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Biography
After receiving his PhD in 1974 he was Postdoctoral Fellow in International Trade and Economic Development at the University of Minnesota. Following that he taught economics at Monash University from 1976 to 1979. Joined the Economics Department, RSPAS, ANU, in 1980. Holder of the John Crawford Chair of Agricultural Economics since 1989, Head of Department since 2007. Current research includes general equilibrium modeling of Indonesian, Lao and Thai economies, especially regarding the relationship between economic policy and poverty incidence.
Career highlights
Elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia in 1997; Editorial Board member for several academic journals. Consultant for the Australian Government, the Thai Government, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the ASEAN Secretariat and varioius United Nations agencies.
Research interests
The economies of East Asia, especially Thailand, Laos and Indonesia, particularly measurement of poverty incidence, analysis of its causes and the means by which economic policy may be used to reduce poverty incidence.
Qualifications
Expertise Areas
- Agricultural Economics
- Economic Development and Growth
- Environment and Resource Economics
- International Economics and International Finance
- Welfare Economics
- Comparative Economic Systems
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Projects
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Understanding the Impacts of COVID19 on Indo-Pacific Food Security
Crimp, S., Bourke, M., Daniell, K., Edwards, R., Forsyth, M., McCarthy, J., Robins, L. & Warr, P.
Commonwealth Dept of Foreign Affairs&Trade, Australian Cnt for International Agricultural Res(ACIAR)
18/05/20 → 30/08/20
Project: Research
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Decomposing changes in inequality: Evidence from Myanmar
Lwin Aung, L. & Warr, P., 2021, In: Review of Development Economics. 25, 3, p. 1172-1196Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Agricultural Productivity Growth and Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Thailand
Warr, P. & Suphannachart, W., 2020, In: Journal of Agricultural Economics. 72, 2, p. 525-546Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Benign growth Structural transformation and inclusive growth in Thailand
Warr, P. & Suphannachart, W., 2020Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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COVID-19 and food systems in the Indo-Pacific: An assessment of vulnerabilities, impacts and opportunities for action
Robins, L., Crimp, S., van Wensveen, M., Alders, R., Bourke, M., Butler, J., Cosijn, M., Davila, F., Lal, A., McCarthy, J., McWilliam, A., Palo, A. S. M., Thomson, N., Warr, P. & Webb, M., 2020, 258 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Economic Development of Post-war Thailand
Warr, P., 2020, Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Thailand. Pavin Chachavalpongpun (ed.). 1st ed. London: Routledge, p. 36-49Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter