Author: Shandre Mugan Thangavelu

Venkatachalam Anbumozhi is a Senior Economist at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Indonesia. He has published widely on natural resource management, climate-friendly infrastructure design, and private sector participation in green growth. He was invited as a member of the APEC Expert Panel on Green Climate Finance and the ASEAN Panel for promoting climate-resilient growth. He has taught courses on resource management, international cooperation, and development finance. Fukunari Kimura has been a Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan since 2000 and Chief Economist at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) since 2008. His major research interest is in international trade and development economics. In particular, he has recently been active in writing on international production networks and economic integration in East Asia. Shandremugan Thangavelu is Associate Professor and Regional Director (Southeast Asia) at the Centre for International Economic Studies, Institute of International Trade at the University of Adelaide, Australia. He is an active researcher on human capital development, technology transfer, foreign direct investment, trade, government infrastructure investment, productivity and economic growth.