Jomo Sundaram

Jomo Kwame Sundaram is Research Adviser at the Khazanah Research Institute, Fellow, Academy of Science, Malaysia, and Emeritus Professor, University of Malaya. He was Founder Chair of International Development Economics Associates (IDEAS), Assistant Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development and honorary Research Coordinator for the G24 Intergovernmental Group on International Monetary Affairs and Development from 2005. He was awarded the Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought in 2007, several honorary doctorates and the 2026 World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Award in Social Sciences. He has authored and edited over a hundred books and translated ten volumes besides writing many academic papers and media articles.