honour of Anwar
Shaikh, forthcoming October 2013.
Projects:
Recent sponsored projects:
1. IDPAD/ICSSR Project on “The intertwining of sustainable development and
employment: A comparative study of India and the European Union” ‐ Local Project
Director. Partner institution: Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Duration: January 1999 to March 2002. Project completed and submitted April
2002.
2. Planning Commission/Institute for Human Development Project on
“Droughtproofing Chhattisgarh: Water policy and implementation strategy” –
Project Director. Duration: June 2001‐December 2002. Project completed and
submitted January 2003.
3. IDPAD/ICSSR Project on “ICT and development: Comparative experience of India
and the EU” – Chief Researcher. Partner institution: Delft University of Technology,
The Netherlands. Duration: 2004‐06.
4. CBGA Project sponsored by Ministry of Rural Development and UNDP on
“Implementation of NREGA in selected districts in Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,
Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh”, May‐October 2006.
5. Economic Research Foundation Project on “The implications of the rise on China and
India on other economies of developing Asia”, 2008‐09.
6. Economic Research Foundation Project on “Re‐regulating finance” 2009‐10
7. ICSSR Project on “Research and Explorations in Economics”, edited volume on “India
and the International Economy”, submitted December 2012.
Other writings:
1. Column Policy Watch in Economic and Political Weekly between 1991 and 1996.
2. Regular fortnightly column Preoccupations, on current affairs, in Frontline
magazine from 1993 to present.
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8. Regular fortnightly column Macroscan in Businessline newspaper on macro‐
economic issues from 1997 to present (with C. P. Chandrasekhar)
9. Regular column on current economic matters in Bengali newspaper Ganashakti,
February 2001 to 2012.
10. Regular column on economic issues and current affairs in Deccan Chronicle,
October 2001 to 2011.
11. Regular column on economic issues and current affairs in Asian Age, 2005‐10.
12. Columns in The Guardian Newspaper and Guardian Development Blog, London, UK
2009‐present.
13. Co‐editor and blogger, Triple Crisis Blog. www.triplecrisis.com
14. Western music critic, Times of India 1988‐1998.
Research Supervision:
I have supervised research for 35 M. Phil. dissertations (31 awarded, 4 awaiting
reports), 15 Ph.D. dissertations (13 awarded and 2 submitted awaiting reports). I am
currently supervising the research work of 4 M. Phil. students and 14 Ph. D. students.
Other professional activities:
1. Member, National Knowledge Commission, (reporting to the Prime Minister)
Government of India, July 2005 – April 2009.
2. Executive Secretary, International Development Economics Associates (This
is an international network devoted to promoting research and dissemination of
heterodox perspectives in economics, website www.networkideas.org)
3. Founding Trustee, Economic Research Foundation, New Delhi. (This is a non‐
profit trust engaged in research and dissemination of progressive economics. It
currently manages the economics and policy‐related websites:
www.networkideas.org, www.macroscan.org, and www.atisweb.org, in addition
to undertaking other research and dissemination work.)
4. Member, Committee for Evaluation of Research of the International Labour
Organisation, Geneva 2007
5. Chairperson, Commission on Farmers’ Welfare, Government of Andhra
Pradesh, Hyderabad, October‐December 2004. (Report submitted to Chief
Minister of Andhra Pradesh on 11 December 2004
6. Chairperson, Review team for Country Strategy Programme of Action Aid
India, report submitted December 2010
7. Member of Board, Focus on the Global South, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok,
Thailand, 2006‐10.
8. Member, Advisory Board on Human Development Report, Government of Madhya
Pradesh
9. Member, Expert Group on Human Development, Government of Karnataka
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10. Member of Jury, International Trade Research Award, Eximbank, Bombay
11. Member, Governing Board, Focus on the Global South, Bangkok
12. Member of Research Advisory Board, Council for Social Development, New Delhi
13. Member of Board, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability, New Delhi
14. Member of Governing Council, National University of Educational Planning and
Administration, New Delhi.
15. Member of Governing Body, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India
16. Member of Steering Committee for Labour and Employment for the XIth Plan,
Planning Commission, Government of India
17. Member of Steering Committee for Education for the XIth Plan, Planning
Commission, Government of India.
18. Member of Group of Feminist Economists for the XIth Plan, Planning
Commission, Government of India.
19. Member of Task Force on Agricultural Technology, Planning Commission,
Government of India. November 2004‐February 2005
20. Member of Governing Body, Satyawati College, University of Delhi, 2001‐03 and
2006‐07.
