07
Sep
Griffith Asia Institute Research Seminar: The IMF and Armenia: Fiscal consolidation at any cost?
Iyanatul ['Yan'] Islam is Adjunct Professor, Griffith Asia Institute. He is also affiliated with the South Asia Economic Modelling Network (SANEM), Dhaka, Bangladesh. Until recently, Yan held a director-level appointment at the International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland with supervisory responsibility as Chief, Employment and Labour Market Policies Branch, Employment Policy Department, ILO Geneva.
06
Sep
Griffith Asia Institute 2017 Asia Lecture: A contested Asia: what replaces US strategic predominance?
Mr Varghese took up his position as the fourteenth Chancellor at The University of Queensland on 11 July 2016. Prior to this appointment, Mr Varghese was Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 3 December 2012 to 1 July 2016. His diplomatic appointments include High Commissioner to India (2009-12), High Commissioner to Malaysia (2000-02) and postings to Tokyo, Washington and Vienna.
31
Aug
Griffith Asia Institute Research Seminar: What is a 'foreign' firm, and does it matter?
How should we define a firm as 'foreign' and/or 'domestic' in our complex globalising world? Large MNEs increasingly utilize detailed and complicated ownership structures that, in part, seek to hide direct ownership patterns for tax and financial reasons. So, how prevalent are 'foreign' firms in local economies? Is there a better way to categorise foreign and domestic firms, and how does this aï¬ect existing understandings (good and bad) of MNE activity?
24
Aug
Griffith Asia Institute Research Seminar: Decentralisation, clientelism and social assistance programs: A study of India's MGNREGA
Does decentralisation promote clientelism? If yes, through which mechanisms? We answer these questions through an analysis of India's (and the world's) largest workfare programme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), in two Indian states: Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh. Dr Diego Maiorano is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Nottingham in the UK.
17
Aug
Griffith Asia Institute Research Seminar: How the East was won: Mimetic imperialism, the rise of the West and the Asian roots of the modern world
In this presentation Associate Professor Andrew Phillips re-evaluates the 'rise of the West' by considering the British Raj alongside two of its most important Asian predecessors and counterparts - Mughal India and Qing China.
10
Aug