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Dr. Shyam Nath

shyamnath@am.amrita.edu
Indian Citizen

Present Affiliation:
Director, Amrita Center for Economics & Governance, (Adjunct Professor, Amrita School of
Business), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Amritapuri Campus, Kerala, India
(2014- )
Overseas Consultant, World Observatory on Local Government Finance and Investment, United
Cities and Local Government (UCLG/OECD), Barcelona (Spain) (2021-)
Overseas Consultant on Environmental Challenges in Small Islands, Indian Ocean
Commission/European Union, Headquarters, Port Louis, Republic of Mauritius (2016- )
Past Affiliation:
Professor of Economics, University of Mauritius, Department of Economics, University of
Mauritius, Le Reduit, Mauritius (1990-2008)
Visiting Researcher/Professor, Center for African Studies, University of California, Berkeley,
USA (2010-2011)
Overseas Consultant, Environmental and Natural Resource Challenges, Commonwealth
Secretariat, London, UK (2007-2011)
Overseas Consultant, Social Policy in Small States, UN Research Institute for Social
Development, Geneva, Switzerland (2009-11)
National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi (1980-1990)
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, New York, USA (1979-
80)
National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi (1976-1979)
Research and Consultancy interests:
Public Finance, Development Economics, Environmental Economics, Econometric Modeling

Academic Record and Post-Doctoral Research
PhD Economics194-77, University of Rajasthan through ICSSR, New Delhi, India
MA Economicswith Advanced Statistics 1962-1964, BA (Hons.) 1960-1962 BHU, India
Visiting Scholar, Center for African Studies, University of California, Berkeley, USA 2010-2011
PDF (Post-Doctoral Fellow) Metropolitan Finance, 1979-80, Maxwell School of Citizenship
and Public Affairs, Syracuse University (New York, USA)
Graduate Course in Econometric Theory and Applied Econometric Modeling 1979-80,
Syracuse University (New York, USA)
Research and Consultancy Assignments
20 years of active participation in research and consultancy in the field of public finance,
urban development and economics of developing countries for national and regional
governments in India and international agencies (UNDP, UNCDF, WORLD BANK,
UNU/WIDER (Finland), USAID, UNICEF, ECA, AERC (Africa), UNRISD (Geneva, Switzerland),
Commonwealth Secretariat (London, UK), United Cities and Local Government
(UCLG/OECD), Barcelona (Spain)
Supervision of PhD Research
University of Mauritius, Banaras Hindu University, University of Rajasthan, Amrita
University, Member PhD Comments Committee, Syracuse University (New York), USA.
Areas of PhD Research Supervision
Economics of Water Utilities, Municipal Finance, Macro Economics of Public Budgets,
Economics of Social Security Budgets, Public Expenditure Analysis, Monetary and Banking
Policy, Labour Market Analysis, Foreign Direct Investment, Environmental Economics.
Publications: Refereed articles
Child labour and psychosocial wellbeing: Findings from India (Co-authored). Health
Economics, 30 (4), 2021, Pages 876-902, https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4224, 2021

‘Transition from economic progress to sustainable development: Missing links’ (Co-
authored) in Shaping the Future of Small Islands: A Road Map for Sustainable Development

(Eds.) John L Roberts et al., Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.

