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Australia South Asia Research Centre

This Centre is dedicated to research on the economics and politics of development in the South Asia region, inlcuding India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives.

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Indonesia Project

The Indonesia Project is a major international centre of research and graduate training on the economy of Indonesia, and is well known and respected in Indonesia and in other places where Indonesia attracts serious scholarly and official interest.

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Poverty Research Centre

Aiming to promote high quality research on the measurement of poverty, its social and economic causes and the way in which policy interventions, demographic change and technological developments interact with domestic institutions to influence the incidence of poverty.

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Working papers in trade and development

These papers provide a vehicle for preliminary circulation of the Department's research results in the fields of economic development and international trade, and is intended to stimulate discussion and critical comment.

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Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies

BIES is a refereed journal that has been in continuous publication since 1965. It provides a well-respected outlet for high-quality research by both Indonesians and foreigners on any and all matters pertaining to the Indonesian economy.

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Welcome to the Arndt-Corden Department of Economics

The Arndt-Corden Department of Economics works on theoretical and applied problems of international economics and development, with emphasis on the countries of Southeast, Northeast and South Asia, and the Southwest Pacific. The late Professor H.W. Arndt was the first head of the department, and Professor W. Max Corden the second. The work of Heinz Arndt is well-known throughout Asia, especially within Indonesia, whereas Max Corden's fame is greatest among international economists. Both played crucial formative roles in the intellectual history of the Department.

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Prema-chandra Athukorala
Research highlights

WP2011/14: W. Max Corden, "The Dutch Disease in Australia: Policy Options for a Three-Speed Economy", [PDF, 285KB]

BIES Issue 3 (December) 2011, Vol. 47 No. 3 is now available online.

Hal Hill recently published "Malaysia's Development Challenges: Graduating from the Middle", Routledge, September, 2011

Prema-chandra Athukorala recently published "Trade Liberalisation and Poverty in South Asia", Routledge, July, 2011

Chris Manning recently published "Employment, Living Standards and Poverty in Contemporary Indonesia", ISEAS Publishing, 2011

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