CURRICULUM VITAE. Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) The Australian National University Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE PREM JUNG THAPA I. PERSONAL DETAILS Contact Address: Economics Program Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) The Australian National University Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia telephone: (61-2) (61-2) (AH) Citizenship: Nepalese (with permanent residency in Australia) Academic Qualifications: 1975 B.A. (Major in Economics), Williams College, Massachusetts, USA (graduation honours magna cum laude) M.A. (Economics), University of California at Berkeley, California, USA Ph.D. (Economics), Research School for Asian and Pacific Studies, Australian National University, Canberra. Academic Honours and Distinctions: Ph. D. thesis title: Labour Heterogeneity in a Farm Household Model: An Application to Nepalese Agriculture. Haystack Scholarship (Williams College), inducted into Phi Beta Kappa (an academic honours society in the USA) in World Bank/Government of Japan Graduate Scholarship Award (1993, 1994) Australian National University Ph. D. Scholarship Present Appointment: (since Jan. 2002) Research Fellow Economics Program Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) The Australian National University

2 II. PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS 7/1999 1/2002 : Research Fellow Centre for Regional Economic Analysis (CREA) University of Tasmania, Hobart. primary tasks: to undertake the construction and application of multi-region general equilibrium models; and to carry out commissioned research studies for business and state governments focussing on, but not limited to, economic policy issues affecting Tasmania. The main research projects undertaken were to develop regional models to assess the contribution of tourism to the economies of Tasmania and New South Wales (part time) Research Assistant, Department of Economics, Research School for Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University duties I assisted Prof. Peter G. Warr in the development of and simulation analyses with two very large scale computable general equilibrium models for Thailand and the Philippines. I also helped prepare the database and GEMPACK implementation for a CGE model of Indonesia. An important aspect of my work on the Thailand model was to incorporate various measures for analysing the incidence of poverty, based on parameters derived from household expenditure survey data, into the CGE modelling framework & 1997 Tutor, Department of Forestry, ANU I conducted tutorial classes in a course on natural resource economics for second year Forestry students various positions Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS) Kathmandu, Nepal IIDS is a privately organized non-profit institute for research on national development issues and economic policies in Nepal. IIDS undertakes commissioned research projects and studies in a wide range of subjects for His Majesty's Government of Nepal, the many donor organizations active in Nepal and for numerous other international organizations and consulting groups. Positions held May Feb : Senior Research Associate July May 1989 : Research Director : Research Associate (Economist) : Consultant Description of Duties at IIDS: As a Senior Research Associate I was responsible for planning and executing 2

3 research projects in which I was the Principal Investigator. My work was mainly in the areas of agriculture economics, trade and development policy, poverty analyses and population studies; but I also led a wide variety of other research projects. Two important projects I was involved in were developing the first computable general equilibrium type of planning model for Nepal (in collaboration with a team from the Free University in Amsterdam); and a collaborative study, funded by the Ford Foundation, on Regional Cooperation on Water Resources Development in Nepal, India and Bangladesh. As Research Director at IDS I also had more general responsibilities for planning, co-ordinating and maintaining quality control of the overall research program of IIDS. I supervised and monitored projects that fell in my area of expertise but which I do not lead as Principal Investigator, and reviewed work in progress from both a technical as well as managerial perspective. III. PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER RESEARCH OUTPUT A. Books Modelling the Efficiency of Family and Hired Labour: Illustrations from Nepalese Agriculture; Ashgate: Hampshire, UK, B. Book Chapters (with Raghenbdra Jha) India s Infrastructure Sector, in Raghbendra Jha, edited, Indian Economic Reforms; Palgrave Macmillan: Hampshire, UK, (forthcoming) (with Peter G. Warr) Effects of agricultural policy reform on household and regional income distribution in Indonesia, in Randy Stinger, Erwidodo, T. Feridhanusetyawan, and Kym Anderson, edited, Indonesia in a Reforming World Economy: Effects on Agriculture, Trade and the Environment; Centre for International Economic Studies, University of Adelaide, 2002; pp Water Resources and National Development in Bekh. B. Thapa and Bharat. B. Pradhan, edited, Water Resources Development: Nepalese Perspectives; Konarak Publishers, Delhi, 1995; pp C. Refereed journal articles A Profile of Rural Poverty in Nepal; Bikas (The Journal of the National Planning Commission, Nepal) vol 8, no. 3 May 1992; pp (with S. Thapa and N. Shrestha), A Hospital Based Study on Abortion in Nepal, Studies in Family Planning (The Population Council, New York) vol. 23. no.5, 1992; pp Water-led Development Strategy for Nepal : Myths, Limitations and Rational Concerns; Water Nepal (Journal of the Nepal Water Conservation Foundation, 3

