Areas of interest: 

• International Trade and Finance
• Theory of Income Distribution
• Econometrics

Education:

• Ph.D. Economics, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), 1978
• M.A. Economics, Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania, 1976
• M.A. Political Economy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1974

Experience:

• Research Professor, Institute of the Theory & Practice of International Relations, (August 2014- Present), The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va
• Non-Resident Scholar, the Middle East Institute (March 2017-Present), Washington, DC.
• Member of an International Expert Advisors group for the European Investment Bank-Global Development Network Project (May 2017-Present)
• Council Member, SovereigNET, Fletcher School, Tufts University (January 2014 -Present)
• President, International Economic Consultants, LLC (November 2013-Present)
• Senior Consultant, Independent Evaluation Group, the World Bank Group (March 2014- Present)

Latest Publications:

• Shahrokh Fardoust, Ravi Kanbur, Xubei Luo, and Mark Sundberg. 2017 “An Evaluation of Feedback Loops in the Poverty Focus of World Bank Operations,” Working Papers, School of Applied Economics and Management, WP 2017-03, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, January.
• “The Rise and Fall of the Global Imbalances?” Shahrokh Fardoust, paper presented at the Canadian Economic Association Meetings, Ottawa, Canada, June 6, 2016.
• “Economic Integration in the Middle East – Prospects for Development and Stability,” Shahrokh Fardoust, MEI Policy Paper 2016-5, the Middle East Institute, Washington DC, June 2016.
• “Global Imbalances, Oil-exporters’ Surplus and its Recycling –Revisted,” (co-authored with Jian Zhang), paper presented at the Canadian Economic Association Meetings, Toronto, May 30, 2015.
• “A Glimplse into Future of the Middle East: Scenarios for the Middle East and North Africa in 2030,” Background Note submitted to the Middle East Institute, Washington DC, February 2015.
• “Some Thoughts about Making Long-Term Forecasts for the World Economy”, Shahrokh Fardoust and Ashok Dhareshwar, Working Paper Series, 6705, World Bank, November, 2013.