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Office of the Director
The Office of the Director (OD) coordinates the activities of the Division, manages the Division's human and financial resources, provides supports for the publications of the Division, manages the requests from UN-DESA OUSG, and maintains the relations with other Divisions and offices within UN-DESA, and other UN and non-UN agencies, as well as the general public.
A Chinese national, Dr. Pingfan Hong has worked mostly in the areas of economic research and policy analysis, particularly global economic outlook, macroeconomic policies, and international policy coordination. Before the current appointment, he was the Chief of Global Economic Monitoring Unit, in charge of the UN flagship publication of the World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP). He has also contributed to the publication of the World Economic and Social Survey (WESS). He has worked extensively with Project LINK in global modelling and forecasting.
Dr. Hong has also worked as an Officer in the State Planning Commission of China and as a Research Fellow and Assistant to Professor Lawrence Klein at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Hong earned a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, a Dual Master in Computer Sciences and Management Sciences from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and a Bachelor in Engineering from Wu Xi Institute of Light Industrial Technology. He is the World Bank McNamara Fellow of 1985.
Dr. Hong’s recent publications and working papers (in English or Chinese) include:
A comparative study of the forecasting performance of three international organizations, Journal of Policy Modelling, May 2014
Hope and Hurdles in 2014, Project Syndicate, 27 Dec 2013
Deepening reforms to realise China’s growth potential, People’s Daily, 5 August, 2013
The Fed on a Tiger’s Back, Project Syndicate, 1 Aug 2013
Selfless Seigniorage, Project Syndicate, 30 May 2013
Challenges and opportunities for emerging economies, People’s Daily, 29 May 2013
China’s interest rate challenges, Project Syndicate, 23 April 2013
Narrowing policy space worldwide, People’s Daily, 10 Jan 2013
The new features of the latest QE, China Securities, 26 Sep 2012
Challenges of interest rate liberalization for China's SOEs, Economic Reference 26 Jun 2012
The last step in China's liberalization of interest rates, Economic Herald 12 May 2012
Exploiting global seigniorage by developed countries through QE, People's Daily 03 May 2012
Comparative studies of financial reforms in China and the US, China Reform 13 Apr 2012
European economic integration at the cross-road, People's Daily, 14 Feb 2012
"Zero-sum" mentality does not help employment recovery in the US, People's Daily 30 Jan 2012
Strengthening policy coordination for supporting the global recovery, People's Daily 11 Jan 2011
Deep and complex changes in global geo-economy, People's Daily, 27 Dec 2010
A pragmatic view about international policy coordination, People's Daily, 18 Nov 2010
On the G-20's development programme, People's Daily, 02 Aug 2010
Two types of risks and the policy exit strategies, People's Daily, 22 Jul 2010
Challenges in estimating and forecasting macroeconomic trends, SSRN 01 Aug 2009
The need for international coordination of fiscal stimuli, People's Daily, 19 Jan 2009
Reforming the international financial system with a pragmatic approach, People's Daily, 15 Dec 2008
China's rise in the world geo-economy, Analytical Economics, 01 Dec 2008
A strategic turning point in policy response to the financial crisis, People's Daily, 13 Nov 2008
Concerted actions are needed to avert another Great Depression, People's Daily, 13 Oct 2008
How China could contribute to a benign global rebalancing, China & World economy, 01 Sep 2008
China's economic Prospects and the Sino-US Economic Relations, China & World Economy, 09 Mar 2006
Global Imbalances and the International Reserve System, SSRN 09 May 2005
The impact of higher oil prices on the global economy, SSRN 01 Dec 2004
Global Implications of the U.S. Trade Deficit Adjustment, UN/DESA Discussion Paper 01 Jul 2001
Unbalanced globalization with ineffective governance, Essay 02 Jan 2001
Import elasticity revisited UN/DESA Discussion Paper, 09 Sep 1999
Alternative policies for economic recovery in Southeast and East Asia, UNU/IAS, 07 May 1999
Determinants of investment and policy implications, SSRN 09 May 1995
International economic implications of the Uruguay Round: a LINK simulation study LINK working paper, 12 Sep 1994
"Fortress Europe" and Retaliatory Economic Warfare", in Protectionism and World Welfare, Cambridge University, 01 May 1993
Pingfan Hong
Director, Development Policy and Analysis Division
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
United Nations Secretariat
S-2522
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 963 4701
Fax: (212) 963 1061
email: hong@un.org