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SOTHEA OUM

 

 

Economist

 

 

 

 

 

EXPERTISE

 

Computable General Equilibrium Modeling, Applied Economics, Income Distribution and Poverty Analysis

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EDUCATION

2010

Ph.D. in Economics, Centre of Policy Studies (CoPS), Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Dissertation: “A CGE Model for Poverty and Policy Analysis in Cambodia”

 

2004

M.A. in Economics, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

 

1999

B.A. in Economics, National Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam

 

 

 

EXPERIENCE

05/2009 -

Associate Researcher, ERIA Jakarta, Indonesia

 

04-07/2008     

Consultant, Asian Development Bank, Manila, the Philippines

 

2004-2005      

Researcher, Economic Institute of Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia

 

08/2004     

Consultant, the World Bank, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

 

2000-2001    Administrative Officer, ACLEDA Bank Plc., Svay Rieng Branch

 

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

  • Oum, S., “Income Distribution and Poverty in a CGE Framework: A Proposed   Methodology”, ERIA- Discussion Paper, 2009-18
  • Oum, S., “An Estimation of Input – Output Table for the Cambodian Economy 2003,” V6.2 Documentation - I-O Tables:
  • Cambodia, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Documentation, Purdue University (2008).
  • Oum, S., “The Impact of Higher International Oil Prices on the Cambodian Economy – Revisited,” EIC Economic Review, Vol. 3, No.2, April - June, 2006.
  • Oum, S. and al., “Cambodia Economic Watch III,” Economic Institute of Cambodia, October 2005.
  • Sok, H., Oum, S., and al., “Cambodia Economic Watch II,” Economic Institute of Cambodia, April 2005.
  • Oum, S., and Sok, H. “Cambodia Economic Watch I,” Economic Institute of Cambodia, October 2004.
  • Oum, S., “Cambodia's National Budget Implementation in 2004 and Prospects for 2005,” EIC Economic Review, Vol. 1, No.6, October-December, 2004.
  • Oum, S., “The Impact of International Crude Oil Prices on Cambodia,” EIC Economic Review, Vol. 1, No.5, July - August, 2004.
  • Oum, S., “Cambodia’s Economy During the Political Deadlock and Aftermath,” EIC Economic Review, Vol. 1, No.4, April-June, 2004.



<Papers presented at conferences>

 

  • “Meeting Millennium Poverty Reduction Target - A CGE Assessment For Cambodia,” presented at the 11th International Convention of the East Asian Economic Association, 15-16 November 2008, Manila

  • “Assessing Impact of Cutting Informal Payments on the Cambodian Economy and Poverty – a CGE Analysis,” presented at Faculty of Business and Economics Doctoral Conference, Monash University, 27 - 28 October, 2008

  • “A Recursive Dynamic CGE assessment of the Cambodian Millennium Poverty Reduction Target,” presented at the PhD Conference in Economics and Business, the University of Western Australia, Perth, 31 October – 2 November 2007

  • “Implications of Growth Stimuli for Regional Migration in Cambodia: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis,” presented at the 31st Conference of the Federation of ASEAN Economic Association (FAEA), Singapore, November 23rd – 25th, 2006

 

 

OTHERS


<Professional Membership>

 

 

Since 2008  Member of East Asian Economic Association


Since 2005 Member of Cambodian Economic Association


Since 2004 Member of Cambodian Progessionals