Professor Mushtaq Khan
BA (Oxon), MPhil, PhD (Cantab)
Overview
Department of Economics
(Professor of Economics)
Centre of South Asian Studies
(Member, Centre of South Asian Studies)
Centre of South East Asian Studies
(Member, Centre of South East Asian Studies)
South and South East Asia: institutional economics and political economy; the economics of rent seeking, corruption and patron-client networks; late industrialisation and the stateContact Details
- Name:
- Professor Mushtaq Khan
- Email address:
- mk17@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- 020 7898 4546
- Fax:
- 020 7898 4759
- Address:
- School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office No:
- 284
- Office Hours:
- Fridays 11.00am - 1pm
- Curriculum Vitae:
- Professor Mushtaq Khan CV (pdf; 84kb)
- Personal Website:
- http://mercury.soas.ac.uk/users/mk17/
Interests / Disciplines
Region: South Asia, Palestine Specific countries: India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Palestine Subjects: Governance Reforms, Industrial Policy, Corruption Analysis and Policy-Formation, Improving State Capacity, Political Stabilization and its Economic Effects.Teaching
Students supervised
- Chirashree Das Gupta
- Hazel Gray
- Lekshmi Nair
- Rashed Al Mahnud Titumir
- Sandhya Balasubrahmanyam
- Sobhi Samour
- Woocheol Lee
Programmes Convened
Courses Taught
Research
Institutional economics, the economics of rent-seeking, corruption and clientelism, industrial policy and state intervention in developing countries. South and South-East Asian economic development. Particular interests in the Indian subcontinent. Teaching interests include microeconomics, the political economy of institutions and South Asian economic development.Expertise
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Available for
- TV
- Radio
- Press
- Briefings
- Special Study Programmes
- Short Term Consultancy
- Long Term Consultancy
Regional Expertise
- South Asia
Country Expertise
- Bangladesh
- India
- Pakistan
- Palestine
Languages
- Bengali
- Hindi
- Urdu
Publications
Edited Books
Khan, Mushtaq and Amundsen, I., eds. (2004) State Formation in Palestine: Viability and Governance during a Social Transformation. Routledge.
Chapters in Books
Khan, Mushtaq (2005) ' 'Security First' and its Implications for a Viable Palestinian State.' In: Keating, M and Le, A and Lowe, R, (eds.), Aid, Diplomacy and Facts on the Ground: The Case of Palestine. Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House (UK), pp. 59-73.
Khan, Mushtaq (2005) 'The Capitalist Transformation.' In: Jomo, KS and S., E, (eds.), The Origins of Development Economics: How Schools of Economic Thought Have Addressed Development. Zed Press (UK) and Tulika Press (India), pp. 69-80.
Khan, Mushtaq (2004) 'Strategies for State-Led Social Transformation: Rent-Management, Technology Acquisition and Long-Term Growth.' In: Development, Asian and Development, Vietnam, (eds.), Which Institutions are Critical to Sustain Market Development, Industrialization and Long-Term Growth in Viet Nam? Asian Development Bank (Vietnam), pp. 60-73.
Khan, Mushtaq (2004) 'What is a “Good Investment Climate”?' In: Kochendörfer-Lucius, G and Pleskovic, B, (eds.), Investment Climate, Growth, and Poverty. World Bank (USA), pp. 77-83.
Khan, Mushtaq (2004) 'Evaluating the Emerging Palestinian State: 'Good Governance' versus 'Transformation Potential'.' In: Khan, M. H. and Giacaman, G. and Amundsen, I., (eds.), State Formation in Palestine. Viability and Governance During a Social Transformation. Routledge Curzon, pp. 13-63.
Khan, Mushtaq (2004) 'State Failure in Developing Countries and Institutional Reform Strategies.' In: Tungodden, B. and Stern, N. and Kolstad, I., (eds.), Toward Pro-Poor Policies. Aid, Institutions, and Globalization. Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, Europe (2003). Oxford University Press and World Bank, pp. 165-195.
Khan, Mushtaq (2003) 'Corruption and Governance in South Asia.' In: Daniel, L, (ed.), South Asia 2004. Europa Publications (London), pp. 10-16.
Khan, Mushtaq (2003) 'The Bangladesh Economy.' In: Daniel, Lynn, (ed.), South Asia 2004. Europa Publications, London, pp. 95-100.
Khan, Mushtaq (2002) 'Corruption and Governance in Early Capitalism: World Bank Strategies and their Limitations.' In: Pincus, J and Winters, J, (eds.), Reinventing the World Bank. USA: Cornell University Press, pp. 164-184.
Khan, Mushtaq (2001) 'The New Political Economy of Corruption.' In: Fine, B. and Lapavitsas, C. and Pincus, J., (eds.), Development policy in the 21st century: beyond the post-Washington consensus. London: Routledge, pp. 112-135.
Khan, Mushtaq (2000) 'Class, Clientelism and Communal Politics in Bangladesh.' In: K, eds, (ed.), The Making of History: Essays presented to Irfan Habib. Tulika (Delhi), pp. 572-606.
Khan, Mushtaq (2000) 'Introduction [and] Rents, Efficiency and Growth [and] Rent-Seeking as Process.' In: Khan/K, M, (ed.), Rents Rent-Seeking and Economic Development: Theory and Evidence in Asia. Cambridge University Press (Cambridge), various.
Articles
Khan, Mushtaq (2005) 'Markets, States and Democracy: Patron-Client Networks and the Case for Democracy in Developing Countries.' Democratization, 12 (5). pp. 704-724.
Khan, Mushtaq (2004) 'Power, Property Rights and the Issue of Land Reform: A General Case Illustrated with Reference to Bangladesh.' Journal of Agrarian Change, 4 (1-2). pp. 73-106.
Khan, Mushtaq (2002) 'Fundamental Tensions in the Democratic Compromise.' New Political Economy, 7 (2). pp. 275-277.
Khan, Mushtaq (1998) 'Patron-Client Networks and the Economic Effects of Corruption.' The European Journal of Development Research, 10 no 1 . pp. 15-39.
Khan, Mushtaq (1996) 'The Efficiency Implications of Corruption.' Journal of International Development, 8 No 5 . pp. 683-696.
Conference or Workshop Items
Khan, Mushtaq (2005) Industrial Policy Task Force of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue. In: UNSPECIFIED.
Khan, Mushtaq (2005) International Expert Conference: Legal Aspects of Economic Development in Palestine. In: UNSPECIFIED.
Khan, Mushtaq (2005) Workshop on Economic and Social Policies and Wealth Redistribution in Muslim Countries. In: UNSPECIFIED.
