Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences, IIUM
And
Academic Staff Association, IIUM
Cordially invite you to a
SPECIAL TALK
Topic: Climate Change and Development in the 21st Century
Speaker:Dr. Jomo K.S.
Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development, United Nations' Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), New York
At
11.00 am -12.30 pm, Tuesday, 8th December
Conference Room, Level 3, KENMS.
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Jomo K. S. was Professor in the Applied Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya until November 2004, and was on the Board of the United Nations Research Institute on Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva (2002-4). He is Founder Chair of IDEAs, International Development Economics Associates (www.ideaswebsite.org). In 2007, he was awarded the Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. During 2008-2009 he serves as adviser to the President of the 63rd UN General Assembly and a member of the (Stiglitz) Commission of Experts on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System.
He received his tertiary education at Yale and Harvard and has taught at USM (1974), Harvard (1974-5), Yale (1977), UKM (1977-82), UM(1982-2004), and Cornell (1993). He has also been a Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University (1987-8; 1991-2) and was Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, NUS (2004).He has authored over 35 monographs, edited over 50 books and translated 11 volumes besides writing many academic papers and articles for the media. He is on the editorial boards of several learned journals.
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