21. Member of Governing Body, Motilal Nehru College, University of Delhi, 2003‐06
22. Member of Editorial Board, International Labour Review, Geneva, 2010‐14
23. Member of International Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Agrarian Change,
2010‐12.
24. Member of International Advisory Board, Centre for Poverty and Development
Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
25. Member of Policy Centre Advisory Group, The British Academy, London, UK.
26. Member of Global Development Advisory Panel, The Guardian Newspaper,
London.
27. Team Leader, Assessment of Development Results of UNDP Indian Country
Programme, 2011.
28. Member of Human Development Report Advisory Panel 2011‐13, UNDP New
York.
29. Member of Group of Feminist Economists for the XIIth Plan, Planning
Commission, Government of India
30. Member of International Advisory Board, The Economic and Labour Relations
Review
31. Member of Executive Council, Central University of Tamil Nadu, 2010‐13.
32. Member of Executive Council, University of Kashmir, 2011‐13.
33. Member of Advisory Group on Post‐2015 Global Thematic Consultation on
Inequalities, UN Women and UNICEF.
34. Member of Editorial Board, World Economic Review, 2011‐present
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35. Member of Governing Body, Centre for Development Studies,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 2012‐14.
Academic Extension Activities:
1. Have lectured in Refresher Courses organised by the Academic Staff College of JNU
since its inception, and been Academic Co‐ordinator of the Economics Refresher
Course in 2001.
2. Have served as referee for articles appearing in the following journals: Cambridge
Journal of Economics, Development and Change, Journal of Development Studies,
World Development, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Indian Journal of
Labour Economics, Feminist Economics.
3. Am currently serving on the Editorial Boards of the following journals: International
Labour Review, Journal of Agrarian Change, World Economic Review.
4. Have lectured in various academic institutions in India, including colleges and
institutes of Delhi University, Calcutta University, Central University of Hyderabad,
Osmania University, Centre for Development Studies Thiruvananthapuram,
University of Mumbai, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, Lucknow
University, etc.
5. Director, Women’s Studies Programme, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2002‐04.
NonAcademic Activities
Honorary Secretary, Delhi Music Society, New Delhi, 1990‐2000.
Vice‐President and Chairperson, School Committee, Delhi Music Society, 2000‐02 and
2010 ‐ present.
Music critic (western classical music) Times of India 1986 to 1996.
Regular monthly illustrated lectures on western classical music, Impromptu/Interlude,
Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi, since 1996.
Consultancy work:
Have worked as part‐time Consultant for the following organisations: ILO, UNDP,
UNCTAD, UN‐ESCAP, UNRISD, UNICEF, UNIFEM, UN‐DESA, ADB, Commonwealth
Secretariat, Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre, UN Women.
Some projects undertaken in recent years:
1. For UN‐ESCAP, Bangkok, 1998: Paper on “Economic liberalisation and women in the
Asis‐Pacific region”, presented as Background Paper for Regional Meeting on
Globalisation and Women, Bangkok, May 1998.
2. For ILO, Geneva, 1998: Paper on “Assessment of Reform Process in South Asia on
Employment and other Social Variables”, presented at Meeting in New Delhi in
December 1998.
3. For UNDP, New York, 1999: Background Paper on “Rules of economic integration
and human rights” for Human Development Report, 2000.
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4. For Asian Development Bank, Manila, 1999: Paper on “Trends in economic
participation and poverty of women in the Asia‐Pacific region”, presented at Beijing
Plus Five Review, conference, Bangkok, August 1999.
5. For UNRISD, Geneva , 2000‐01: Paper on “Globalisation, export‐oriented
employment and social policy: A case study of India”
6. For Mahbub Ul Haq Human Development Centre, Pakistan 2000: Chapter on India
for South Asia Human Development Report Issue on Globalisation.
7. For UNICEF, New York, 2000‐01: Paper on “Harnessing technological progress fro
children” for project on “Harnessing Globalisation for Children” co‐ordinated by
Andrea Cornia and Eva Jespersen.
8. For WHO, Geneva, 2001‐02: Paper on “Medical knowledge as a global public good for
health”.
9. For Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre, 2002: Chapter on India for South
Asia Human Development Report Issue on Agriculture.
