Kaushik Basu becomes IEA president
27th June, 2017Category:
Former chief economic advisor Kaushik Basu has taken over as president of the International Economic Association (IEA) for a three year tenure. Basu has also served as senior vice-president and chief economist at the World Bank from 2012 to 2016 and as the chief economic adviser to the Government of India from 2009 to 2012. He is currently the C. Marks Professor of International Studies at Cornel.
The IEA is a leading organisation for professional economists and it seeks to shape global economic policy and research. Among IEA's past presidents are Nobel laureates Kenneth Arrow, Robert Solow, Amartya Sen and Joseph Stiglitz.
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