‘Social capital and subjective wellbeing in small states’ (Co-authored) in Shaping the Future
of Small Islands: A Road Map for Sustainable Development(Eds.) John L Roberts et al., Palgrave
Macmillan, 2021.
‘Climate change, sea level dynamics, and mitigation’ (Co-authored) in Shaping the Future of
Small Islands: A Road Map for Sustainable Development (Eds.) John L Roberts et al., Palgrave
Macmillan, 2021.
‘International climate diplomacy, collective action and SIDS’ (Co-authored) in Shaping the
Future of Small Islands: A Road Map for Sustainable Development(Eds.) John L Roberts et al.,
Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
An augmented P-star model of Indian inflation (Co-authored), Applied Economics 52 (26),
2795-2806, 2020.
State fragility, colonial incidence, and contemporary institutions (Co-authored),
International Journal of Development and Conflict 10 (1), 1-10, 2020.
Ethnic diversity and human capital development in India: A disaggregated analysis at the
state and district levels (Co-authored), Applied Economics, DOI:
10.1080/00036846.2019.1646880, 1-13, 2020.
Over-indebtedness and its drivers among microfinance borrowers in India (Co-authored),
Economic and Political Weekly, 54(7), 47-54, 2019.
‘Beneficiary charges: The Cinderella of Subnational Finance’ (Co-authored) in Taxation and
Development: The Weakest Link (Eds.) Richard Bird and Jorge Martinez, Edward Elgar,
UK/USA, 2014.
Geography, macroeconomic vulnerability, and economic performance (Co-authored),
International Journal of Development and Conflict 2 (2), 2012.
‘A political cost model of fiscal federalism: Some empirical results from Indian federation’ in
Development and Public Finance: Essaysin Honour of Raja J Chelliah, Sage Publications, New
Delhi, 2012.
‘Tax instruments for the environmental management in tourist destinations’ (Co-author
Larry Schroeder) in Saving Small Island Developing States, Commonwealth Secretariat,
London, 2010.
‘Sustainable energy from renewable biological resources: Sugarcane bagasse energy
cogeneration in Mauritius’ (Co-author) in Saving Small Island Developing States,
Commonwealth Secretariat, London, 2010.
‘Concepts and public policy issues in environmental and natural resource analysis’ in Saving
Small Island Developing States, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, 2010.

Is donors’ concern about the fungibility of foreign aid justified? A panel data analysis (Co-
authored), Journal of Developing Areas 43 (2), 299-311, 2010.

Rational partition preferences and the equivalence of flypaper and fungibility of foreign aid:
An application of Young’s Theorem (Co-authored), Asian Economic Review 51 (3), 403-410,
2009.
Sustainable energy from renewable biological resources: The case of sugarcane bagasse,
IHDP Science Policy Dialogue 2008, United Nations University, Bonn, Germany.
‘A shared growth story of economic success: The case of Mauritius’ (Co-author Yeti Nisha
Madhoo) in Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa: 1960-2000 (Eds.) B. J. Ndulu, S.
A. O’Connell, Jean-Paul Azam, R. H. Bates, A. K. Fosu, J. W. Gunning and D. Nijinkeu, Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge, 2008.
Aid motivation and donor behavior (Co-authored), American Review of Political Economy 5
(1), 1-13, 2007.
A counterfactual analysis of fiscal decentralization in small countries: The case of Mauritius
(Co-author Larry D Schroeder), Public Finance and Management 7 (2), 116-148, 2007.
Weak agriculture industry linkages, international political economy and labour market
distortions (Co-authored), International Journal of Economic Research 4 (2), 179-199, 2007.
Growth, Income Inequality and Aid Giving: Looking for an Aid-Kuznets Curve (Co-authored),
Review of Applied Economics 3, 157-167, 2007.

‘Globalisation, subnational governments and urban cities in the developing world’ (Co-
authored) in Globalisation and the Third World (eds.) B. N. Ghosh and H. M. Guven, Palgrave,

Hampshire (UK) and New York (USA), 2006.
Is external development assistance fungible? The case of Mauritius (Co-authored), Oxford
Development Studies 30 (3), 307-315, 2002.
Foreign aid and donor’s trade gains (Co-authored), Applied Economics Letters 9(8), 515-517,
2002.
Bargaining, coalitions, and local expenditure (Co-authored), Urban Studies 38 (13), 2379-
2391, 2001.
Deprivation and incidence of urban public services: A tale of three cities (Co-authored),
Regional and Urban Review of Development Studies 13 (3), 207-220, 2001.
‘Local government finance in Mauritius – A small island perspective’ in The Mauritian
Economy: A Reader (Eds.) R. Dabee and D. Greenaway, Palgrave/Macmillan, London, 2001.