10. For DFID, India, 2002: Public sector restructuring in West Bengal: Contribution on
labour and social implications
11. For ADB, Manila, 2002: India Gender Country Study
12. For ILO, Geneva, 2002: Study on Macroeconomic policies and labour market
outcomes in India
13. For Mahbub Ul Haq Human Development Centre, 2003: Chapter on India for South
Asia Human Development Report Issue on Employment
14. For UNDP, Planning Commission, GoI and Government of West Bengal, 2002‐04:
West Bengal Human Development Report (Report writer)
15. For UNDP, New York: Thematic study on trade liberalisation and the
macroeconomics of poverty reduction, 2004.
16. For UNDP, New Delhi: Background chapter on the Movement of Natural Persons and
Human Development, for Regional HDR on Trade and Human Development, 2004.
17. For UNDP, New York: Micro‐macro linkages in poverty reduction strategies and
programmes in South Asia, 2004.
18. For UNDP, New York: Background Paper for HDR 2005 on trade liberalisation and
agriculture in India.
19. For ILO New Delhi: Paper on productivity and incomes in Indian agriculture, 2005.
20. For UN‐DESA New York: Guidance Notes on Macroeconomic policies in developing
countries, September 2006.
21. For ILO Geneva: Member of Committee to review ILO Research, 2007.
22. For UNRISD Geneva: Paper on Growth, structural change and macroeconomic
policies, completed October 2008.
23. For UN‐DESA, New York: Paper on Growth and poverty reduction in China and India.
24. For UNDP, Colombo: Synthesis Study of Impact of financial crisis in Asia, September‐
November 2009.
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25. For UN Division for Advancement of Women, New York: Report for Expert Group
Meeting on Gender and the MDGs, December 2009.
26. For UN DESA, New York: Background Paper for 2010 ECOSOC Thematic Discussion,
on “Current global and national trends and challenges and their impact on gender
equality and empowerment of women”, Jan‐Feb 2010.
27. For UNCTAD, Geneva, Background papers for Trade and Development Report 2010:
“Economic liberalisation and organised sector employment in India” and
“Employment trends in post‐crisis economies in Asia” (with C. P. Chandrasekhar).
28. For UN‐DESA, New York, Background Paper for World Social Situation 2010, on
“Fiscal responses to crisis” (with C. P. Chandrasekhar).
29. For UNDP Evaluation Office, New York, Assessment of Development Results for
UNDP India Country Programme, 2011.
30. For UNCTAD, Background Paper for Trade and Development Report 2012, on
“Inequalities in South Asia”.
31. For UN Women, Paper on “Economic crises and women’s work: Exploring
progressive strategies in a rapidly changing global environment”, September 2012
32. For UNDP Evaluation Office, New York, Evaluation of UNDP Strategic Plan 2008‐12.
33. For UN Women, Paper on “Women and domestic work: Creating conditions for
decent work”, November 2012.
Participation in International Conferences since 2003:
1.“Asia: the unexpected shock and the quiet aftershocks”, in FES‐WSP North‐South
Dialogue on “Reshaping Globalisation: A new order for financial markets”, Berlin,
Germany, 15‐16 May, 2003
2. “Capital flows and gendered migration in Asia: An analysis of recent trends and their
implications for Asian women”, Keynote Paper for Conference on Globalisation and
Gender: The Implications of Global Economic Restructuring for Women in China and
Southeast Asia, City University of Hong Kong, November 27‐29, 2003.
3. Organised IDEAs sessions at World Social Forum, Mumbai around the theme
“Resisting the new imperialism”, with sessions on: the instruments of imperialism:
war, trade and finance; the agrarian crisis; trade volatility and financial fragility;
women and economic rights; the world of labour; the impoverishment of nation
states. Mumbai, 16‐21 January 2004.
4. Organised IDEAs international conference on “The economics of the new
imperialism” at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, on 22‐24 January, 2004 and
presented paper on “Regionalism, Foreign Investment and Control: The new rules of
the game outside the WTO”.
5. Paper on “Trade liberalisation and the macroeconomics of poverty reduction” at
UNDP Workshop on the Macroeconomics of Poverty Reduction, Phnom Penh, May
28‐30, 2004.
6.Alternate Mansion House Lecture on “Women at work and at war: New realities of the
global economy”, New Economics Foundation, London, June 16, 2004.
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7. Paper on “Short term economic migration and human development” at UNDP
Workshop on “Trade and Human Development in Asia”, Bangkok, 5‐7 July, 2004.
8. Keynote address on “Globalisation and the economic conditions of women in Asia”,
UN‐ESCAP High‐Level Intergovernmental Meeting to Review the Beijing Platform,
Bangkok, 7‐9 September 2004.
