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School of Management
Charles Sturt University
Wagga Wagga NSW 2678
Australia
Phone: (02) 6933 2752
Fax: (02) 6933 2125
Email: ksharma@csu.edu.au

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Consultant to the United Nations Development Program (UNIDO) for preparing the Industrial Development Perspective Plan of the Government of Nepal (2001), Visiting Professor at Yale University (Jan-Jun 2000), Lecturer (1992-1999) and Senior Lecturer (from Feb 2000) at Charles Sturt University. Project Economist under the UNV program of the United Nations (1987-91). Several invitations from local media (PRIME and WIN Television, ABC Radio, 2 BS and The Daily Advertiser) to comment on regional and international issues influencing rural Australia. May-June 2003 Asian Development Bank consultant to Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan to review trade policy. 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Trade policy in Asian developing countries, causes of poverty, trade liberalisation, policy reforms and structural changes, WTO issues for LDCs and intra-industry trade pattern in Australia

KEY PUBLICATIONS

Author/ editor of three books and over 30 academic journal articles and book chapters, including 

Trade Policy, Growth and Poverty in Asian Developing Countries (England: Routledge) 2003

Trade Liberalisation and Manufacturing Performance in Developing Countries: New Evidence from Nepal (New York: NOVA Science Publishers) 1999

‘Liberalization, Growth and Structural Change: Evidence from Nepal’, Applied Economics, Vol. 33, 2001

The Pattern and Determinants of Intra-Industry Trade in Australian Manufacturing'. Australian Economic Review, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 245-255, 2000

'Liberalisation and Productivity Growth: The Case of Manufacturing Industries in Nepal'. Oxford Development Studies, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 205-222, 2000 (with S. Jayasuriya and E. Oczkowski)

‘Imperfect Competition, Returns to Scale and Productivity Growth in Australian Manufacturing: A Smooth Transition Approach to Trade Liberalisation’, International Economic Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 99-113, 2001 (with E. Oczkowski)

‘Liberalisation, Export Incentives and Trade Intensity: New Evidence from Nepalese Manufacturing Industries’, Journal of Asian Economics, Vol. 12, No.1, pp. 123-135, 2001 (with E. Oczkowski and S. Jayasuriya)

‘Horizontal and Vertical Intra-Industry Trade in Trans-Tasman Bilateral Trade’, Journal of Economic Integration (forthcoming in 2003) 

‘How Import is the Processed Food Industry in Intra-Industry Trade Analysis?: The Australian Experience’, Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 121-130, 2002.

RESEARCH GRANTS/ AWARDS

Grants:

CSU small grant in 2000. Amount $11,000.
Project: The impact of trade liberalisation on intra-industry trade in Australia.

CSU Faculty of Commerce seed grant in 1999. Amount $ 2,600 (with E. Oczkowski).
Project: Trade liberalisation and manufacturing productivity in Australia. 

La Trobe University, School of Economics research grant in 1995. Amount $ 1,600.
Project: Foreign trade region and structural change in the Nepalese manufacturing.

Award:

Recipient of the Faculty of Commerce Research Excellent Award in 2000.
Appointed Associate Professor November 2003.
 

TEACHING AND COURSE CO-ORDINATION

Teaching:

Co-ordination and teaching of the following subjects:

ECO 525 International Political Economy (Post-graduate level)
ECO 503 International Economics (Post-graduate level)
ECO 330 Urban and Regional Economics (Under-graduate level)
ECO 320 International Economics (Undergraduate level)

Course Coordinator: 

Graduate Certificate in International Relations and MBA (International Relations) program.

Information about these courses.