Raghbendra Jha, PhD (Columbia), FWIF, is Professor of Economics and Executive DIrector Australia South Asia Research Centre, Australian National University. He has previously taught at Columbia University and Williams College in the US, Queen's University in Canada, University of Warwick in the UK and Delhi School of Economics, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and IGIDR in India. He has published 32 books/monographs with leading publishers and more than 150 papers in scientific journals and other refereed outlets. He has consulted widely for major national and international organizations