9. Organised and served as Course Instructor for IDEAs workshop and conference on
“Agrarian change and macro‐economic policies” at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 11‐19
December 2004
10. Paper on “Macroeconomic policy, inequality and poverty reduction in India and
China” presented at Conference on “Macroeconomic policies for poverty reduction”,
University of Florence, Italy, February 24‐25, 2005 (with C. P. Chandrasekhar)
11. Seminar presentation on “The market that failed: Neoliberal economic reform in
India” at University of Florence, 26 February 2005.
12.Paper on “Gender and macroeconomic policies” at Roundtable for UN Committee for
Status of Women, New York, 9‐11 March 2005
13. Paper on “The social and economic effects of financial liberalisation” in conference
on High‐Level United Nations Development Conference on Millennium Development
Goals, New York, 14‐15 March 2005
14. Roundtable discussion on “Is India a success story of economic liberalisation?”
Commonwealth House, London, 18 May 2005.
15. Paper on “Public enterprise reform: Lessons from the Indian experience” at
Conference on “Reforming China’s State Owned Enterprises”, Centre for New
Political Economy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 21‐22 June 2005.
16. Keynote lecture on “The Agrarian Crisis in the Developing World and Women’s
Economies”, Workshop on ‘Engendering economic policies in a globalising world:
Trade liberalisation, agriculture and food security”, Heinrich Boell Foundation,
Berlin, 1‐5 September, 2005.
17. Paper on “Moderate Unorthodoxy or Radical Departures from Conventional
Wisdom: The Case of India”, presented at International Conference on Acts of
Resistance against Globalisation from the South, Turkish Social Science Association,
Ankara, Turkey, 5‐7 September 2005.
18. Keynote speaker, Seminar on “Globalisation, women and economics” Helsinki
Process, Helsinki, Finland, 7 September 2005.
19. William E. Massey Lecture on “Fierceness and fragility: The economics of the
American Empire”, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass, USA, 18 October 2005
20. Paper on “Trade liberalisation and development: The Indian experience” presented
at IDEAs‐UNAM‐FLACSO Seminar on Comparative experiences of economic
liberalisation in Mexico and India, Mexico City, 24‐25 October 2005.
21. Organised 47th Annual Conference of Indian Society for Labour Economics, held at
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 15‐17 December 2005.
22. Organised IDEAs international conference on “Macro policies after liberalisation”,
Muttukadu, Tamil Nadu, 27‐29 January 2006.
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23. Paper on “Macroeconomic policies and social development in India and China: A
comparative perspective”, UNRISD‐SAREC Workshop on “Social policy and equality”,
International Forum on the Social Science ‐ Policy Nexus, UNESCO and the
Governments of Argentina and Uruguay, Buenos Aires 21‐22 February 2006.
24.Workshop on ASEAN Expert Collaboration for FTA Negotiation with US,
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 12‐13 March 2006
25. Keynote presenter at Seminar on “India and the Global System”, Fondazione Ismeri
Europa, Rome Italy, 17 May 2006
26. Presentations on “Agrarian crisis and farmers’ suicides in India” and “Recent growth
in India and China”, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Roma Italy 18
and 19 May 2006.
27. Paper on “The experience with US FTAs” in International workshop on “The
experience with negotiating and implementing US Free Trade Agreements”, IDEAs
and GSEI (Good Governance for Social Development and Environment Institute),
Bangkok, Thailand, August 2006.
28. Presentation on ‘Integration through trade: Why doesn’t it create more jobs?” at
IDEAs workshop on Policy Trends, Growth Patterns and Distributional Outcomes
Under Globalisation, Shanghai Administrative Institute, 21‐24 August 2006
29. Organised and participated in IDEAs conference on “Economic Openness and
Income Inequality: Policy Options for Developing Countries in the New Millennium”,
Shanghai Administrative Institute, 25‐26 August 2006.
30. Paper on “The right to work and recent legislation in India” at conference on “Social
Policy in a Development Context”, SIDA Seminar, Stockholm Sweden, 31 October
2006
31. Presentation on “Appropriate policies and practices of social and employment policy
in developing countries” at Conference on Social Policies for Development in a
Globalizing World, 1‐2 November, Kellokowski Baltic Sea Centre, Finland
32. Presentation on “Research issues for the decent work agenda: A perspective from
Asia” at the Research Conference on Decent Work, Social Policy and Development,
International Institute for Labour Studies, ILO, Geneva, Switzerland, 29 Nov‐1 Dec
2006.
