Current Visiting Researchers

As of 07 January 2010

• Jacob George - India

Jacob George

Jacob George, Chief Promoter of Strategic Economic Management Initiative in Governance (SEMIG), University of Delhi, is a new Visiting Researcher to ADBI. He is a recipient of the Senior Fellowship from the Indian Council of Social Science Research at the Institute of Economic Growth in the University of Delhi enclave. Before that he was Professor and Chair of the Faculty of Economics and Development Planning in Gurgaon, Haryana.

He obtained his doctoral degree in economics from the Delhi School of Economics in the University of Delhi. He has been a visiting scholar to research institutions in France and UK.

George has addressed topics of strategic importance to developing countries in trade and safety regulation, intellectual property rights, and WTO in particular, and has published books and articles on these subjects. He has conducted research and consulting work for governmental agencies as well as international organizations.

He was involved as agriculture working group member for the preparation of the inclusive and faster growth agenda of the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012). He has served as the National Convener, Core Incubating Group set up for the joint Indo-UK (DfID) project on poverty reduction. He is the founding Editor of the ezine "Public Service Delivery Capacity Building Chronicle".

He will conduct a research project on "Food Security and Safety Regime for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Asia Pacific" while at ADBI.

Current Research in ADBI
Food Security and Safety Regime for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Asia Pacific.