‘Government expenditure and economic development’ in The Mauritian Economy: A Reader
(Eds.) R. Dabee and D. Greenaway, Palgrave/Macmillan, London, 2001.
Industrialisation and labour market trends in newly emerging economies: A case study of
Mauritius (Co-authored), Malaysian Journal of Tropical Geography 28 (2), 123-134, 1997.
Expenditure reassignment and fiscal decentralisation: An empirical study of state and local
government in India (Co-authored), Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 13
(3), 351-360, 1995.
Tax experiments and motor vehicle trade in India, Bulletin for International Fiscal
Documentation 49(12), 577-582, 1995.
Privatisation of urban public services: Cost recovery as a major constraint in India, Public
Enterprise 14(3-4), 432-445, 1994.
A Model of local fiscal choice (Co-author Brijesh Purohit), Public Finance/Finances Publiques
47(1), 93-107, 1992.
Business property tax as an alternative to Octroi (Co-authored), Economic and Political
Weekly 24 (9), 473-478, 1989.
A substitute for Octroi: Entry tax vs business property tax, Economic and Political Weekly 23
(31), 1579-1581, 1988.
Is residential property tax equitable? A case study of Calcutta, Economic and Political Weekly
22 (29), 1190-1196, 1987.
Public expenditure decentralization in developing countries (with Roy Walter Bahl, Jr.),
Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 4(4), 405-418, 1986.
‘Financing of urban public services: Property tax vs. user charge’ in Financing Urban
Development in India, Indian Institute Public of Administration, New Delhi, 1986.
Impact of rent control on property tax base in India – An empirical analysis, Economic and
Political Weekly 19 (19), 805-810, 1984.
Property tax growth in metropolitan cities in India (Co-authored), Nagarlok: Urban Affairs
Quarterly 14, 33-44, 1984.
Property Tax Revenue Growth in Two Indian Cities (Co-author Schroeder, L. D.) Metropolitan
Studies Program, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University,
1982.
Incidence of indirect taxation in Rajasthan, Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic
Research, NCAER, 20, April 1980.

Indexing income tax for inflation, Economic Affairs (Calcutta) 19 (9), 1974.
A note on Professor Musgrave’s diagrammatic explanation of tax liabilities under various
sacrifice formulae, Artha Vijnana: A Journal of Politics and Economics 16 (3), 1974.
Comparison of states’ tax ratio, marginal tax rate and income elasticity of taxation, Economic
Affairs 18 (4), 1973.
On moping of the agricultural surplus, Economic Affairs) 18 (1), 1973.
Recent Chapters in Edited Volume

‘Transition from economic progress to sustainable development: Missing links’ (Co-
authored) in Shaping the Future of Small Islands: A Road Map for Sustainable Development

(Eds.) John L Roberts et al., Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
‘Social capital and subjective wellbeing in small states’ (Co-authored) in Shaping the Future
of Small Islands: A Road Map for Sustainable Development(Eds.) John L Roberts et al., Palgrave
Macmillan, 2021.
‘Climate change, sea level dynamics, and mitigation’ (Co-authored) in Shaping the Future of
Small Islands: A Road Map for Sustainable Development (Eds.) John L Roberts et al., Palgrave
Macmillan, 2021.
‘International climate diplomacy, collective action and SIDS’ (Co-authored) in Shaping the
Future of Small Islands: A Road Map for Sustainable Development(Eds.) John L Roberts et al.,
Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
‘Beneficiary charges: The Cinderella of Subnational Finance’ (Co-authored) in Taxation and
Development: The Weakest Link (Eds.) Richard Bird and Jorge Martinez, Edward Elgar,
UK/USA, 2014.

Explaining African Economic Growth Performance in Africa: Mauritius (27 Countries
Project), The Case of Mauritius, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi (Africa),
Funded by Multiple Donor Countries and International Funding Agencies, 2003-2006.
Author of Economic Report on Africa, 2003: Mauritius, Economic Commission for Africa
(ECA), Addis Ababa, 2002.
Financing Local Governance in Mauritius, Tertiary Education Commission, Mauritius and
University of Mauritius Research Project, 2003.
Author of Common Country Assessment (CCA): Mauritius, UNDP, August – November 1999.
Author of Policy of Fiscal Decentralisation and Draft Policy Statement for the Royal
Government of Cambodia (with Paddy Roome), United National Capital Development Fund
(UNCDF), February – March 1999.
Co-author of Local Government Financing and Fiscal Decentralisation in Malawi (with Larry
Schroeder) UNCDF/WORLD BANK, May – July 1998.
Co-author of the Working Group Report on the Economy: National Long Term Perspective
Study 2020, Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, Government of Mauritius,
Port-Louis, 1997.
Author of Employment Structure Change in African Economies: Policy and Options with
Special Reference to Mauritius, WIDER/UNU (United Nations University), Helsinki (Finland),
1995.
Principal Author of the Report on Management of Urban Local Finances in Non-Octroi States,
A Study for the Planning Commission, Government of India, 1989-90.
Principal Author of the Report on Principles and Practices of Entry Tax, submitted to the
Ministry of Finance, Government of India, 1989-90.
Co-author of the Report on Finance and Management Capabilities of Urban Local Bodies,
submitted to the Planning Commission, Government of India, 1988-90.
Author of Donor Funds and Budgetary Practices in India, United States Agency for
International Development (USAID), New Delhi, 1986.
Co-author of the Report on Property Tax System in Delhi (with Raja J. Chelliah, submitted to
Delhi Administration, Government of India, 1984.
Co-author of the Report on the Tax Reform in West Bengal (with Amaresh Bagchi), submitted
to the Government of West Bengal, Municipal Finance Commission, 1980-