33.Paper on “Economic growth and employment generation in India: Old problems and
new paradoxes” IDEAs conference on Strategies for Sustainable Employment
Generation in Developing Countries, Institute of Development Studies, University of
Nairobi, Kenya, 25‐27 January 2007.
34. Presentation at Social Scientist Seminar on “Travails of the post‐colonial state”, 22‐
24 February 2007.
35. Paper on “Employment patterns in China and India: An unfortunate convergence?”
at CASS‐ICSSR Workshop on Comparative Employment Patterns in India and China,
New Delhi 27‐29 February 2007.
36. Presentation on “Macroeconomic policies in developing countries” at G‐24 Technical
Group Meeting, New York, 12 March 2007.
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37. Organised and presented paper on “Developing Country Surpluses and Implications
for Macroeconomic Policies” at IDEAs workshop on "Development Experiences and
Policy Options for a Changing World”, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 3‐5 June
2007.
38. Organised IDEAs conference on “Policy perspectives on growth , economic
structures and poverty reduction”, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 7‐9 June
2007.
39. Participant in Panel Discussion on “Growth, poverty reduction and equity –
emerging paradigm” at meeting of UN Economic and Social Council High Level
Segment, Geneva, 2 July 2007.
40. Keynote Speaker on “Macroeconomics of poverty reduction” at Annual Conference
of Research Council of Norway, Oslo, 14 November 2007.
41. Organised IDEAs Conference on “China, India and the world economy”, New Delhi
24‐26 January 2008.
42. Special lectures on “From the Marshall Plan to the WTO: The world economy since
World War II” and “The global food crisis” at the University of Turin, Italy, 19‐22
May 2008.
43. Paper on “Growth, employment and inequality in China and India” at Conference on
“States, markets democracy”, Universita degli Studi Federico II, Naples, Italy, 15‐19
June 2008.
44. Organised IDEAs conference on “The value of money in contemporary capitalism”,
New Delhi, India, 12‐13 September 2008.
45. Panel debate organised by The Guardian newspaper and New Economics
Foundation, London, on “Triple Crunch: Can we solve the credit crunch, climate
change and energy shocks with a Green New Deal?”, The Guardian Newsroom,
London, 19 September 2008.
46. Roundtable on “What have we learned?” in IDEAs Conference on “Income
distribution and globalisation: Challenges and Policy responses”, Ministry of Labour,
Argentina, in association with ILO‐ECLAC‐UNDP, Buenos Aires, 22‐23 September
2008.
47. Paper on “Economic growth and employment creation in India” in IDEAs conference
on “The emerging global economy: Is there a challenge from the South?” Facultad de
Ciencias Económicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, 24‐25 September,
2008.
48. Paper on “Growth, structural change and poverty reduction: The role of
macroeconomic policies” at UNRISD Workshop on Strategies for poverty reduction,
Geneva 4‐5 November 2008.
49.Paper on “Growth with exclusion: The recent economic experience of India” at
Workshop on the Indian Economy, University Sciences Po, Paris, France, 7
November 2008.
50. Panel discussion on “Global economic crisis”, The Guardian Newspaper, London,
U.K., 2 March 2009.
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51. Presentation on “The crisis and developing Asia” at Attac Conference on “The end of
capitalism?”, Berlin, Germany 6‐8 March 2009.
52. Organized IDEAs conference on “The decline of neoliberalism” at Tata Institute of
Social Sciences, Mumbai, India on 13‐15 March and presented paper on “The global
financial crisis and the developing world”.
53. Organised IDEAs conference on “Re‐regulating finance in the light of global crisis”,
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China 9‐11 April 2009, and presented paper on “The
unnatural coupling: Food and global finance”.
54.Papers on at International Seminar on “Managing Cross‐Border Finance Under
Increasing Uncertainty”, Centre for Banking Studies, central Bank of Sri Lanka,
Colombo 27‐29 May 2009.
55. Paper on “Food and global finance” for Festival of the Economy, Council of Trento,
31 May‐2 June 2009
56. Paper on “The food crisis and global finance”, Conference on “Triple Crisis”, Res
Publica and Norwegian parliament, Oslo, 25‐26 June 2009
57. Presentations and Papers to “International Working Group on Gender, International
Economics and Macroeconomics”, Levy Institute of Bard College, New York 2‐10 July
2009
58. Paper on “National development strategy for Vietnam”, Roundtable on “Formulation
of Socio‐Economic Development Strategy 2011‐2020”, Government of Vietnam,
Hanoi, 15‐16 August 2009
59. Paper on “Food fragility in the current international context”, The Other Canon
Conference, Tallinn Estonia, 15‐16 October 2009
60. Keynote Speaker at Bristol Schumacher Conference, Bristol, U.K., 17 October 2009
61. Keynote speaker at Conference on “Crisis of capitalism, crisis of development?”,
International Institute of Social Studies Foundation Day, The Hague, Netherlands, 4
November 2009.
