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1 Jul 2022 09:00

Why India needs a refugee law

Shivangi Seth

Adopting international standards will not only benefit people seeking asylum but India’s relations in the neighbourhood.
1 Jul 2022 05:00

Taking on Cambodia’s “Lady Liberty”

JJ Rose

An American human rights lawyer sentenced to six years in a Phnom Penh prison may cause Hun Sen no end of trouble.
30 Jun 2022 15:00

Economic diplomacy: Names trump numbers in the new BRI debt battle

Greg Earl

As G7 leaders talk up infrastructure spending, Australia’s Pacific family members contemplate how much they can take.

About

The International Economics program aims to explain developments in the international economy, and influence policy. It does so by undertaking independent analytical research.

The International Economics program contributes to the Lowy Institute’s core publications: policy briefs and policy analyses. For example, the program contributed the Lowy Institute Paper, John Edwards’ Beyond the Boom, which argued that Australia’s transition away from the commodities boom will be quite smooth.

Experts

Roland Rajah

Lead Economist and Director, International Economics Program

John Edwards

Senior Fellow

Stephen Grenville

Nonresident Fellow

Jenny Gordon

Nonresident Fellow

Latest publications

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Will Indonesia’s Omnibus reforms bolster recovery from COVID-19?

Originally published in East Asia Forum.

By Roland Rajah

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Lowy Institute Conversations: Ross Garnaut on Restoring Australia after the Pandemic Recession

In this episode of Lowy Institute Conversations, Roland Rajah, Lowy Institute Lead Economist, sits down with Dr Ross Garnaut to discuss the ideas in his new book, Reset: Restoring Australia after the Pandemic Recession.

By Roland Rajah

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Why our economy can afford to stand up to China with Belt and Road veto

Originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald.

By Roland Rajah

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Australia's economic centre has shifted from Sydney to Canberra

Originally published in The Canberra Times.

By John Edwards

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Vital trade lessons from China’s failed attempt at coercion

Originally published in The Australian.

By Roland Rajah

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Lowy Institute Conversations: John Edwards and Jennifer Hewett on Australia’s economy after COVID-19

In this episode of Lowy Institute Conversations, Roland Rajah, Lowy Institute lead economist, sits down with Dr John Edwards and Jennifer Hewitt to discuss Australia’s economy after COVID-19.

By Roland Rajah

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Our toughest job lies ahead

It is five months since the last reported Covid-related death in Australia. But it is how we handle unemployment that will be one of the most critical issues. Originally published in The Australian.

By John Edwards

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Southeast Asia’s post-pandemic recovery outlook

Originally published on Brooking's Order From Chaos blog.

By Roland Rajah

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Blame austerity, not the RBA for post-GFC slow growth

Ross Garnaut is wrong to fault the Reserve Bank for not cutting rates during the ‘Dog Days’ of 2013-2019. The real culprit was elsewhere. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review.

By Stephen Grenville

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What’s gone wrong with our interest rate policy?

The RBA has been forced into lockstep with a misguided US Federal Reserve held hostage by volatile financial markets. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review.

By Stephen Grenville

Pages

News & Media

How a Wartime Newspaper Article Changed Australia Forever

Bloomberg Quint

29 Dec 2021

Big businesses, small productivity gains

14 Dec 2021

In remote Pacific islands, businesses look local to survive COVID

Al Jazeera English

22 Nov 2021

Confessions of a Reserve Bank board member

The Canberra Times

16 Nov 2021

Covax scheme well off-target for delivering 2 billion Covid vaccines to developing countries

Radio New Zealand

14 Nov 2021

The COVAX scheme aimed to deliver two billion COVID vaccines to developing countries this year. It's well off-target

14 Nov 2021

How fear of abandonment informs Australia’s defence strategy

The Saturday Paper

13 Nov 2021

How does a country with no COVID reopen its borders? These places are finding out

National Public Radio

06 Nov 2021

Aftershocks of Covid-19 threaten to undo gains across Pacific says report

Radio New Zealand

18 Oct 2021

Future shock: a how-to guide for the new world disorder

Australian Financial Review

19 Apr 2021

How COVID has changed the role of central banks

31 Mar 2021

India trade pitch a big ask

20 Jan 2021

Australia files WTO dispute against China

17 Dec 2020

New report warns of Pacific 'lost decade' and lobbies for multi-billion dollar recovery package

ABC RA Pacific Beat

10 Dec 2020

Indonesia banking on Australia's $1b loan to tackle COVID-19

Sydney Morning Herald

11 Nov 2020

Australia to lend Indonesia up to $US1bn

10 Nov 2020

Why our economy remains stronger than others; and yes, Trump can still win the US election

ABC Radio National

17 Sep 2020

Memo to generals: China is our inescapable economic destiny

Sydney Morning Herald

07 Sep 2020

Road to coronavirus recovery: a working guide

28 Aug 2020

It may be a terrible recession, but it could have been worse

Sydney Morning Herald

24 Aug 2020

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