Prema-chandra Athukorala is Professor of Economics at the Australian National University, fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, and Honorary Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Manchester. His publications include Trade Policy Issues in Asian Development (Rutledge, 1998), Labour Migration and Structural Adjustment in East Asia (Oxford University Press, 1999), Liberalization and Industrial Adjustment: Sri Lanka in International Perspective (Oxford University Press, 2000), Saving, Investment and Growth in India (Oxford University Press, 2002), Multinational Enterprises in Asian Development (Edward Elgar 2007), six other books, and numerous contributions to scholarly journals and multi-author volumes. At various times has served as a consultant to the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and several United Nations agencies.