62. Keynote presentation on “Developing Asia’s responses to the global financial crisis”,
at UNDP Regional Workshop on the Impact of the Global Financial Crisis, Singapore
University, 30 November 2009.
63. Presentations on “Capital in crisis” and “Issues of sustainability: Agriculture and the
Environment” at Conference on Marxist Theory and Practice, organized by Ho Chi
Minh Political Academy and Monthly Review Group, Hanoi, Vietnam, 14‐17
December 2009.
64. Organised IDEAs International Conference on “Regulating finance in the changed
context”, Muttukadu, Tamil Nadu 25‐27 January 2010.
65. Organised IDEAs International Conference on “The Global Economy: Recovery or
Bubble?”, New Delhi, 29‐30 January 2010.
66. Paper on “The impact of the global financial crisis on developing Asia”, at
Conference on “The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis” International Poverty
Centre, Beijing China, 4‐5 February 2010.
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67. Presentation on “Accumulation and transformation in the globalised Indian
economy”, Seminar on “Neoliberalism, Secularism and the Future of the Left in
India”, Columbia University, New York, USA, 1 April 2010.
68. Seminar on “India and the global financial crisis”, Amherst College, Massachusetts,
USA, 5 April 2010.
69. Seminar on “The impact of financial speculation on commodity prices in developing
countries”, Political Economy Research Institute and Department of Economics,
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA, 6 April 2010.
70. Seminar on “The unnatural coupling: Food and global finance”, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 9 April 2010.
71. Presentation on “The global crisis and developing Asia: Implications for livelihood
and poverty”, at Conference on Development Strategies for Poverty Reduction,
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 20‐21 April 2010.
72. Lead speaker at Plenary Session on “Rethinking global governance: Towards trade
and financial reforms to support development”, UNCTAD Public Symposium on
“Responding to Global Crisis: New Development Paths”, Geneva Switzerland, 10‐11
May 2010.
73. Inaugural Lecture at 25th Anniversary Conference of Centre for Women’s Studies,
Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1 August 2010
74. Presentation at workshop on “Reforming Global Finance”, IDEAs and Ford
Foundation, Bali Indonesia, 25‐26 September 2010
75. Presentation at Panel on Global Changes in Conference in Memory of Victor Kiernan,
South Asia Studies Centre, University of Cambridge, England, 22 October 2010.
76. Paper on “Commodity speculation and food prices” World Development Movement,
Conway Hall, London, England, 25 October 2010.
77. Paper on “Global equity in a new economic model: What conditions do development
pathways in the South set for the Great Transition in the North”, New Economics
Foundation, London England, 26 October 2010.
78. Paper on “Emergent constraints on Indian growth and the global economic crisis”,
Conference on “China, India and the global economy”, Musashi University, Tokyo,
Japan, 23 November 2010.
79. Keynote Address on “Global crisis and beyond: Debating gender justice in Asia” for
Congress of Asian Association of Women’s Studies, Penang, Malaysia, 9 December
2010.
80. Paper on “Development banking in India”, at conference on “Financial institutions
for innovation and development: Brazil and India”, MINDS, Rio de Janeiro, 22‐23
March 2011.
81. Discussant at workshop on “Financial Stability and Financial Governance in Brazil”
São Paulo School of Economics of Getulio Vargas Foundation, 24‐25 March 2011.
82. Presentation at conference on “Imperialism in the age of global finance”, Columbia
University, New York, 28‐29 March 2011.
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83. Ragnar Nurkse Visiting Professor in Development Economics, Tallinn University of
technology, Tallinn, Estonia, 16‐15 May 2011.
84.Presentation on “Implications of regulating commodity markets in the United States
and European Union”, Conference on “Proposals and Actions to Make Financial
Reforms Effective for Systemic Resilience and Sustainable growth”, Fondazione
Sylos‐Labini, Rome, Italy, 1‐2 June 2011.
85. Panelist at High level Roundtable on “Employment and Social Justice in a Globalising
Economy”, International Labour Congress, ILO, Geneva, 13 June 2011.
86. Paper on “Accumulation and insecurity in dynamic Asian economies” at “The Future
of Capitalism: A conference in honour of G. C. Harcourt”, Cambridge Journal of
Economics, Robinson College Cambridge, 25‐26 June 2011.
