Employment
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Last updated 23 April 2025
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Research Advisor, Khazanah Research Institute, 2020-
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Senior Adviser, Khazanah Research Institute, 2019-2020.
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Senior Fellow, Khazanah Research Institute, 2016-2018.
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Tun Hussein Onn Chair in International Studies, Institute of Strategic and International Studies Malaysia, 2016-2017.
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Assistant Director-General, Coordinator for Economic and Social Development, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, August 2012-December 2015.
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Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations Secretariat, New York, January 2005-June 2012.
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University of Malaya, July 1982-November 2004 (Associate Professor, Analytical Economics, July 1982-October 1986; Professor, Development Studies, Institute of Advanced Studies, November 1986-October 1989; Head, Development Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Malaya, 1987-2004; Professor, Applied Economics, January 1991-November 2004).
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National University of Malaysia (UKM), February 1977-June 1982 (Lecturer, February 1977-December 1980; Associate Professor, January 1981- June 1982).
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Temporary Lecturer, School of Comparative Social Sciences, Science University of Malaysia (USM), May-August 1974.
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Research Assistant, Economic Growth Center, Yale University, 1971.
Concurrent employment:
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Visiting Senior Research Fellow, National University of Singapore, July 2004-January 2005.
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Fulbright Visiting Professor, Cornell University (Southeast Asia Program and Johnson School of Management), Fall 1993.
Part-time employment:
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Research Coordinator pro bono, G-24 (Intergovernmental Group on International Monetary Affairs and Development), December 2006-September 2012.
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Visiting Instructor, Yale College, Fall 1977.
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Teaching Fellow, Social Studies Program, Harvard College, Spring, Fall 1975.
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Teaching Fellow, Economics Department, Harvard University, Fall 1974, Spring 1975.
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Instructor, Kennedy Institute of Politics, Harvard University, Fall 1974, Spring 1975.
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Research Assistant in Chile, Economic Growth Center, Yale University, 1973.
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