Books
Vanishing Borders of Local Fiscal Fabric: Global Developments with Illustrations from Indian
Federation, Shyam Nath and Yeti Nisha Madhoo, Palgrave Macmillan, Springer, Singapore
(2022)
Shaping the Future of Small Islands: Roadmap for Sustainable Development: Editors John L
Roberts, Shyam Nath, Satya Paul, Yeti Nisha Madhoo, Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore, 2021.
Ethnic Diversity, Development and Social Policy in Small States: The Case of Mauritius
(coauthor Yeti Nisha Madhoo), Research Paper No 2, United Nations Research Institute for
Social Development, Geneva (Switzerland), May 2013 (Memio).
Saving Small Island Developing States: Environmental and Natural Resource Challenges
(Editors: Shyam Nath, John L Roberts, and Yeti Nisha Madhoo), Commonwealth Secretariat,
London (UK), 2010.
Management of Urban Local Finances in Non Octroi States (coauthor B. C. Purohit), R.
Publications, New Delhi, 1994.
Measuring Tax Burden in India: A Case Study of Rajasthan State. Ashish Publishing House,
New Delhi, 1987.

Author of International and National Consultancy Reports
World Observatory on Local Government Finance and Investment, Athour of Mauritius Local
Government Finance and Investment, United Cities and Local Government (UCLG/OECD),
Barcelona (Spain) (2021-22)
Social Policy Challenges in Small States (with Yeti Nisha Madhoo), United Nations Research
Institute for Social Development, Geneva, 2011.
Explaining African Economic Growth Performance in Africa: Mauritius (27 Countries
Project), The Case of Mauritius, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi (Africa),
Funded by Multiple Donor Countries and International Funding Agencies, 2003-2006.
Author of Economic Report on Africa, 2003: Mauritius, Economic Commission for Africa
(ECA), Addis Ababa, 2002.
Financing Local Governance in Mauritius, Tertiary Education Commission, Mauritius and
University of Mauritius Research Project, 2003.
Author of Common Country Assessment (CCA): Mauritius, UNDP, August – November 1999.

Author of Policy of Fiscal Decentralisation and Draft Policy Statement for the Royal
Government of Cambodia (with Paddy Roome), United National Capital Development Fund
(UNCDF), February – March 1999.
Co-author of Local Government Financing and Fiscal Decentralisation in Malawi (with Larry
Schroeder) UNCDF/WORLD BANK, May – July 1998.
Co-author of the Working Group Report on the Economy: National Long Term Perspective
Study 2020, Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, Government of Mauritius,
Port-Louis, 1997.
Author of Employment Structure Change in African Economies: Policy and Options with
Special Reference to Mauritius, WIDER/UNU (United Nations University), Helsinki (Finland),
1995.
Principal Author of the Report on Management of Urban Local Finances in Non-Octroi States,
A Study for the Planning Commission, Government of India, 1989-90.
Principal Author of the Report on Principles and Practices of Entry Tax, submitted to the
Ministry of Finance, Government of India, 1989-90.
Co-author of the Report on Finance and Management Capabilities of Urban Local Bodies,
submitted to the Planning Commission, Government of India, 1988-90.
Author of Donor Funds and Budgetary Practices in India, United States Agency for
International Development (USAID), New Delhi, 1986.

