What
use is research in international trade policy
and economic development? |
Professor
Richard Pomfret |
 The
third talk in the University of Adelaide's Research Tuesdays
seminar series was held on Tuesday, 12 June.
Professor Richard Pomfret has been Professor
of Economics at the University of Adelaide since 1992. Before
coming to Adelaide, he was Professor of Economics at the Johns
Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
in Washington DC, Bologna (Italy) and Nanjing (China).
He has acted as adviser to the Australian government and to
international organizations. In 1993 he was seconded to the
United Nations for a year, acting as adviser on macroeconomic
policy to the Asian republics of the former Soviet Union.
His research interests centre on economic development and
international economics, and he has published over a hundred
papers in these fields as well as written seventeen books.
Title: What use is research in international
trade policy and economic development?
Date: Tuesday 12 June 2007
Synopsis: In his presentation on “What
use is research on international trade policy and economic
development?” Professor Pomfret will discuss the value
of supporting research in these areas at an Australian university.
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