- Helmut Reisen
Helmut Reisen, born 1950 in
Viersen (Germany), is Counsellor at theOECD Development Centre . He is working on various aspects of private and official development finance and on macroeconomic interdependence. Since July 2006 he co-ordinates for the OECD Development Centre the [http://www.oecd.org/document/2/0,2340,en_2649_33731_36904002_1_1_1_1,00.html OECD Global Forum on Development] , which for the years 2006-2009 will engage policymakers in a series of analytically and empirically informed debates and seminars on development finance. He is also currently investigating China's and India's economic impact on poor countries.Mr Reisen holds a PhD from Cologne University and is a Professor of international economics at [http://www.wwz.unibas.ch/ the University of Basle] .
He writes a regular economics column in [http://www.internationalepolitik.de/ Internationale Politik] . He has recently been invited by Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator of the Financial Times, to an invited group of influential, policy-oriented economists from around the globe to consider subjects of immediate interest and ones that are of more enduring significance. [http://ftblogs.typepad.com/martin_wolf/2006/01/global_imbalanc.html#comments]
He has written extensively in scholarly journals and in the financial press on financial globalisation and pension economics, including two prize-winning essays in the Amex Bank Review competition. His work has been reviewed and published in The Economist, Financial Times, Le Monde and German-language print media.
Helmut Reisen previously worked at the Institute of World Economy, Kiel, for the Confederation of German Industries, and the German Ministry of Economics. He is currently a member of the editorial board of International Finance, Deutsche Bank Research Notes and Internationale Politik.
His most recent book was published in 2006: [http://www.oecd.org/dev/publications/chindaf The Rise of China and India - What's in it for Africa?] , ISBN 9264024417, by Andrea Goldstein, Nicolas Pinaud, Helmut Reisen and Xiaobao Chen, Paris, OECD.
For all more recent publications, consult [http://www.oecd.org/dev/reisen >Recent publications and articles] .
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