Expertise
Macroeconomics of financial globalization; monetary and exchange rate policies in emerging markets; China and India
Background
Current Positions
Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy, Cornell University; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research; Research Fellow, IZA (Institute for the Study of Labor), Bonn, Germany
Past Positions
Division Chief, Financial Studies Division, Research Department, IMF, 2005-2006; Division Chief, China Division, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF, 2002-2004; Assistant to the Director, Research Department, IMF, 2000-2002; Senior Economist, IMF, 1998-2000; Economist, IMF, September 1990-1998
Education
Ph.D. (1992) University of Chicago; M.A. (1986) Brown University; B.A. (1985) University of Madras, India
"One thing the U.S. financial crisis proves is that fraud, corruption and government interference can eat away at the foundations of even the deepest financial systems, especially when these problems are compounded by a regulatory system that is too narrow and rule-bound in its outlook and that, at times, turns a blind eye to obvious rot in the system."