We're excited to announce the launch of John Conroy's book, Edward Kelvin Fisk: Pioneer development economist of The Australian National University.
In 1960, John Crawford hired Fred Fisk, then working in Malaysia, to the ANU. Fisk’s subsequent work on subsistence affluence, first in PNG and then in Fiji and other Pacific island economies, had a deep and lasting impact both in the region, and internationally.
A new book Edward Kelvin Fisk: Pioneer development economist of The Australian National University by Dr John Conroy who has worked for extended periods in both PNG and Indonesia, propounds for a new generation the work of Fred Fisk, bringing to life its theoretical foundations, its numerous applications and its cross-disciplinary linkages.
Join us on Monday April 14 at 5pm the Hedley Building Foyer for the launch of John Conroy’s book by Professor Emeritus Hal Hill and Professor Jane Golley.
There is no registration required for this event. Any enquiries, please contact Development Policy Centre, devpolicy@anu.edu.au.
Event Speakers
Dr John Conroy
John Conroy has been an economist and development practitioner, with extended periods working in PNG and Indonesia. He has held university posts in Australia, PNG, Indonesia and the US, recently as a Crawford School of Public Policy Visiting Research Fellow (2010-18) and a Visitor at the Development Policy Centre.
Professor Jane Golley
Professor Jane Golley is an economist and Head of the Arndt-Corden Department of Economics at the Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University.
Professor Emeritus Hal Hill
Hal Hill is the H.W. Arndt Professor Emeritus of the Southeast Asian Economies at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University.