My Professional History
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
• Exchange rate policy: theories and practices
• Macroeconomic theories and policies
• Financial management and reform in emerging markets
• Country risk analysis
• Project evaluation
• Extensive experience in designing, advising, managing and conducting training projects in macro-economic policies and management and in the establishment of a sound and efficient financial system (reform in banking, money and capital markets).
COUNTRIES OF WORK EXPERIENCE:
England, France, Germany, Spain, and all Eastern European countries (except Yugoslavia), Russia, the Baltic Republics, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Japan, People's Republic of China, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, all Southeast Asian countries, almost all French and English-speaking African countries, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Morocco, Tunisia, Brazil, Haiti
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE RECORD:
(2000 to date)
President: Political & Financial Risks Consultancy, Inc. (P&FRC); Consultant to the IMF
(1994 to date)
Works as consultant: in macroeconomic policies, risk analysis, restructuring of state-owned-enterprises, and financial reforms for such organizations and firms as: IMF, UNDP, World Bank, WPA (Washington Policy Analysis), Shell Oil Co., Tokyo Electric Power Services Co., LTD; assessing sovereign risk in ASEAN countries on behalf of clients (Shell Oil, Tokyo Electric Power Services, WPA); conducting project evaluation studies on the restructuring of large state-owned enterprises in the People's Republic of China (PRC) for UNDP and the PRC government; designing and conducting a series of seminars in international business and finance and related risks for the Mortgage Bankers Association of America (MBA)
(1994- date)
Frequent guest speaker and moderator on subjects ranging from economics to politics and international relations on a number of TV and Radio panels of discussion including the National Public Radio (NPR), CNN, CBS, BBC, NHK (Japan Broadcasting System) Radio Free Asia (RFA), Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Asia (RFA) America's Choice TV, and at several important professional and civic associations such as the Council on Foreign Relations, the Asia Society, the Asia-Australia Institute, the US Chamber of Commerce, the Heritage Foundation,1998 Global Trade Forum.
(1974 to 2000)
Adjunct Professor; International Economics and Southeast Asian Studies departments, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University. Give lecture on two courses covering the subjects of country risk analysis of ASEAN countries, and financial policies and reforms in emerging markets.
(1970-94)
Senior staff (Division Chief/Advisor),International Monetary Fund (IMF), in charge of external technical assistance and institution building. Main task was to design, negotiate, organize and lead a team of staff to conduct workshops and seminars on macroeconomic policies and management for the benefit of government officials at the central bank, the ministries of finance, economy, trade and industries. The mission team generally consisted of 6-8 staff members including a secretary and interpreters.
(October -December, 1993)
Senior Economic and Financial Advisor to First Prime Minister of Cambodia, responsible for producing economic and financial policy briefing papers for the Royal Government of Cambodia. Responsible for coordinating all implementation of government policies between the central bank, the economic/finance ministries and the Prime Minister's Office. Founder and chairman of the Cambodian Development Council (CDC) was responsible for coordinating all foreign direct investment, multilateral and bilateral assistance to Cambodia.
(1980-1981)
Visiting professor in international economic and financial issues at the National Institute of Economic and Statistical Studies (INSEE), Paris, France. Also, lectured at other major universities in Asia, Europe, and the United States.
(1965-1970)
Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Research Division. Main task was to forecast trade and capital movements for some selected countries of Asia and the Middle East.
Teaching experiences: Besides teaching at SAIS, I also lectured at several major universities here (Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, Foreign Affairs Institute, US State Department, Federal Reserves Board), and abroad on a sabbatical leave at the Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et des Etudes Economic (ENSAE) in Paris, France)
PUBLICATIONS:
1. Naranhkiri Tith, Environments For International Business: Implications for Risk and Reward in Globalized Economy, (Washington, DC. Mortgage Bankers Association of America, 1999)
2. Naranhkiri Tith and Clifford Shultz, "Cambodia: Transition, and the Consequences for Future Consumption and Marketing" in Marketing and Consumer Behavior in East and Southeast Asia; (Arizona State University School of Management, McGraw Hill Publishers, 1998)
3. Naranhkiri Tith; "The Challenge of Economic Growth and Development in Cambodia", in Cambodia and the International Community (Edited by Frederick Brown and David Timberman, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, June, 1998
4. Ludwig Rudel, Naranhkiri Tith, Wang Tongsan, and Shen Lisheng; People's Republic of China: Large Enterprise Reform; (UNDP Report of the Terminal Evaluation Mission, Beijing, March 1998)
5. IMF Institute; Transition from Planned to Market-Oriented Economies: Issues in Reforms, Adjustments, and Growth, (IMF, Washington, DC. 1991)
6. IMF Institute; Adjustment, Growth, the Balance of Payments and Debt, (Washington, DC.1988)
7. IMF Institute; Exchange Rate: Theoretical and Operational Issues, Washington, DC. 1986)
8.Bank Indonesia; Selected Key Policy Issues in the Indonesian Economy; (Co-author, and Editor, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1986)
9.Southeast Asian Affairs; Kampuchea: An Update, (Southeast Asian Institute, Singapore, 1976)
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND AWARDS:
1. Distinguished Alumnus Award (1990): Economic Institute, American Economic Association, (AEA) Boulder, Colorado
2 Ten Top Professors Citation (1991); School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC.
3. Member; Cosmos Club, Washington, DC.,
4. Member of the American Economic Association (AEA)
5. Member, Asia-Australia Institute, University of New South Australia
NATIONALITY: EU & US
CIVIL STATUS: Married & One Daughter
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. International Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado;
M.A. Macroeconomics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii;
Graduate studies; Corporate Finance and Management, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada;
Graduate studies in Law and Business Administration, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Graduate studies in Economics, at Columbia University, New York City, NY
LANGUAGE SKLLS:
Reading Speaking Writing
English 5 5 5
French 5 5 5
Cambodian 4 4 3
Spanish 3 2 1
Russian 2 2 1
German 2 2 1
A seminar on economic and financial policies for senior officials in Minsk, Belarus, in 1992
second seminar on economic and financial policies in Budapest, Hungury,
2001. Taking a break from the seminar visiting Buda side with my wife Patricia.
Seminar in sofia Bulgaria for senior Bulgarian official on economic and financial policies in 1991
Closing ceremony hosted by the governor of Bank of Thailand for a regional seminar on economic and financial policies fro senior government officials from the ASEAN countries in Bangkok, Thailand , in 1992
A regional seminar on economic and financial policies in Bangkok Thailand for senior officials of the ASEAN countries in 1993
A seminar on economic and financial policies for senior officials of the Baltic Republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in Riga, Latvia
A seminar on economic and financial policies for senior officials of the Russian Federation in Moscow, in 1992
A special seminar for Mr. Kaysone Phomvihane, Secretary General of the Pathet Lao in Vientiane, Laos in 1986
A seminar on Economic and Financial policies for senior Cambodian officials given in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 1993, prisided over by Mr. Keat Chhon, Deputy Prime Minister
Semiar on economic and financial policies for senior officials of the National Bank of Cambodia, in 1993, presided by Mrs. Saumura Tioulong, Deputy Governor, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Seminar on economic and financial policies for senior Chinese government officials in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, in 1997
Seminar on economic and financial policies for senior Vietnamese government officials
in Hanoi, Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1998