Co-author of the Report on Property Tax System in Delhi (with Raja J. Chelliah, submitted to
Delhi Administration, Government of India, 1984.
Co-author of the Report on the Tax Reform in West Bengal (with Amaresh Bagchi), submitted
to the Government of West Bengal, Municipal Finance Commission, 1980-81.
Co-author of the Report on the Tax System in the State of Assam (with Raja J. Chelliah),
submitted to the Government of Assam (India), 1977-78.
Co-author of the background paper entitled Elasticity and Buoyancy of State Indirect Taxes
(with Raja J Chelliah) for the Indirect Taxation Enquiry Committee, Government of India,
1976-77.

Occasional/Working Papers

Environmental fiscal federalism and atmospheric pollution: A tale of two Indian
cities paper no. 2021/01, Australian National University ASARC Working Papers, Canberra,
Australia

Modelling political economy of social security in Mauritius: A game theoretic approach (co-
authored), DES Working Paper 2006/3, Department of Economics and Statistics, University

of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius.
Foreign ownership and labour productivity in Sub Saharan Africa (co-authored), DES
Working Paper 2006/1, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Mauritius,
Reduit, Mauritius.
A counterfactual analysis of fiscal decentralisation in small countries: The case of Mauritius
(co-authored), DES Working Paper 2005/02, Department of Economics and Statistics,
University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius (published in Journal of Public Finance and
Management as indicated above).
Aid motivation and donor behaviour (co-authored), DES Working Paper 2006/1,
Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius
(published in American Review of Political Economy as indicated above).
A model of local fiscal choice (co-authored), Working Paper No. 3/89, National Institute of
Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, May 1989 and Occasional Paper No 135, May 1990,
International series of the Maxwell School, Metropolitan Studies Program, Syracuse
University, Syracuse (New York, USA) (published in Public Finance/Finances Publiques as
indicated above).
Optimal mix of urban public services: A game theoretic approach (co-authored), Working
Papers in Economics, No. 140, May 1990, The University of Sydney, Australia and Working
Paper No. 5/89, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, July 1989.
Public expenditure decentralisation in developing countries (Co-authored) Working Paper
No. 21 National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, September, 1986
(published in Government and Policy as indicated above).
Impact of standard rent on property tax base in India: An empirical analysis, Working Paper
No. 11, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, October 1982 and
Occasional Paper, No. 75, The Maxwell School (published in Economic and Political Weekly
as indicated above).
Property tax revenue growth in Indian cities (co-authored), Occasional Paper No. 65, The
Maxwell School, December 1982 and Working Paper No. 10, National Institute of Public and
Policy, New Delhi, December 1982, (published in Nagarlok: Urban Affairs Quarterly as
indicated above).

Local fiscal response to expenditure reassignment and fiscal decentralisation in India,
Working Paper No. 1/93, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, January
1993.

International Conference Paper
Role of Self-Help Groups in Coping with Natural Disaster: A Study from Sundarbans Region
in West Bengal, India, Biannual International Conference of Indian Society for Ecological
Economics, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, New Delhi, December 15-17,
2021 (Online).
Economic models, growth and sustainable development, Saving Small Islands Conference,
Indian Ocean Commission, Ebene, Mauritius, Sponsored by European Union and
Commonwealth Secretariat, August 6-8, 2015.
Beneficiary charges: The Cinderella of subnational finance, Taxation and Development: The
Weakest Link, Stone Mountain, Marriott Conference Resort, Atlanta (Georgia, USA),
September 13-15, 2012.
Sustainable energy from renewable biological resources: The case of sugarcane bagasse,
Workshop on energy efficiency, sustainability and societal change, University of California,
Santa Barbara, USA, June 19-20, 2008.
Taxing international tourist for the coastal environment: The case of Mauritius, Paper
presented at the 52nd Annual Conference of North American Regional Science International,
organized by University of Nevada, Las Vegas (USA), November 10-14, 2005.
Measuring coastal damage and planning for sustainable international tourism management
in the Island of Mauritius, Paper presented at the Indian Ocean Marine Environment
Conference, organized by University of Western Australia in Perth (Australia), February 14-
18, 2005.
Spatial dimensions of government spending: The case of Mauritius, Paper presented at the
51st Annual Conference of North American Regional Science International, organized by
University of Washington, Seattle (USA), November 11-13, 2004.
Urban governance – central vs. local government efficiency in providing urban public
services: A case study of Mauritius’ Paper presented at the Research Committee 21 Meeting
on Urban and Regional Development, University of Milan (Italy), September 25-27, 2003.
On explaining Mauritian economic miracle, Coauthored Paper presented at the AERC
Workshop on Explaining African Economic Growth Performance, Nairobi (Kenya),
November 27-29, 2003.

