Kalpana Kochhar
Last Updated: January 03, 2008Email: kkochhar@imf.org
Education:
Ph.D., Economics, Brown University, 1988
M.A., Economics, Brown University, 1984
M.A., Economics, University of Delhi, India, 1982
B.A., Economics, University of Madras, India, 1980
Previous Experience:
Senior Advisor, Asia and Pacific Department 2007
Senior Advisor, Research Department 2005-2006
Assistant Director, Research Department 2004-05
Assistant Director, Asia and Pacific Department 2003
Division Chief, Asia and Pacific Department 2001-03
Advisor, Asia and Pacific Department 2000-01
Deputy Division Chief 1998-2000
Senior Economist 1996-98
Economist 1988-1996
George Washington University, Washington DC Assistant Professor 1987-88
The World Bank, Washington DC Summer Intern 1985
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Bank Ownership and the Effects of Financial Liberalization: Evidence from India, Working Paper No. 11/50, March 01, 2011
Malaysian Capital Controls: Macroeconomics and Institutions, Working Paper No. 06/51, February 01, 2006
India's Pattern of Development: What Happened, What Follows?, Working Paper No. 06/22, January 01, 2006
The East Asian Crisis - Macroeconomic Developments and Policy Lessons, Working Paper No. 98/128, September 01, 1998
Thailand: The Road to Sustained Growth, Occasional Paper No. 146, December 13, 1996
The Definition of Reserve Money - Does It Matter for Financial Programs?, Papers on Policy Analysis and Assessment No. 96/9, November 01, 1996
Reinvigorating Growth in Developing Countries: Lessons from Adjustment Policies in Eight Economies, Occasional Paper No. 139, August 13, 1996
Discrepancies in Bilateral Trade Statistics: The Case of China, Papers on Policy Analysis and Assessment No. 95/10, June 01, 1995
China's Imports: An Empirical Analysis Using Johansen's Cointegration Approach, Working Paper No. 94/145, December 01, 1994
Economic Reform in China: A New Phase, Occasional Paper No. 114, September 15, 1994
China at the Threshold of a Market Economy, Occasional Paper No. 107, June 16, 1993
China - An Evolving Market Economy - A Review of Reform Experience, Working Paper No. 92/89, November 01, 1992
Other IMF Publications
Inflation Targeting and the IMF”, with Nicoletta Batini, Peter Breuer, Scott Roger, March 16, 2006, available as document no. 031606.pdf at www.imf.org.
A Tale of Two Giants: India and China”, IMF Survey, Vol. 32, No. 22, December 15, 2003
Assessing Crisis Vulnerabilities in Latin America”, in Managing Financial Crises—Recent Experience and Lessons for Latin America, ed. by C. Collyns and R. Kincaid, Occasional Paper No. 217, 2003
Macroeconomic Consequences of a Financial Crisis”, with Timothy Lane and Miguel Savastano in Managing Financial Crises—Recent Experience and Lessons for Latin America, ed. by C. Collyns and R. Kincaid, Occasional Paper No. 217, 2003
India’s Fiscal Situation in International Perspective”, with Yougesh Khatri, IMF Staff Country Report No. 02/193, September 2002, available at www.imf.org
New Zealand’s Growth Experience in Comparative Perspective”, with Paul Wade, IMF Staff Country Report No. 00/140, October 2000, available at www.imf.org
Malaysia—Issues in Corporate Sector Restructuring”, IMF Staff Country Report No. 99/86, September 1999, available at www.imf.org
Economic Growth: What Has Been Achieved and How?”, with Sharmini Coorey in Economic Adjustment and Reform in Low-Income Countries: Studies by the Staff of the IMF, ed. by H. Bredenkamp and Susan Schadler, Washington, International Monetary Fund,1999
The ESAF at Ten Years: Economic Adjustment and Reform in Low-Income Countries”, with an IMF staff team, Occasional Paper No. 156, International Monetary Fund, December 1997
Health Expenditures" in Chu, K.Y. and R. Hemming (eds.) Public Expenditure Handbook, International Monetary Fund, 1991
Fiscal Policy in the Growth Process", with Richard Hemming, in Finance and Development, December 1990.