87. Lectures on “Growth, employment and poverty reduction in India”, ToIndia Summer
School, University of Turin, Italy, 4‐6 July 2011.
88. Presentation on “International Financial Flows in Historical Perspective: From
Capital Accounts to ‘Efficient Allocation’ to Financialisation and Financial Crises “ in
GEM‐IWG International Networking Programme on Engendering Macroeconomics
and International Economics, First European Workshop, Istanbul Technical
University, Istanbul, Turkey 14‐15 October 2011.
89. Presentation on “Food, fuel and financial crises” in Symposium on Gender and
Financial Crisis in Europe, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul Turkey, 17
October 2011.
90. Presentation on “"Knowledge, mobility and solidarity: instruments of
emancipation", Pio Manzu Foundation Conference on “A Century for Women”,
Rimini, Italy, 21 October 2011.
91. Acceptance Speech for ILO Decent Work Research Prize, International Labour
Organisation Geneva , 11 November 2011 “Towards an employment‐led strategy for
economic development”
92. Presentations “Financial regulation and commodity markets” at International
Workshop on “New directions in financial regulation” organised by the Centre for
Banking Studies of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and IDEAs, 22‐25 November 2011,
Colombo, Sri Lanka.
93. The Lancet Lecture 2011, University College London “Economic growth and
women’s health outcomes: A deepening divide?” 28 November 2011
94. Closing Plenary Lecture at Codesria General Assembly, Rabat Morocco 5‐9
December 2011, “Developing countries in a rapidly changing world economy”
95. Presentation on “Speculation in commodity markets and the global food crisis”,
Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), Vienna Austria, 13
December 2011
96. Presentation on “Demography and migration: Challenges and opportunities” OKB
Roundtable, Osterreich Kontrolbank, Vienna Austria, 15‐16 December 2011
97. Presentations at Conference on “State form and plurinationalism: Economic
strategies”, organized by Senplades (Ministry of Planning and Development),
Government of Ecuador, Quito Ecuador,9‐13 January 2012.
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98. Organised IDEAs Conference on “The global economy in a time of uncertainty:
Capitalist trajectories and progressive alternatives”, and made a presentation on
“Changing global production structures”, Muttukadu, Tamil Nadu, 24‐26 January
2012.
99. Paper on “Inclusive growth strategies for Myanmar” at Conference on
“Development Policy Alternatives for Myanmar”, Ministry of national Planning and
Economic development, Government of Myanmar and UN Country Office,
Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 13‐15 February 2012.
100. Presentation on “The TDR’s approach to development strategies” at Conference on
“Three decades of the Trade and Development Report”, UNCTAD Geneva,
Switzerland, 20 February 2012.
101. Organised International Conference to celebrate 40 years of SSS, JNU on
“Democracy, pluralism and justice: Challenges for India in a changing world”, JNU,
New Delhi, India, 29 February to 2 March 2012.
102. Presentations on “The future of capitalism” and “The implications of emerging
global powers” at Guardian Open Weekend, The Guardian Newspaper, London, UK,
24‐25 March 2012.
103. Special Address on “BRICS Financial co‐operation mechanisms” at BRICS Summit
2012 Annual Financial Forum, organized by Eximbank New Delhi, 28 March 2012,
New Delhi.
104. Presentations at Panel Discussions on “The future of industrial policy”, “Gender
empowerment and development”, “WTO and financial regulation” at UN Conference
on Trade and Development, (UNCTAD XIII) Doha, Qatar, 23‐25 April 2012.
105. Presentation at Conference on “Lessons of the Argentine crisis and recovery”,
CEDES, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2‐3 May 2012.
106. Presentation on “Structural change and employment patterns in India” at
Conference on “Economic Development in South, Southeast and East Asia: A
retrospective and some prospects”, Department of Economics and ASSRU,
University of Trento, Italy, 25‐26 May 2012.
107. Presentation on “Macroeconomic policies for recovery and growth in a world
dominated by finance”, SVIMEZ, Rome, Italy, 14 June 2012.
108. Presentation at IAFFE (International Association of Feminist Economists) Annual
Conference, University of Barcelona, Spain, 27‐29 June 2012.
109. Plenary presentation on “Development in a time of financial crises” at AHE‐IIPPE‐
FAPE Conference on The Global Economy and the Outlook for Capitalism, University
of Paris‐Sorbonne‐1, Paris, France, 5‐7 July 2012
110. Plenary Lecture at International Seminar on “Central Banks: Payment systems and
financial inclusion”, Central Bank of Ecuador, Quito Ecuador 2 August 2012.
