Professor and Dean, Department of Economics. Research topics are Asian economic development, ASEAN ecomomies, Inclusive business, Human well-being and poverty, and Buddhist economics. Visiting scholar of the Yuchengco Center for East Asia, De La Salle University,Manila(1997) Visiting Research fellow of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies(ISEAS), Singapore (1997-98) Post-doctoral fellow,Pacific Basin Research Center, JFK School, Harvard University(1996-97)