Tao (Sherry) Kong BEco., BA (PKU), PhD (ANU)
Research Fellow, Indonesia Project

Email: tao.kong [at] anu.edu.au

Research Interests

Economic Growth; Institutions; Economics for Development; Political Economy; Asian-Pacific Economies, Migration and Poverty, in East Asia (with a focus on China) and Southeast Asia (with a focus on Indonesia)

Key Publications

• 2008 (forthcoming) Economic Growth and Political Institutions: Theories and Empirics, United Kingdom, Edward Elgar Publishing.
• 2008 (with Arief Ramayandi) "Survey of Recent Developments" Bulletin of Indonesian Economics Studies, Vol 44, No.1
• 2007 "A Selective Review of Recent Development in Economic Growth Literature" Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, Vol. 21(1), 1-33.
• 2007 (with George Fane) "Poverty Reduction in Lao PDR" in Tisdell (ed.) Poverty, Poverty Alleviation, and Social Disadvantage: Analysis, Case Studies and Policies, New Delhi: Serial Publication.
• 2006 (with Gaurav Datt and Sisira Jayasuriya) "Chapter 6: Cohesion" in Gill and Kharas (ed.), An East Asian Renaissance: Ideas for Economic Growth, Washington D.C.: World Bank
• 2005 "Economic Growth and Political Institutions - China in International Perspective" in Garnaut and Song (eds.) China Update 2005, Canberra, Australia: Asian Pacific Press.

Career Highlights

Consultant to the World Bank (2005-2007) for the Poverty Assessment for the Peoples’ Republic of China, DTIS (Diagnostic Trade Integration Study) background paper for the Lao PDR Poverty Assessment. .