Economics and Finance Readings

Evan Lau , currently serving as Deputy Dean of Research and Commercialization at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), is a distinguished academic with a rich background in economics, finance, and business. Throughout his career at UNIMAS, he has held various pivotal roles including Deputy Dean for Research and Postgraduate, Director of the Centre for Business, Economics and Finance Forecasting (BEFfore), and Head of Strategy. Internationally recognized for his scholarly work, Evan has held visiting positions at prestigious institutions such as the University of Cambridge and several universities in Indonesia. Notably, he was twice selected for the World Class Professor (WCP) program by the Ministry of Education and Culture in Indonesia (2020 and 2021) and appointed as a Visiting Research Fellow for the Central Bank of Malaysia in May 2021.

Jaime Moll de Alba serves as UNIDO's Director of the Division of Regional Bureaus and Field Offices. Dr. Moll de Alba leads the identification of programmatic priorities for UNIDO's services and the Organization's responses to the needs of Member States and development partners at the regional and country levels. He also leads the development and monitoring of regional strategies and country programmes. He manages UNIDO's 48 field offices and its five regional bureaus covering Africa, the Arab Region, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. Prior to joining UNIDO, Dr. Moll de Alba gained international experience in economic development and innovation strategies. He worked for the European Commission in Luxembourg for a decade supporting regional economic development, enterprise competitiveness, small and medium-sized enterprise development, and innovation and technology transfer. Jaime Moll de Alba holds a PhD in Economic Development, and a Diploma of Advanced Studies and Research Sufficiency from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Spain, where he started his professional career as Visiting Lecturer. He graduated from the same university as an Industrial Engineer specialized in Industrial Organization. Dr. Moll de Alba's research on sustainable economic development has been published in various international peer-reviewed journals.

Lee Ming Tan is the founder of East Asia Research and he obtained his Master of Applied Finance from the University of Adelaide. He is deeply interested in how humans function and react with each other. An insight into how people's minds think and how they work together is invaluable in just about every field. Outside of work, Anthony Tan enjoys outdoor activities and occasional computer games.