Yurendra Basnett

Yurendra Basnett is a development economist specialising in trade and development policies. He has over seven years of experience advising governments, UN agencies and donors on Aid for Trade, WTO negotiations, regional trade agreements (such as Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus, East African Community, Economic Partnership Agreement and South Asian Free Trade Agreement), trade capacity building, and trade and human development. He has worked in Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, Namibia, Nepal, Vanuatu, Samoa and the Solomon Islands. He is also reading for his PhD in political economy of development at the University of Cambridge with Dr. Ha-Joon Chang. His thesis is on how institutions governing labour mobility function at regional, bilateral and global levels, and with what implications for economic development and poverty reduction.