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Caroline Brassard worked as an economist for the Government of Ontario in Canada, and then undertook research and long term consultancy work on poverty reduction strategies for several international non-governmental organizations in developing countries, including United Nations Children's Fund in Madagascar, CARE in Bangladesh and Save the Children in Vietnam. She then went on to the University of London, where she taught empirical analysis for economics and management for two years, prior to joining the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
Caroline continues to consult with various international organizations including the United Nations Development Program and she teaches economic development policy, poverty alleviation strategies and empirical analysis for public policy. Her current research focuses on comparing policies to alleviate poverty and reduce inequalities in Vietnam and China, analyzing the alternative development path in Bhutan based on Gross National Happiness and the development policy lessons from the Post-Tsunami reconstruction in Aceh, Indonesia. |
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Refereed Articles
- “Multi-level Assessments for Better Targeting of the Poor: A Conceptual Framework”, with Scott Fritzen in Progress in Development Studies, Volume. 7, Number. 2, pp. 99-113, 2007
- “Wage and Labour Regulation Within the Poverty Alleviation Agenda in Vietnam”, Policy and Society, Volume 23, Number 2, pp. 49-77, 2004
Edited Books
- “Labour Market Regulation and De-regulation in Asia: Experiences in the Recent Decades”, edited with Sarthi Acharya, Academic Publishers, Delhi, June 2006, 229 pp.
Book Chapters
- “Introduction and Overview”, with Sarthi Acharya, Chapter 1 in “Labour Market Regulation and De-regulation in Asia: Experiences in the Recent Decades”, edited with Sarthi Acharya, Academic Publishers, Delhi, June 2006, pp. 21-31.
- “Impact of Wage and Labour Regulation in Vietnam” Chapter 4 in “Labour Market Regulation and De-regulation in Asia: Experiences in the Recent Decades”, edited with Sarthi Acharya, Academic Publishers, Delhi, June 2006, pp. 81-109.
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- “Decentralization, Democratization and Development in Bhuta”, February 2008
- “Good Development Governance and Rural Development in South Asia” 2007
- “Trajectories of Inequality in Vietnam: Lessons from China”, with Scott Fritzen, 2007
- “Bhutan’s Contribution to Development Thinking: Pursuing Gross National Happiness” 2006
- “Inequality in Vietnam: Causes, Consequences and Choices”, with Scott Fritzen, 2005, published by DFID, Hanoi.
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- “Development Policy under the Gross National Happiness Framework”, chapter in “Development Paths and Happiness: Alternative Frameworks in Asia”, edited with Takayoshi Kusago (forthcoming, 2008)
- “Development, Decentralization and Democratization in Bhutan” chapter in “South Asian Perspectives 2007”, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. (forthcoming 2008)
- “Good Development Governance and Rural Development”
- “Public Policy Lessons from the Post-Tsunami reconstruction in Aceh Indonesia”
- “Trajectories of Inequality in Vietnam: Lessons from China”
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- “The Role of the Singapore Armed Forces in Post-Tsunami Relief in Aceh and Nias” Case Study with Jenny Ong as joint case writer (forthcoming February 2008)
- “Housing the Poor in Post-Tsunami Aceh” Case Study with TC Lai as joint case writer (forthcoming January 2008)
- “Land-Titling and Gender Equity in Post-Tsunami Aceh”, Case Study with Meutia Chaerani as joint case writer, September 2007
- “Building from the Rubble: The Reconstruction of Aceh and Nias and Indonesia’s Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency” Case Study with Windel Anne Barizo Lacson as joint case writer, September 2006 presented at the workshop on “Evolving a Regional Model for Good Governance in Rural Development” organized by the Centre for Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) in collaboration with the London Commonwealth Secretariat, Islamabad, Pakistan (November 26-30, 2007)
- “The Use and Misuse of Data: The Case of Foreign Workers in Singapore” Case Study with TC Lai as joint case writer, May 2006
- “Streaming in Education: Singapore’s New Education System in 1979” Case Study with TC Lai as joint case writer, February 2006
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- “Bhutan’s Contribution to Public Policy Making”, Op-Ed article for the Asian Journal of Public Affairs, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (forthcoming January 2008)
- “Teaching Quantitative Methods Through a Community-Based Data Analysis Exercise”, in Ideas on Teaching, Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning, National University of Singapore, Vol. 3, (forthcoming December 2007)
- “Protecting Values in a Changing World”, Kuensel, National Newspaper of Bhutan, Thimphu, July 17, 2004
- “Are Learning Patterns Different on Mars and Venus?”, Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning Brief, National University of Singapore, Vol. 7, No 1, 2004
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