Shandre Mugan Thangavelu

Shandre M. Thangaveluis an active researcher on human capital development, technology transfer, foreign direct investment, trade, government infrastructure investment, productivity and economic growth. He has written extensively on technology transfer and economic growth and has published his research in major international journals. His recent publications are in the Journal of Economic Development, Empirical Economics, Applied Economics, World Economyand the Journal of Economic Studies. Recently, he was attached as the Head of the Economics Unit, MOM, under the Economist Service to the Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Manpower. Recently, he was appointed as the Managing Editor for the Asian Economic Journal(AEJ).Aekapol Chongvilaivanis a Fellow and Coordinator of the Regional Economic Studies Programme at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore. His current research covers a wide range of economics areas, such as fragmentation and outsourcing in Southeast Asia, international trade, regional economic integration and applied econometrics, among others. His research has been published in several international, refereed journals, including Economic Inquiry, Southern Economic Journal, the Journalof Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Applied Economicsand The World Economy. He has served as an editor of the ASEAN Economic Bulletinand Coordinator of the Singapore APEC Study Centre.