Modelling wages under neoclassical distortions, The case of Mauritius, 15th Meeting of
European Society for Population Economics, Athens University of Business and Economics,
Athens (Greece), June 1-16, 2001.
Socio economic disparities in city states, A case study of Mauritius, Research Committee

Meeting on Regional and Urban Development on the theme Social Inequalities, Re-
distributive Justice and the City, Amsterdam Study Centre for the Metropolitan Environment,

University of Amsterdam (Netherlands), June 17, 2001.
Export-led growth and labour markets in emerging economies: The case of Mauritius,

International Conference on Globalisation, Economic Reform and Development in Asia-
Pacific Region, University of Western Sydney (Australia), July 5-7, 1999.

A model of local fiscal assignment: Some empirical results for Mauritius, 54th Congress of
International Institute of Public Finance, Cordoba, Argentina, August 24-27, 1998.
Coastal resources, the environment and international tourists, International Workshop on
Coastal Resources and Economic Development, held in Zanzibar, December 6-9, 1997.
A discussant paper presented in Absentia on M. Wrede’s paper on Efficiency of local goods
provision, 53rd Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Kyoto University,
Japan, August 27-30, 1997.
New urban forms: Economic and social dimensions, ISA Research Committee Conference on
Regional and Urban Development, University of Queensland, Brisbane, (Australia) July 2-5,
1996.
Industrialisation and labour market trends – A case Study of Mauritius, Commonwealth
Geographical Bureau Conference on Vanishing Borders, Department of Geography,
University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), July 19-23, 1996.
Urbanisation and employment structure change in African economies: An analysis of policy
options with special reference to Mauritius, UNU/WIDER Workshop on Changing
Employment Patterns and the Structure of Unemployment in Africa, Accra (Ghana), July 28-
29, 1995.
Foreign aid and public fiscal behaviour: A case study of Mauritius, Econometric Society 7th
World Congress, Keio University, Tokyo (Japan), August 22-29, 1995.
International tourist population as a tax base: The case of Mauritius, paper presented at the
7th Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics, Demographic
Research Institute, Budapest (Hungary), June 3-6, 1993.
Optimal mix of urban public services: A game theoretic approach (co-authored), Far Eastern
Conference of Econometric Society, The Academia Sinica Institute of Economics, Taipei
(Taiwan), June 28, 1993.

Privatisation of municipal services in India: Facts and issues, CIRIEC Conference, University
of Liege (Belgium), April 4-5, 1991 (Circulated).
Local fiscal response to expenditure reassignment and fiscal decentralisation in India, 46th
Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Brussels (Belgium), August 27-29,
1990.
Local fiscal adjustment and state grants policy: An empirical analysis, Twenty-Seventh
Indian Econometric Conference, Department of Economics, Aligarh Muslim University,
Aligarh, January 4-5, 1990.
An alternative to Octroi, Paper presented at a Seminar on Octroi – Problem and Prospects,
Shivaji University, Kolahapur, February 24-26, 1988.
Rent control policy and urban housing, paper presented at a 2-day Seminar on Issues in
Urban Housing and Transport, organized by the CIRIEC India/Society for Development
Studies, India International Centre, New Delhi, January 4-5, 1988.
State fiscal response to external aid for plan projects under the concept of additionality,
paper presented at a 2-day Seminar on Issues in Resource Mobilisation for Planning, held at
NIPFP, New Delhi, April 24-25, 1987.
Housing and urbanisation: Economic and social dimensions – A Brief Note presented at the
Workshop on Housing in Urban Development, Indian Council of Social Science Research,
New Delhi, August 23, 1986.
Property tax as a source of urban finance, paper presented at the National Workshop on
Urban Finance, held at NIPFP, New Delhi, May 6-8, 1985.
Provision of urban public services: An economic analysis of municipal government vs.
autonomous board, paper presented at the National Workshop on Urban Finance, held at
NIPFP, New Delhi, May 6-8, 1985.
Metropolitan growth and management in India with reference to local finance – A study of
the property tax in Calcutta, paper presented at the Conference on Urbanisation and National
Development, East West Centre, Population Research Institute, University of Hawaii,
Honolulu (Hawaii, USA), January 25-29, 1982.
Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference, Montreal (Canada), May 1-8, 1980
(Discussant’s paper).

