Anoop Singh

Anoop Singh

Former Distinguished Fellow, Geoeconomics Studies Programme

Anoop Singh was Managing Director and Head of Regulatory Affairs, Asia Pacific, for JP Morgan until mid-2015, and is currently on the adjunct faculties at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore, and at Georgetown University, Washington DC. Before that, at the International Monetary Fund, he was Director of the Asia and Pacific Department (2008-13) and Director of the Western Hemisphere Department (2002-08). Mr. Singh, an Indian national, holds degrees from the universities of Bombay, Cambridge, and the London School of Economics. His other appointments at the IMF have included: Director, Special Operations in the Office of the Managing Director; Senior Advisor, Policy Development and Review Department; and Assistant Director, European Department. His additional work experience includes: Special Advisor to the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India; Senior Economic Advisor to the Vice President, Asia Region, the World Bank; Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University, and sometime lecturer in Bombay University. Mr. Singh has worked and written on macroeconomic, surveillance, and crisis management issues, helping design IMF-supported programs in emerging market, transition, and developing countries in South and South-East Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. He led IMF missions to Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia during the Asian crisis, to Vietnam, Bulgaria, and Albania during their early transition experiences, and to a number of other countries in Asia and in the Americas, including India, Australia, China, Japan, and Argentina. Mr. Singh's publications include,"The Financial Market Crisis and Risks for Latin America", "Macroeconomic Volatility: The Policy Lessons from Latin America", "Inclusive Growth, Institutions, and the Underground Economy", "Sustaining Latin America's Resurgence: Some Historical Perspectives", "Stabilization and Reform in Latin America: A Macroeconomic Perspective on the Experience Since the 1990s", "Latin America's Resurgence", "Australia, Benefiting from Economic Reform", "Macroeconomic Issues Facing ASEAN Countries", and "Monetary Policy in India: Issues and Evidence (RBI)". His recent work on Asia has included directing the IMF’s periodic Regional Economic Outlook, with related posts (http://blog-imfdirect.imf.org/bloggers/anoop-singh/). He has organized conferences and seminars on political and economic issues affecting the ASEAN countries, "Asia and the IMF", Indonesia, Argentina, the Andean region, Central America, the Caribbean region, and the United States.
Expertise

Geoeconomics, Macroeconomic, Surveillance, and Crisis management

Last modified: February 27, 2018

Recent projects

International Monetary Fund Manging Director Christine Lagarde (L), Jeremy Johnson(2ndL), Sara Horowitz;(3rd L), Deborah Greenfield (3rd R), Jim Clifton (2nd R) and James Manyika (R) participate in a Seminar "The New Economy Forum:Future of Work" at the IMF Headquarters during the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings October 11, 2017. IMF Staff Photo/Stephen Jaffe Courtesy: IMF/ Flickr
12 October 2017 Gateway House

IMF, WB Annual Meetings 2017: growth outlook

The IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings, being held on October 12-15 will take place amidst news that the growth momentum of the global economy is being sustained, and the outlook looks better than it did during the Spring Meetings. How can a global consensus be developed to better address the growth fundamentals now that the global economy is strengthening?
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14 August 2017 Gateway House

The demographics of modern India

Modern India stands tall on August 15, 2017: over the past year, it has been seen as the fastest growing major country, macroeconomic stability has been re-established, and the GST implemented. Why, then, are so many stressing that India desperately needs reforms to its labour laws to keep the momentum going?
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18 April 2017 Gateway House

IMF spring meetings: projecting a pickup

The IMF spring meetings on April 21-23 will take place amidst good news of the global economy moving into a better position. But the underlying fundamentals are still weak both in advanced countries and emerging markets, with the risks considerable. Economic policy makers must recognise and address the challenges with global consensus and multilateral actions
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4 April 2017 Gateway House

Diversifying India’s trade destinations

India’s global economic engagement, especially with the developing world, has increased in the last two decades, but trade with South Asia has remained low. It holds the potential for building greater productivity and more inclusive growth in India and the region
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6 February 2017 Gateway House

OBOR: in search of private financing

China has launched the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) Initiative in an attempt to rebuild the ancient Silk Road with proposed land and sea routes to promote infrastructure, trade, and investment in the regions that it will thus connect. The challenge will be to attract private financing to support the official and multilateral ones
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3 January 2017 Gateway House

Economic expectations from Trump

The incoming Trump administration is inheriting an economy that is on a strong recovery path. What are the challenges in sustaining this and what is emerging as the new administration’s growth agenda?
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3 September 2016 Gateway House

Restoring IMF’s SDRs

At the G20 summit in Hangzhou, leaders are expected to discuss the potential for strengthening the international monetary system and the conditions under which SDR could play an important role in this regard. This is a step that is well overdue but will require a major leap in international policy coordination.

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