Padma Desai, Columbia University

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Center for Transition Economies Economics Professor New York City, New York pd5@columbia.edu Office: (212) 854-2266

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Desai, a top scholar on Russia and the Soviet Union, has turned her recent research efforts to economic reforms in Russia and the emerging market economies, though her writings extend to other transition and emerging market economies. A former U.S. Treasury Advisor to the Russian Finance Ministry...

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Bio/Research

Desai, a top scholar on Russia and the Soviet Union, has turned her recent research efforts to economic reforms in Russia and the emerging market economies, though her writings extend to other transition and emerging market economies. A former U.S. Treasury Advisor to the Russian Finance Ministry, Desai’s recent books include Financial Crisis, Contagion, and Containment: From Asia to Argentina and Conversations on Russia, a collection of interviews with such distinguished persons as Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin.

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