International Research Meetings and Workshops

International Conference on Applied Economics, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey,
June 27-29 2013, Chaired a Session on Microeconomics (5.30-7.30 pm Session).
The 18th annual conference of the International Sustainable Development Research Society
(ISDRS), University of Hull, UK, June 24-26, 2012, participation.
The 17th annual conference of the International Sustainable Development Research Society
(ISDRS), Earth Institute, Columbia University, in partnership with the United Nations
Division of Sustainable Development and Asian Development Bank Institute, New York, USA,
May8-10 2011, participation.
The Asia Pacific Economic and Business History Conference, Berkeley, California, February
18-20, 2011, participation.
Country Role Model of Economic Development Conference, United Nations University-World
Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki (Finland), June 13-14, 2008.
Climate Change and Economic Development Workshop, African Economic Research
Consortium, Nairobi (Kenya), April 22-24, 2008.
Subject Specialist Workshop in Health Economics for Collaborative MA Programme for
Anglophone Africa, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi (Kenya), June 28-30,
2007.
World Meteorological Organisation’s Annual Meeting, Finnish Meteorological Office,
Helsinki (Finland), July 6-10, 2006.
Special Senior Policy Seminar on Explaining African economic Growth Performance, held in
Kigali (Rwanda), October 25-26, 2006.
Workshop on Explaining African Economic Growth Performance, African Economic
Research Consortium, Nairobi (Kenya), May 23-25, 2002.
Workshop on the National Human Dimensions Programme, Organised by the International
Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP, Bonn, Germany) on Global Environmental Change,
Mauritius, March 25-27, 2002.
Research Committee Meeting on Regional and Urban Development on the theme Social
Inequalities, Re-distributive Justice and the City, Amsterdam Study Centre for Metropolitan
Environment, University of Amsterdam (Netherlands), June 17, 2001.
Subject Specialist Workshop for Collaborative MA Programme in Managerial Economics for
Anglophone Africa, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi (Kenya), June 28-30,
2000.

Training Workshop in Capacity Building and Networking in the Area of Biogeochemical
Budgeting and Socioeconomic Modelling including Human Dimension Aspects in Coastal
Systems of South Asia, 18-22 September Mt Lavinia, Sri Lanka, 2000.
Inter-Ministerial Conference and Workshop on Decentralised Commune Governance and
Fiscal Decentralisation, organised by United Nations Capital Development Fund, Phnom
Pehn (Cambodia), February 17-19, 1999 (Facilitator on Fiscal Decentralisation).
Workshop in Advanced Econometrics, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi
(Kenya), September 30 – October 11, 1996.
Ninth International Symposium on the Property Tax, held in Spain (Barcelona and Seville),
November 22 – December 2, 1988.
Short International Visiting Academic Visits and Attachments
Georgia State University, Atlanta (USA), Meeting to publish an edited volume in Honor of R.
W. Bahl, Jr., 2012.
University of California, Berkeley (USA), Center for African Studies, 2010-11, Research.
University of Western Sydney, Macarthur (Australia), Department of Economics and Finance,
July 1999, Research.
University of Frankfurt, Germany, Department of Economics, June 1993, Research.
Erasmus University Local Finance Centre and Municipality of Rotterdam (Netherlands),
August 1990, Lecture.
Institute of Housing, Rotterdam (Netherlands), September 1990, Lecture.
Membership of Advisory Committees
Member of the Committee on Professional and Institutional Development, African Economic
Research Consortium, Nairobi, Kenya, 1997-99.
Member of the Academic Committee, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi,
Kenya, 1995-98.
Member of the Special Group to make recommendations about the ways and means to
operate sewage treatment plants and stations on a commercial basis under Ganga Action
Plan, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India, New Delhi, 1986-87.
Member of the Expert Committee on Used Oil, Ministry of Environment and Quality of Life,
Government of Mauritius, Port Louis, 1990-91.
Member of the Working Group on the Mauritian Economy 2020 Scenario Building,
Government of Mauritius, Port Louis, 1992-93.
Journal Referee