111. Presentation on “Appreciating diversity: Regulatory reform and banking practices
in the developed and developing worlds”, Ford Foundation and Paolo Sylos Labini
Associazione International Workshop on “The state and perspectives of financial
reforms worldwide: A comparative assessment”, Villasimius, Sardinia, 7‐8
September 2012.
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112. Presentation on “Microfinance and the challenge of financial inclusion for
development”, Annual Conference of the Central Bank of Argentina, Buenos Aires, 1‐
2 October 2012.
113. Presentation on “Growth, distribution and sustainability in the Indian economy”,
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Buenos Aires, 3 October
2012.
114. Address on “The crisis as opportunity”, Festival of Internazionale at Ferrara, Italy,
5 October 2012.
115. UN‐ESCAP High‐Level Dialogue on Post MDG Agenda, Meridien Hotel, New Delhi 19
October 2012.
116. Special address on “Impact of financial crisis on India and the role of co‐operatives
in the recovery”, Co‐operative Union, Kolkata 17 November 2012
117. Papers on “Economic liberalization in India” and “Finance and the food crisis”
FLACSO, Mexico City, 26‐27 November 2012.
118. Presentation on “India in the BRICS”, Universidad National Autonomia de Mexico
(UNAM) Mexico City, 28 November 2012.
119. Presentation on “Growth, industrialisation and inequality in China and India”, El
Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City, 29 November 2012.
120.Keynote Address on “India’s growth model: Lessons, challenges and opportunities”,
In Conference on “Growth models and development in China and India”, University
of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 10‐11 December 2012.
121. Paper on “Microfinance and the illusion of development” at Conference on “Current
issues in financial regulation”, Renmin University, Beijing, China, 18‐19 December
2012.
122. Keynote address on “Insurance regulation in a globalising economy and current
concerns in India”, Insurance Institute of India, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Madhya
Pradesh, 12 January 2013.
123. Presentation (via skype video conference) on “Economic crises and women’s work:
Exploring progressive strategies in a rapidly changing global environment” in
IAFFE‐UN Women Symposium on “Critical perspectives on financial and economic
crises: Why gender matters”, New York , 21‐22 January 2013.
124. Special Address to High‐Level Leadership Meeting of UN Development Group Global
Thematic Consultation on Inequalities in the Post-2015 Development Agenda, organised
by government of Denmark, Copenhagen, 19 February 2013.
125. Participation in Panel discussion on “Strategies for employment generation in the
wake of the Global crisis”, International Labour Office, Geneva, 22 February 2013.
126. Presentation on "Who in the South is rising?", Conference on "The Rise of the
South", Columbia University, New York, USA, 8 April 2013.
127. Plenary Address on "Food crisis and financial speculation in commodities: The
implications for Africa", Nyerere Intellectual Festival, University of Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania, 10‐12 April 2013.
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Special/Memorial lectures since 2009
1.V. P. Chinthan Memorial lecture, Chennai 23 October 2009
2.Naren Sen Memorial Lecture, Kolkata 8 November 2009
3.Brajamohan Sarma Memorial Lecture, Guwahati 2 October 2010 “The political
economy of hunger in 21st century India”
4.Acceptance Speech for ILO Decent Work Research Prize, International Labour
Organisation Geneva, 11 November 2011 “Towards an employment‐led strategy
for economic development”
5.Lancet Lecture 2011, University College London “Economic growth and women’s
health outcomes: A deepening divide?” 28 November 2011
6.Ralph Miliband Lecture, London School of Economics, London, on “The emerging
Left in the ‘emerging’ world”, 28 May 2012
7.Financialisation and Development Series Closing Lecture on “Development in a
time of financial crisis: How good is the bad news?” , International Institute of
Social Studies, Erasmus University, The Hague, Netherlands, 12 June 2012
8.Lectio Magistralis, on “Social protection and development for a better world”,
Lelio Basso Foundation, Rome, 15 June 2012.
9.Special Lecture on “The global economic crisis and alternative economic
trajectories”, Festival Internazionale, Ferrara, Italy, 5 October 2012.
10.K. Ramachandran Nair Memorial Lecture on “Prospects for global capitalism”,
University of Kerala, Trivandrum, 8 February 2013.
11.Special lecture on "The economic context of violence against women in India",
Savitribhai Phule Centre for Women's Studies, University of Pune, 18 March
2013.
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