Partha Sen

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Partha Sen
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Partha Sen obtained his Ph.D. from the London School of Economics. He was a Professor at the Delhi School of Economics from 1996 to 2011 and Reader in Economics from 1990 to 1996. He served as the Director of the Delhi School of Economics from 2008 to 2011 and was the Head of Department, Economics from 2003 to 2005. He has also held full-time appointments at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, the London School of Economics and the University of Bristol, and visiting appointments, among others, at University of Michigan, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, and City University, Hong Kong. His papers have been published in journals such as the International Economic Review, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. He was the Editor of the Indian Economic Review from 1997 to 2007. His areas of interest are macroeconomics, international economics, and environmental economics. He is a member of the CESifo Munich's research network.

European Policies

EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and the Global South: How to Make it Work
2024

If the EU (and other rich countries) is genuinely interested in tackling climate change, it has to ensure that adequate funding is available for adaptation and loss and damage. It can then justifiably expect all countries to pitch in with mitigation.

wEUbinars

CBAM and the Global South, The Unintended Consequences of the EU’s Carbon Pricing System
06/03/2024 - 06/03/2024
WEBINAR

Global South countries will struggle to deal with unintended consequences of the EU carbon pricing scheme: they are being asked to limit additions to the stock of carbon from now on. This is without any significant financial transfers, or, more importantly, in this case, a transfer of technology.

With Gianmarco Ottaviano (IEP@BU), Katheline Schubert (Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne), Partha Sen (CESifo).