World Development, Journal of Developing Areas, International Journal of Economic
Research, Economic and Political Weekly, Mauritius Research Journal, African-Asian Journal
of Economics and Econometrics, International Journal of Development and Conflict.
Editorial Experience
Co-ordinating Editor (with J. L. Roberts, S. Paul and Y. N. Madhoo), Shaping the Future of
Small Islands: Roadmap for Sustainable Development, Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore, 2019-
2020.
Principal Editor (with John Roberts, Indian Ocean Commission, Mauritius and Yeti Nisha
Madhoo, University of Mauritius), Saving Small and Island States, Commonwealth Secretariat,
London, 2007 to 2010.
Member of Editorial Board for the Committee on Research, Consultancy and Innovation,
University of Mauritius, Mauritius, 2004-08.
Editor, Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Department of Economics and Statistics,
University of Mauritius, Mauritius, 2001-2008.
Member, Mauritius Research Council, Mauritius, Pool of Resources for screening project
reports and PhD dissertations for publication grant, 1998-2004.
Resource Person, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi, Kenya.
Director of Training of Public Sector Officers and Resource Faculty
Research Methodology Workshop for Social and Management Sciences, University of
Mauritius, July 24 -August 2, 2000 (Director).
Inter-Ministerial Workshop on Decentralised Commune Governance and Fiscal
Decentralisation, Organised by United Nations Capital Development Fund, Phnom Penh
(Cambodia), February 17-19, 1999, (Facilitator and Resource Person on Fiscal
Decentralisation).
Advanced Management Programmes for Senior and Middle Level Executives in the Public
and Private Sectors held at the University of Mauritius, Mauritius in 1993 and 1994
(Resource Person and Member of the Directorate).
Supply Management Course for Government Officials in Mauritius, Ministry of Finance,
Government of Mauritius, Mauritius, 1993 and 1994 (Resource Person).
Training Courses on Urban Finance, (1984-85), Sponsored by the Government of India,
Ministry of Urban Development.
National Workshop on Urban Finance (May 6-8, 1985), Sponsored by the Government of
India, Ministry of Urban Development.
Training Programmes on the Techniques of Budgetary Projections (1978-79), Sponsored by
the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs.
Advanced Training Programmes in Sale Tax Administration (1970-88), Sponsored by the
Government of India, Ministry of Finance.

Workshop on Computerisation of Sales Tax Data (1978), at the request of State Governments
in India.
Membership of Professional Societies
World Econometric Society, European Society for Population Economics, International
Sociological Association Research Committee on Urban and Regional Development, North
American Regional Science Association, International Institute of Public Finance
Academic Administration
Dean, Faculty of Social Studies and Humanities, University of Mauritius, Reduit,
(Officiating/Full Time), 2001-2002.
Acting Dean of Faculty, Social Studies and Humanities, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Nov
1997.
Member, Academic Promotion Appeals Committee, University of Mauritius, Reduit, 1998-
2005.
Chairperson Departmental Research Committee, Department of Economics, University of
Mauritius, Reduit, 2002-05.
Convener, Technical Committee, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of
Mauritius, Reduit, 2000-02.
Academic Expert on Staff Selection Committees at the University of Mauritius, Reduit, during
1991-99.
Member of Advisory Committees on Course and Curriculum Development Committees,
University of Mauritius, Reduit, 1996-99.
Member, Academic Promotion Appeals Committee, University of Mauritius, Reduit, 1999-
2000.
Programme Coordinator, master’s in public policy and Administration, University of
Mauritius, Reduit, 2005-08.
Member of Faculty Board, Social Studies and Humanities, University of Mauritius, 1990-99
Member of University Senate, University of Mauritius, Reduit, 1990-95.
Member, Faculty Committee, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi,
1986/87.
Chairperson, Faculty and Staff Council, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New
Delhi, 1987-88.
President, Faculty and Staff Association, Banasthali Vidyapeeth (University of Rajasthan,
1972-73.
Communication address:
Office: Dr Shyam Nath, Professor and Director, Amrita Center for Economics& Governance,
Amrita University, Amritapuri Campus, Clappana PO, Kollam Dt. Kerala India PIN 690 525
Cell: +91 8129 068944 Office Phone: +91 (476) 280 1280
Email: shyamnath@am.amrita.edu; snathg4@gmail.com
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