Robert Walker

Research Associate, Indo-Pacific Development Centre
Robert Walker
Biography
Publications

Robert Walker is a Research Associate at the Lowy Institute and works as an economist in the Institute’s Indo-Pacific Development Centre. His work focuses on emerging Asian economies as well as growth and development in the Indo-Pacific region. Robert’s interests include macroeconomic policy, aid and development, geoeconomics and Indo-Pacific and European international political economy.

Prior to joining the Lowy Institute, Robert worked in the Australian Department of the Treasury in international macroeconomic forecasting and at the Australian National University’s Australian Centre on China in the World. He holds a Master’s degree in International and Development Economics from the Australian National University with a specialisation in macroeconomic policy, and a Bachelor of International and Global Studies from the University of Sydney.

If industrial policy is the new candy house, developing countries need to gain more than just the bread crumbs
If industrial policy is the new candy house, developing countries need to gain more than just the bread crumbs
Local efforts to reshape national economies must account for the international implications.
Global economic prospects are the worst in decades but investing in the future could be the answer
Global economic prospects are the worst in decades but investing in the future could be the answer
The World Bank reports on why global growth and poverty reduction are slowing but points to investment as a way forward.
The Fix: Seeking impact
The Fix: Seeking impact
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The G20’s approach to debt has failed
Commentary
The G20’s approach to debt has failed
Originally published on ChannelNews Asia
The G20’s approach on debt has failed
The G20’s approach on debt has failed
The “Common Framework” shows the perils of announcing solutions before governments have them.
The world energy outlook: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Commentary
The world energy outlook: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Originally published in Samoa Observer, 6 November 2023.
The world energy outlook: The good, the bad, and the ugly
The world energy outlook: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Where does the global transition to net zero currently stand, where can it improve and where can it go wrong?
China’s car exports pose a key question to policymakers: Compete or protect?
China’s car exports pose a key question to policymakers: Compete or protect?
How they respond will have implications for consumers and the climate.
China does not need currency manipulation to boost its exports
China does not need currency manipulation to boost its exports
A weak economy will itself increase China’s export competitiveness.
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