| Dr. Nagesh Kumar,
Director-General
M.A.,
M.Phil, Ph.D
Email: nkumar@ris.org.in
Dr
Nagesh Kumar is Director-General of RIS. Dr Kumar obtained his PhD in
Economics from the Delhi School of Economics and joined the faculty
of RIS in 1985. During 1993-98, Dr Kumar served on the faculty of the
United Nations University - Institute
for New Technologies (UNU/INTECH), Maastricht, the Netherlands,
and directed its research programme on Globalization, FDI and technology
transfers in developing countries. He has also served as a consultant
to the World Bank, ADB,
UNDP, UNCTAD,
UNIDO, UN-ESCAP,
ILO, the
Commonwealth Secretariat, the Commission
on Intellectual Property Rights, among other organizations.
Dr
Kumar serves on a number of government committees and expert groups
and on the Governing Boards of the International
Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), Geneva; and
the South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS), Dhaka. He is recipient
of the Exim Bank of India’s first International Trade Research
Award in 1989 and a GDN Medal for best research awarded by the World
Bank and the Japanese Government in 2000.
He
has written extensively on the developmental impact of FDI, industrial
and technology development policies, the challenge of new technologies
for development, on regional economic co-operation in Asia, and on WTO
and development, among other themes. His recent books include: Globalization
and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment (Oxford University
Press, 2002), Protecting Foreign Investment: Implications of a WTO
regime and Policy Options (Zed Press, London, 2003) (with Carlos
Correa); Reforms, Labour Markets and Social Security in India
(Oxford University Press, 2004) (co-editor with Ramgopal Agarwala and
Michelle Riboud); and Towards an Asian Economic Community: Vision
of a New Asia, (editor, Singapore: ISEAS, 2005). He is co-editor
of South Asia Economic Journal (published by Sage) and writes
a fortnightly column ‘Trading
Ideas’ in the Financial Express (New Delhi).
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| Books |
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Asia's
New Regionalism and Global Role: Agenda for the East Asia Summit,
Nagesh Kumar, K. Kesavapany & Yao Chaocheng (eds.).
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore and RIS, 2008 |
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Towards
Broader Regional Cooperation in Asia,
Nagesh Kumar, 2007 |
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International
Competitiveness & Knowledge-based Industries in India,
Oxford University Press, 2007 (co-editor with K.J. Joseph) |
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Environmental
Requirements and Market Access for Developing Countries: Lessons
from South Asian Experiences,
Published
by Academic Foundation,2006
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India-ASEAN
Economic Relations: Meeting the Challenges of Globalization,
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore and RIS, New Delhi
(eds). |
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Papers
in Refered Journals |
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‘Liberalization,
outward orientation and in-house R&D activity of multinational
and local firms: A quantitative exploration for Indian manufacturing’,
Research Policy, 34:4 (2005): 441-460 (with A. Aggarwal). |
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‘Flying Geese Theory and Japanese Foreign Direct Investments
in South Asia: Trends, Explanations and Future Prospects’,
Journal of International Economic Studies 15 (2001): 179-92. |
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‘Determinants of Location of Overseas R&D Activity of
Multinational Enterprises: The Case of US and Japanese Corporations’,
Research Policy, 30 (2001): 159-174. |
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| RIS
Occasional and Discussion Papers |
| #145 |
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| #140 |
Internationalization
of Indian Enterprises: Patterns, Strategies, Ownership Advantages
and Implications
by Nagesh Kumar(DP#140-2008) |
| #135 |
East
Asian Infrastructure Development in a Comparative Global Perspective:
An Analysis of RIS Infrastructure Index
by Nagesh Kumar & Prabir
De(DP#135-2008) |
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| News
Paper Columns |
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Challenging
Times
(28.12.08)
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ASEAN
FTAs & Prospects of Broader Regional Cooperation in Asia.(March/April
2008) |
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‘Should
India forge an FTA with ASEAN’. (27.11.07) |
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‘East
Asia Summit and broader economic integration in Asia’. (21.11.07) |
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‘Leveraging
Asian resurgence for sustaining rapid growth’. (14.08.07) |
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The
‘arc of advantage’ will benefit the world (11.12.06) |
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| Policy-Oriented
Papers, Book Chapters and Presentations |
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Kumar,
Nagesh. 2008. “India’s Economic Engagement with East
Asia: Trends and Prospects" in Rising India and Indian
Communities in East Asia by K. Kesavapany et al (eds). Singapore:
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. |
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Kumar,
Nagesh. 2008 “FDI Development-India Experience in Global
Comparative Perspective" in Indian Industrial Development
and Globalisation – Essays in Honour of Professor S.K. Goyal
by S.R. Hashim et al. (eds), New Delhi: Academic Foundation. |
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Kumar,
Nagesh. and Alka Chadha. 2008. India's Outward Foreign Direct
Investments in Steel Industry in a Chinese Comparative Perspective.
Working Paper Series #2008-053. United Nations University-Merit,
Maastricht. |
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| Research
Projects |
| Lectures/Seminars/Conference
Presentations |
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