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
"Despite the rough patches in 2010, it is important to keep in mind that the economic picture looks far better now than it did a year ago."