Eswar Prasad

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Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development | New Century Chair in International Trade and Economics

Eswar Prasad holds the New Century Chair in International Trade and Economics. He is the Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He was previously head of the Financial Studies Division and the China Division at the IMF. | View Full Bio

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Contact

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202.797.6105 — Brookings Office of Communications

Resources

Expertise

  • Macroeconomics of financial globalization
  • monetary and exchange rate policies in emerging markets
  • China and India

Experience

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

Language Fluency

  • English

Brookings in the news

"The main risk for the IMF is that it comes to be seen as less relevant to the region [Southeast Asia], both in terms of the advice it has to offer and in its role as provider of a financial safety net."

Source: Bloomberg

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