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Stephen Howes1982-5: Bachelor of Arts (First-class Honours), University of Melbourne, Australia. 1987: Graduate Diploma in Development Economics, National Centre for Development Studies, Australian National University. 1988: Master of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Australian National University. 1989/90-92/3: Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Economics, London School of Economics, University of London. |
Professor
Crawford School of Economics and Government
Prior to joining the Crawford School, Stephen was Chief Economist at the Australian Agency for International Development. He worked from 1994 to 2005 at the World Bank, first in Washington and then in Delhi, where he was Lead Economist for India. He spent most of 2008 on the Garnaut Review on Climate Change.
Research interests/expertise
- Aid policy
- Public finance in developing countries
- International climate change policy
- India
- Pacific and PNG
Recent Publications
- ‘Finding a Way Forward: three critical issues for a post-Kyoto agreement on climate change’, forthcoming in Indian Growth and Development Review.
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- with R. Garnaut, F. Jotzo and P. Sheehan (2008) ‘Emissions in the Platinum Age: the implications of rapid development for climate change mitigation’, Oxford Review of Economic Policy 24(2): 1–25.
- with D Mishra and VJ Ravishankar (2008) “Ten Years of World Bank Sub-national Policy-based Lending to India: a retrospective” in The Indian Economy Sixty Years after Independence, Jha, R, (ed), Palgrave-Macmillan.
- with R. Murgai (2006) “Subsidies and Salaries: issues in the restructuring of government expenditure in India,” Ch. 8 in A Sustainable Fiscal Policy for India: an international perspective, Heller, P. and Rao, Govinda M. (eds.), OUP.
- See also The Garnaut Climate Change Review, the 2008 Pacific Survey and the 2005 Core Group Recommendations Report for a White Paper on Australia’s Aid Program.
- with N. Stern and A. Lahiri (eds., 2003) State-level Reforms in India: Towards Effective Government, Macmillan
Contact Details
| Telephone: | 61 2 6125 7553 | |
| Email: | stephen.howes@anu.edu.au | |
| Mailing address: | JG Crawford School College of Asia and the Pacific Room 228 Building 13, Crawford Building The Australian National University ACT 0200 Australia |
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