Arief Anshory Yusuf is Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, Padjadjaran University, Indonesia, Visiting Professor at Department of International Development of King’s College London, Honorary Senior Lecturer at Crawford School of Public Policy of the Australian National University and a Non-resident Senior Research Fellow at United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER). He received his Bachelor in Economics from Padjadjaran University, MSc from University College London, and PhD from the Australian National University.
His research focuses on the economic development, particularly on poverty and inequality as well as on the interlinkage between economy and the environment. He is also well-known for his expertise in economic modeling particularly computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling.
He is Founding Director of the Center for Sustainable Development Goals Studies (SDGs Center) of Padjajaran University. He is also Director of the Economy and Environment Institute Indonesia (EEI-Indonesia), a part of the wider network of Economy and Environment Program of Southeast Asia (EEPSEA), an organization that works on the research capacity-building for environmental economics in the region. He has been consultant to various organization such as ADB, UNESCAP, OECD, the World Bank, IDRC as well as advisor to various Indonesian government agencies. Prof. Yusuf is on the editorial board of Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies (BIES).
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Will the poverty SDGs be met?
New analysis shows that economic growth alone will not be enough to end global poverty and meet the global poverty-related SDGs, which will be missed by a considerable distance. It is time to rethink our policy making.