4 Kathmandu, Nepal); vol. 5 no 1, Jan. 1997; pp (with Peter G. Warr), General Equilibrium Analysis of Rice Pricing Policy in Indonesia in Ekonomi dan Keuangan Indonesia/ Economcis and Finance in Indonesia, vol 18, 1999; pp other publications The Services Sector in the Nepalese Economy: A Brief Review and Some Issues. An article published in Beema (Journal of the National Insurance Company, Kathmandu, Nepal); vol. 1, no. 3, 1989; pp A Regionally Dis-aggregated Planning Model for Nepal: A Review of its Structure, Data Base and Uses in Policy Analysis through Macro-Models : Issues, Techniques and Applications in Selected Developing Asian Countries. UnitedNations/ESCAP Development Papers No. 14 (Bangkok) 1993; pp The Cost-Benefit of Land Reform, in Himal South Asia, (Himal Media, Kathmandu), Ocotber 2001; pp Conference/Workshop papers Family Size and Welfare: A Preliminary Analysis for Nepal. A paper presented at the Workshop on Priority Issues in Health and Family Planning; A Regional Conference sponsored by the Asian Development Bank and the East West Centre, Hawaii; held in Honolulu, February Labour Supply Estimation in a Farm Household Model with Heterogeneous Labour Inputs. A Paper presented at the Third Labour Econometrics Workshop, University of Tasmania, Hobart, April (with John R. Madden), The Contribution of Tourism to the New South Wales Economy: A Multi-regional, General Equilibrium Analysis. A Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Section of the Regional Science Association International (ANZRSAI); Hobart, December Published Research Reports (with John Madden and Nic Groenewold), Estimating Demand for a Special Event and the Event s Contribution to a Regional Economy. A Research Report of the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Sustainable Tourism; Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland; (with John Madden and Nic Groenewold), Estimating the Value of Tasmanian National Parks to Park Visitors. A Research Report of the CRC for Sustainable Tourism; Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland; Other Research Reports 4

5 Economic Impacts of the Very High Speed Train. CREA Report prepared for the Victorian Department of Infrastructure, Centre for Regional Economic Analysis, University of Tasmania, December The Contribution of the Parks and Wildlife Service s Estate to the Tasmanian Economy. CREA Report prepared for the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service, Centre for Regional Economic Analysis, University of Tasmania, June The Contribution of Tourism to the Tasmanian Economy in CREA Report prepared for Tourism Tasmania, Centre for Regional Economic Analysis, University of Tasmania, Sept Improving Family Planning Acceptance through Panchayat-based Clinic and Outreach Services Using Women Volunteers: An Operations Research Study of the FPAN/CEDPA Project. A study commissioned by University Research Corporation (USA) as part of the Operations Research in Family Planning - Asia Project; IIDS, Kathmandu; Feasibility Study of the Nepal Third Small Farmers Development Project. A Report prepared for the Asian Development Bank; IIDS, Kathmandu; August A Medium Term Computable General Equilibrium Model of Nepal. A Report prepared for the National Planning Commission, HMG/Nepal, in association with ESI, Free University, Amsterdam, with funding from ESCAP; Status of Population and Development in Nepal. A Report prppared for the National Commission on Population, Nepal; IIDS, Kathmandu; Agricultural Marketing and Price Policy in Rapti Zone and RCU Areas. A Study undertaken for USAID/Nepal; IIDS, Kathmandu; Reducing Fertility Through Family Planning in Nepal: A Cost Benefit Evaluation. A Report prepared for the Research Triangle Institute (RTI), North Carolina, USA; IIDS, Kathmandu; The Balance of Payments Adjustment Process: A Country Study of Nepal. A Report prepared as part of the Asian Studies on International Economic Relations in association with the Indian Council for International Economic Relations (ICRIER) New Delhi, and MARGA Institute (Sri Lanka); IIDS, Kathmandu; October