Medhi Krongkaew
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
Degree Where Year
B.A.(Econ. & Pol. Sci.) Victoria University of Wellington, N.Z. 1967
M.A.(Econ.) University of Canterbury, N.Z. 1968
Ph.D.(Econ.) Michigan State University, U.S.A 1976
Present Positions Held
Professor, School of Development Economics, NIDA
Coordinator, Community Building Forum, the Pacific Economic Cooperation
Council (PECC)
Member, Thailand‘s Board of the National Statistical Office
Past Positions Held Since 2000
1997-2002 Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University
2000-2001 Chair, APEC SOM Subcommittee on Economic and Technical Cooperation
(ESC)
2000 Member, Thailand‘s National Budgetary Reform Committee
1-6/2001 Visiting Research Fellow, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto
University, Kyoto, Japan
1995-2000 Director, Institute of East Asian Studies, Thammasat University
1997-2000 Founding Director, Thai APEC Study Centre, Thammasat University
1990-2000 Member, Board of Directors, East Asian Economic Association (EAEA).
1997-2000 Economic Advisor, Deputy Prime Minister (Dr. Trairong Suwankiri)
Academic Honours and Awards
Colombo Plan Scholarship from the New Zealand Government to Study Economics at Victoria University of Wellington and the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1962-1967.
Thammasat University Scholarship to Study at Michigan State University USA 1970-1975.
Japan Foundation Research fellowship to do research in Japan November 1978 - March 1979.
The Certificate of Distinction for an outstanding research work in economics in 1979, awarded by the National Research Council, February, 1980.
Senior Fulbright Scholar Award to Lecture and do research at Department of Economics, and Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley, California, and at Harvard Institute of International Development, Cambridge, Massachusettes, September 1982 to August 1983.
Jackson Memorial Fellowship to do research at Division of Asian and International Studies, Griffith University, Brisbane, May-June 1990.
The 1996 Outstanding Researcher of the Year in Economics, awarded by the National Research Council (NRC), August 1996.
The Thailand Research Fund (TRF) Senior Scholar in Economics, awarded by the Thailand Research Fund, September 1996.
International Consultancies and Research Contracts Since 1990
1990 United Nations University, Tokyo: contract to do research on the changing urban system in Thailand.
1991 Asian Employment Programme, ILO-ARTEP, Bangkok Office: contract to do research on employment generation and poverty alleviation in the rural Northeast of Thailand, case studies of two public works programs (as Project Director with 3 principal researchers)..
1992 Australian International Development Assistance Bureau: contract to perform the duties of Thai expert in the review of effectiveness of Australian aid to Thailand.
1994 Development Alternatives, Inc. and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) contract to prepare reports on current development of Myanmar and Thailand as inputs for US aid review.
1995 - World Bank: contract to conduct research on Poverty Assessment Update, 1988 to 1992.
- World Bank: contract to prepare tables on household food and non-food expenditures by decile and region based on the 1992 Socioeconomic Survey.
- World Bank, contract to prepare report on the role of institutions in Thailand‘s budgetary process.
- The Economic Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs: invitation to give lecture on the state of the Thai economy to economic officers of Thai embassies in South Asia, Middle East and Africa, at the Metropolitan Beach Hotel, Dubai, U. A. E., 1-2 December 1995.
1996 - World Bank, contract to prepare background papers on the effectiveness of selected poverty-
oriented policies in Thailand, March 1996.
- ILO Bangkok Office, contract to prepare research report on Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty: the Thai Experience, May 1996.
- UNDP Bangkok Office, contract to work on the design of new development indicators for the 8th National Economic and Social Development Plan of Thailand, September 1996.
1997 - Economic Development Institute (EDI), the World Bank, contract to write a case study on fiscal
discipline of the Thai budgetary system, May 1997.
- UNDP Bangkok Office, contract to prepare the first National Human Development Report for Thailand, October 1997.
1999 - International Labour Organisation (ILO), Geneva, contract to prepare research report on the
impact of economic crisis on child labour in Thailand, February 1999.
- World Bank-ASEM Trust Fund-Thailand‘s National Educational Council, contract to organise and supervise a project on analysing school dropouts in Thailand (with the Economic Research and Training Committee, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, June 1999.
- East Asian Development Network (EADN) at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore , and the World Bank, contract to prepare a thematic paper on the political economy of growth in the East Asian Region, October 1999
2002 UNDP Botswana, contract to serve as an East Asian consultant on Botswana Poverty Reduction Strategies, March 2002.
Professional Affiliations
Thammasat Economic Association
Economic Society of Thailand
Social Sciences Association of Thailand
International Institute of Public Finance
East Asian Economic Association
Association of Development Research and Training Institutes of Asia and the Pacific (ADIPA)
World Bank‘s Global Development Network (GDN)
Courses Taught
Undergraduate Courses:
Economic Principles, International Economics, PublicFinance, Society and Economy, Economics of Poverty, the Economy of Thailand.
Graduate Courses:
Microeconomics, Public Finance, Economic Development Economicsfor Lawyers, Research Methodology, Southeast Asian Economies.
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