Manu BHASKARAN
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow

Research Interests: Singapore economy and its policy options

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Mr Manu Bhaskaran is an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies. He is also concurrently Partner and Member of the Board, Centennial Group Inc, a policy advisory group based in Washington DC where he heads the Group's economic research practice.

Mr Bhaskaran co-leads the institute's work in the area of economics.

His major area of research interest is the Singapore economy and the policy options it faces.

Prior to his current positions, Mr Bhaskaran worked for 13 years at the investment banking arm of Societe Generale as its Chief Economist for Asia. He began his professional career at Singapore's Ministry of Defence, focusing on regional security and strategic issues.

Mr Bhaskaran graduated from Cambridge University with a Masters of Arts and also has a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University.

• The Tenth Singapore Economic Roundtable
  Manu Bhaskaran, ed. Singapore: Straits Times Press, 2009
• The Ninth Singapore Economic Roundtable
  Manu Bhaskaran, ed. Singapore: SNP Reference, 2008
• Regulation and the Limits of Competition
  Manu Bhaskaran, Lai Szu Hao and Gabriel Wong, ed. Regulation and the Limits of Competition. Civil Services College, Institute of Policy Studies and Economic Society of Singapore, 2007
• The Eighth Singapore Economic Roundtable
  Manu Bhaskaran, ed. Singapore: SNP Reference, 2007
• The Seventh Singapore Economic Roundtable
  Manu Bhaskaran, ed. Singapore: SNP Reference, 2007
• The sixth Singapore Economic Roundtable
  Manu Bhaskaran, ed. Singapore: SNP Reference, 2006
• The Fifth Singapore Economic Roundtable
  Manu Bhaskaran, ed. Singapore: SNP Reference, 2005
• The fourth Singapore Economic Roundtable
  Manu Bhaskaran, ed. Singapore: SNP Reference, 2005
• The Third Singapore Economic Roundtable
  Manu Bhaskaran, ed. Singapore: SNP Reference, 2004
• The Second Singapore Economic Roundtable
  Manu Bhaskaran and Vikram Khanna, eds. Singapore: SNP Reference, 2004
• The First Singapore Economic Roundtable
  Manu Bhaskaran, Vikram Khanna and Tan Khee Giap, eds. Singapore: SNP Reference, 2004
• Re-inventing the Asian Model: The Case of Singapore
  Manu Bhaskaran, 2003

• Partner and Member of the Board, Centennial Group Inc.
• Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies.