Economics
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Biography
Professor Ahmed Khalid earned his Ph.D. in economics from Johns Hopkins University, USA. He joined Universiti Brunei Darussalam in May 2015 as a Professor of Economics. Previously, he worked at the Bond Business School as Professor of Economics and Finance since 2001. He also worked at the National University of Singapore (NUS) from 1992-2000. Professor Khalid has also worked with the World Bank (visiting Consultant; the Planning Ministry of Pakistan (Advisor to the Minister) and Washington and Lee University (visiting Scholar). His visiting academic appointments include Nanyang Technology University, Singapore; Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), and Pakistan; and Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE). He has also worked as a consultant for leading institutions in finance and economics including the Economic Research Institute for East Asia and ASEAN (ERIA), Limberg Institute of Financial Economic (LIFE), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), CitiGroup, Haans Seidel Foundation and the UNDP.
He is also Honorary Professor of Economics at Bond University, Australia and Founder and Covenor of Global Development Forum at the Bond University, Australia. He is also a member of the U.K. based International Growth Centre (Macro Research Cluster – Pakistan Chapter) and Bond Representative for the Quality Assurance Program for Sur University College in Oman. Professor Khalid’s research interests are in applied macroeconomics and monetary economics, applied econometrics, financial crisis and financial sector reforms with particular reference to emerging economies in East- and South-Asia and globalization and financial market integration. He is Associate Editor of Singapore Economic Review; member, Advisory Board, Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia (Malaysian Journal of Economics); member of the editorial board of South Asian Journal of Global Business Research and a number of other regional journals. His published papers and books are widely cited in literature. His publications include four books published by Edward Elgar Publishing Co. U.K., internationally refereed articles, chapters in books and numerous consultancy/project reports, technical reports, working papers and conference papers.
Teaching Areas
Applied Macroeconomics and MonetaryEconomics; Applied Econometrics; Financial Crisis and Financial Sector Reforms with particular reference to emerging economies in East- and South-Asia; Globalization and Financial Market Integration; Analysis of BRICS countries