Peterson Institute for Intl economics launches major new India program

28 Sep '07

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The Peterson Institute for International Economics is pleased to announce a major new program of research and other activities devoted to India, one of the most important emerging economies in the world.

The centerpiece of this new program is the addition of Dr. Arvind Subramanian to the senior staff of the Institute. Dr. Subramanian, who became a senior fellow on April 1, 2007, is one of the world's leading experts on the economy of India and its role in the world economy. He has also worked extensively on growth, trade, development, institutions, foreign aid, oil, Africa, and the World Trade Organization.

“The addition of Arvind Subramanian fills the last major gap in the Institute's coverage of leading issues and regions that drive the world's economy,” said Peterson Institute Director C. Fred Bergsten.

“With the earlier arrivals of Nicholas Lardy to address China and Anders Aslund to cover Russia and Eastern Europe, Dr. Subramanian's expertise on India will enable the Institute to provide in-depth analysis and policy thinking on all of the major emerging economies while continuing its traditional focus on global economics, trade, and financial and monetary issues along with the main industrialized nations.”

Arvind Subramanian served at the International Monetary Fund from 1992 until early this year and since 2004 as assistant director and head of the Macroeconomic Studies Division in the Research Department.

He worked at the GATT (1988–92) during the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations and has taught at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government (1999–2000). In his career at the Fund he worked on trade, development, Africa, India, and the Middle East.

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