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PROF. DR. MAHANI ZAINAL ABIDIN Brief Dr. Mahani Zainal Abidin is Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya. She obtained a Ph. D (development economics) from the University of London in 1992. She teaches development economics and trade and her research interests are in the areas of industrial policy, international trade and regional groupings and economic structural transformation. In January 1998, Dr. Mahani was appointed a member of the Working Group for the National Economic Action Council, a body established by the Malaysian Government to formulate measures to initiate recovery from the economic and financial crisis. Dr. Mahani was the Honorary Secretary of the Malaysian Economic Association. She is also Program Associate of the American Committee on Asian Economic Studies and Associate Research Fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research.She was a Board Member of the Malaysian Employees Provident Fund (1998-2000). In April 2001, Dr. Mahani was appointed as the Head, Special Consultancy Team on Globalisation of the National Economic Action Council. In April 2003, Dr. Mahani was appointed as the Economic Adviser to the Bank Industri & Teknologi Malaysia Berhad. She also serves as Deputy Chairman of the National Accreditation Board from May 2003. | SITE TOOLS   |
