Introduction

Dr Ganeshan Wignaraja is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore, concurrent with his affiliation as a Visiting Senior Fellow at ODI (formerly the Overseas Development Institute) in London and a Co-editor of Development Policy Review. He is also the Professorial Fellow in Economics and Trade at Gateway House in Mumbai.

In a career spanning over the last 30 years in Asia, the United Kingdom and the United States, Dr Wignaraja has held senior roles in international organisations, including the Director of Research at the Asian Development Bank Institute in Tokyo, Chief Programme Officer at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London and a Visiting Scholar at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC; government-linked institutions, including Advisor to the President of Sri Lanka on Strategic Trade Policy, Executive Director of Sri Lanka’s foreign ministry think tank and a Member of the Monetary Policy Consultative Committee of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka; and the private sector, including Global Head of Trade and Competitiveness at Maxwell Stamp PLC in London.

Dr Wignaraja has a DPhil in economics from Oxford University and has published widely on macroeconomics, trade and economic development.

Areas of Interest and Expertise

• South Asia’s Macroeconomic Outlook and Economic Development
• Economics of South Asia-East Asia Relations and the Indian Ocean Region
• Asia’s Supply Chains, Maritime Trade and Trade Agreements
• Financing Regional Infrastructure Investment in Asia
• Macroeconomics and Foreign Policy of Sri Lanka