Michael G. Plummer, Ph.D.
Eni Professor of International Economics —based at Bologna Center
(On leave of absence at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)

Expertise

Geographic Areas
Asia

Issues
ASEAN | economic development | economics | international finance | international trade theory and policy

Background and Education
Currently holds appointment as head of the Development Division in the Trade and Agriculture Directorate at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris; director of the American Committee on Asian Economic Studies; editor in chief of the Journal of Asian Economics; served as senior fellow at the East-West Center; was lecturer at and adviser to the Asian Development Bank; was team leader at and adviser to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Secretariat; led study on development of ASEAN regional bond market; advised USAID on ASEAN free-trade initiative; postgraduate diploma, SAIS Bologna Center; Ph.D., economics, Michigan State University

Foreign Languages
French; Italian; Japanese; Portuguese

Publications
ASEAN Economic Integration: Trade, Finance and Foreign Direct Investment (2009); The World Trade Organization: Legal, Economic and Political Analysis (Vols. I-III), co-editor (2005); Economic Integration and Development: Has Regionalism Delivered for Developing Countries? co-author (2002); "Best Practices in Regional Trading Agreements: An Application to Asia" in The World Economy (2007); numerous other articles and reviews in academic journals