Other/Non-IMF Publications
Foreword to the Euromoney India Financial Markets Handbook, September 2007
India’s Pattern of Development—Common or Unusual?” in BSENSEX, Vol. 1, No. 3, August-September 2007
Does a Stronger Rupee Herald the End of India’s Export Boom?” with Andrea Richter-Hume, Op Ed, Business Standard, August 6, 2007
China’s Monetary Policy: Lessons for India?”, with Jahangir Aziz, Op Ed, Business Standard, July 5, 2007
Responding to Capital Inflows”, with Krishna Srinivasan, Op Ed, www.livemint.com, June 21, 2007
Is India Overheating? Eight Myths About Inflation—And The Realities”, with Charles Kramer, Op Ed, Business Standard, April 14, 2007
India’s Pattern of Development: What Happened? What Follows?”, with Utsav Kumar, Raghuram Rajan, Arvind Subramanian, and Ioannis Tokatlidis, JME, Elsevier, vol. 53(5), pages 981-1019, July
India: Macroeconomic Implications of Fiscal Imbalances”, in A Sustainable Fiscal Policy for India—An International Perspective, ed. by Peter Heller and M. Govinda Rao (Oxford University Press, 2006)
Rules-Based Adjustment in a Highly Decentralized Context: The Case of India”, in Rules-Based Fiscal Policy in Emerging Markets: Background, Analysis and Prospects, ed. by George Kopits (International Monetary Fund, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2004).
Current Account Imbalances: A Case Study of Thailand”, with Anoop Singh and Jonathan Ostry, presented at the Austrian National Bank, Vienna, November 1997
Policy Framework for Successful Transformation of the Chinese Economy”, with Ichiro Otani, Presented at Symposium on Economic Transformation in China, Haikou, December 1993
Email: kkochhar@imf.org
Education:
Ph.D., Economics, Brown University, 1988
M.A., Economics, Brown University, 1984
M.A., Economics, University of Delhi, India, 1982
B.A., Economics, University of Madras, India, 1980
Previous Experience:
Senior Advisor, Asia and Pacific Department 2007
Senior Advisor, Research Department 2005-2006
Assistant Director, Research Department 2004-05
Assistant Director, Asia and Pacific Department 2003
Division Chief, Asia and Pacific Department 2001-03
Advisor, Asia and Pacific Department 2000-01
Deputy Division Chief 1998-2000
Senior Economist 1996-98
Economist 1988-1996
George Washington University, Washington DC Assistant Professor 1987-88
The World Bank, Washington DC Summer Intern 1985
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Bank Ownership and the Effects of Financial Liberalization: Evidence from India, Working Paper No. 11/50, March 01, 2011
Malaysian Capital Controls: Macroeconomics and Institutions, Working Paper No. 06/51, February 01, 2006
India's Pattern of Development: What Happened, What Follows?, Working Paper No. 06/22, January 01, 2006
The East Asian Crisis - Macroeconomic Developments and Policy Lessons, Working Paper No. 98/128, September 01, 1998
Thailand: The Road to Sustained Growth, Occasional Paper No. 146, December 13, 1996
The Definition of Reserve Money - Does It Matter for Financial Programs?, Papers on Policy Analysis and Assessment No. 96/9, November 01, 1996
Reinvigorating Growth in Developing Countries: Lessons from Adjustment Policies in Eight Economies, Occasional Paper No. 139, August 13, 1996
Discrepancies in Bilateral Trade Statistics: The Case of China, Papers on Policy Analysis and Assessment No. 95/10, June 01, 1995
China's Imports: An Empirical Analysis Using Johansen's Cointegration Approach, Working Paper No. 94/145, December 01, 1994
Economic Reform in China: A New Phase, Occasional Paper No. 114, September 15, 1994
China at the Threshold of a Market Economy, Occasional Paper No. 107, June 16, 1993
China - An Evolving Market Economy - A Review of Reform Experience, Working Paper No. 92/89, November 01, 1992
Other IMF Publications
Inflation Targeting and the IMF”, with Nicoletta Batini, Peter Breuer, Scott Roger, March 16, 2006, available as document no. 031606.pdf at www.imf.org.
