Development Research Unit – Researchers

The following Monash staff have an active involvement with the DRU. 

Prof Pushkar Maitra (Co-Director)

The analysis of poverty and welfare in developing countries; health, education, fertility, mortality and gender preference, microfinance, economic experiments

Prof Brett Inder (Co-Director)

Health and education in developing countries; migration, remittances and labour markets.

Prof Ranjan Ray

Gender bias in consumption patterns, intra household resource allocation, child labour, household poverty and dietary patterns in developing countries, Living Standards, HIV/AIDS and its impact on the Next Generation, Tax Design and Tax Reforms, Corruption , Demographic Effects on expenditure patterns and on inequality movements.

Assoc Prof Duangkamon Chotikapanich

Measuring poverty and income distribution in developing countries. 

Dr Rebecca Valenzuela

Empirical analysis of inequality, poverty, consumption patterns and living standards in developing economies.

Prof Robert Brooks

Design and evaluation of microfinance programs; emerging financial markets in Asia.

Dr James Ang

Economic growth and financial liberalisation; savings behaviour and investment in Asia.

Dr Brett Parris

The complex dynamics of developing country economies; agent-based modelling; and the interactions between poverty, climate change, conflict, energy, agriculture and water.

Dr Katy Cornwell

Migration, language and labour markets, income mobility; educational achievement; remittances and microfinance .

Dr Jagjit Plahe

Trade policy and the effects of WTO agreements on developing countries; TRIPS and food security; global value chain analysis for primary commodities.

Honorary Members