Eckhard Siggel (Principal Investigator)
Pradeep Agrawal (Co-Investigator)
Concordia University
Department Of Economics
1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd
Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8
Canada
Institute of Economic Growth
University Enclave
Delhi 110 007
India
Phone:
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E-mail:
Website:
(514) 848-3914
(514) 848-4536
siggel@vax2.concordia.ca
artsandscience.concordia.ca/economics
siggel.htm
Eckhard Siggel is an associate professor in the
Department of Economics of Concordia University. His
specialisation includes development and international
economics. He has taught in the department since
1978 and is currently an associate professor.
The two principal investigators have had a working
relationship for over three years. Dr. Agrawal was a
visiting scholar through a Shastri Canadian Studies
Fellowship in the summer of 2002 and Dr. Siggel
acted as his official host at Concordia University. Dr.
Siggel visited the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG)
in December 2001, in pursuit of another project.
Dr. Siggel has undertaken several studies of policy
reforms and industry competitiveness in countries
such as Senegal, Mali, Kenya, and Uganda, as well
as one for India that covered the 1980s (The World
Economy, 2001).
Phone:
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Website:
91-11-766 7288
91-11-766 7410
pradeep@ieg.ernet.in
www.ieg.nic.in
The Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) is an
autonomous, multi-disciplinary centre for advanced
research and training in economics, demography,
and sociology and is recognised as such by the
University of Delhi. As a premier national institution, it
pursues empirical and theoretical research that has a
bearing on policy, in relation to problems of economic
development, planning, and social change. The
partner institution is led by Dr. Pradeep Agrawal. Dr.
Agrawal has conducted extensive research in areas
relevant to the present project and has published two
books on policy reforms and economic restructuring
in East Asia and India (published by Macmillan, London
and St Martin’s Press, New York).
Pradeep Agrawal is a Professor of Economics and
the Head of the Reserve Bank of India Chair Unit in
the Institute of Economic Growth at the University
Enclave in Delhi.
• Ph.D., Economics (Toronto, 1978)
His research interests include: macroeconomics;
development, international, and industrial economics;
and applied econometrics.
• M.A., Economics (Montreal, 1971)
Education:
Education:
• Diploma, Industrial Engineering (Berlin, 1968)
• Ph.D., Economics (Stanford University, 1987)
• M.S., Operations Research (Stanford University,
1985)
• M.S., Economics (Stanford University, 1981)
• M.Sc., Physics (University of Delhi, 1976)
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