A Tale of Two Giants: India and China”, IMF Survey, Vol. 32, No. 22, December 15, 2003
Assessing Crisis Vulnerabilities in Latin America”, in Managing Financial Crises—Recent Experience and Lessons for Latin America, ed. by C. Collyns and R. Kincaid, Occasional Paper No. 217, 2003
Macroeconomic Consequences of a Financial Crisis”, with Timothy Lane and Miguel Savastano in Managing Financial Crises—Recent Experience and Lessons for Latin America, ed. by C. Collyns and R. Kincaid, Occasional Paper No. 217, 2003
India’s Fiscal Situation in International Perspective”, with Yougesh Khatri, IMF Staff Country Report No. 02/193, September 2002, available at www.imf.org
New Zealand’s Growth Experience in Comparative Perspective”, with Paul Wade, IMF Staff Country Report No. 00/140, October 2000, available at www.imf.org
Malaysia—Issues in Corporate Sector Restructuring”, IMF Staff Country Report No. 99/86, September 1999, available at www.imf.org
Economic Growth: What Has Been Achieved and How?”, with Sharmini Coorey in Economic Adjustment and Reform in Low-Income Countries: Studies by the Staff of the IMF, ed. by H. Bredenkamp and Susan Schadler, Washington, International Monetary Fund,1999
The ESAF at Ten Years: Economic Adjustment and Reform in Low-Income Countries”, with an IMF staff team, Occasional Paper No. 156, International Monetary Fund, December 1997
Health Expenditures" in Chu, K.Y. and R. Hemming (eds.) Public Expenditure Handbook, International Monetary Fund, 1991
Fiscal Policy in the Growth Process", with Richard Hemming, in Finance and Development, December 1990.
Other/Non-IMF Publications
Foreword to the Euromoney India Financial Markets Handbook, September 2007
India’s Pattern of Development—Common or Unusual?” in BSENSEX, Vol. 1, No. 3, August-September 2007
Does a Stronger Rupee Herald the End of India’s Export Boom?” with Andrea Richter-Hume, Op Ed, Business Standard, August 6, 2007
China’s Monetary Policy: Lessons for India?”, with Jahangir Aziz, Op Ed, Business Standard, July 5, 2007
Responding to Capital Inflows”, with Krishna Srinivasan, Op Ed, www.livemint.com, June 21, 2007
Is India Overheating? Eight Myths About Inflation—And The Realities”, with Charles Kramer, Op Ed, Business Standard, April 14, 2007
India’s Pattern of Development: What Happened? What Follows?”, with Utsav Kumar, Raghuram Rajan, Arvind Subramanian, and Ioannis Tokatlidis, JME, Elsevier, vol. 53(5), pages 981-1019, July
India: Macroeconomic Implications of Fiscal Imbalances”, in A Sustainable Fiscal Policy for India—An International Perspective, ed. by Peter Heller and M. Govinda Rao (Oxford University Press, 2006)
Rules-Based Adjustment in a Highly Decentralized Context: The Case of India”, in Rules-Based Fiscal Policy in Emerging Markets: Background, Analysis and Prospects, ed. by George Kopits (International Monetary Fund, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2004).
Current Account Imbalances: A Case Study of Thailand”, with Anoop Singh and Jonathan Ostry, presented at the Austrian National Bank, Vienna, November 1997
Policy Framework for Successful Transformation of the Chinese Economy”, with Ichiro Otani, Presented at Symposium on Economic Transformation in China, Haikou, December 1993