Sushil Mohan

Contact:
s.mohan@dundee.ac.uk
Tel:+44 (0)1382 384381
Fax:+44 (0)1382 384691
Postal Address:
Economic Studies
University of Dundee
Perth Rd
Dundee
DD1 4HN

Sushil has an MSc in Industrialisation, Trade and Economic Policy and a PhD in Economics from Strathclyde University (Glasgow). Before joining academic economics, Sushil worked for over ten years at key levels in trade promotion agencies in London and India. He served as Consultant for the Commonwealth Secretariat for developing coffee industry in the Republic of Vanuatu; and as adviser to the Commerce Minister for India on trade and WTO issues. He also served as Vice-Chairman of the International Tea Committee and the UK Tea Council. He is currently a Lecturer and Director of the MSc International Business Programme.

Research

International trade policy and development
Agricultural and primary commodity trade
Fair Trade and international development
Public health management and financing

Teaching

International Trade and Investment
Economics of Globalisation
Investment Appraisal and Financial Markets
Market Planning in a Global Environment

Recent publications

Refereed Papers

"Market-based price-risk management: Welfare gains for coffee producers from efficient allocation of resources" (2011), with John Struthers, Alan Reeves and Firdu Gemech, Oxford Development Studies, 39(1): 49-68
"Fair Trade without its froth" (2010), Hobart paper 170, Institute of Economic Affairs, London
"Fair Trade and corporate social responsibility" (2009), Economic Affairs, 29(4): 22-28
‘Reforming agricultural trade among developing countries‘ (2007), World Trade Review, 6(3): 397-411
Market-based price-risk management for coffee producers, Development Policy Review, 2007, 25(3), p. 333-354
“Coffee Futures: Role in Reducing Coffee Producers Price Risk”, Journal of International Development, 16(7), 2004, p. 983-1002, with James Love

Research Papers

Modelling thirty five years of coffee prices in Brazil, Guatemala and India (2008), with Bill Russell, Discussion Paper no. 221

Research Reports

"The market for solar solutions in East Africa: Strategies for market entry", Scottish Executive, 2009
"Onboard weighing system and check weigh system: A market analysis", Scottish Executive, 2009
“Vanuatu: Coffee Development Project”, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, December 1997.
“London Tea Auctions”, UK Tea Council, 1997.
“Tea Market Report of UK, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland”, Tea Board of India, 1997.
“UK Coffee Market”, Coffee Board, 1996.
“Strategy for development of leather industry”, UP Industrial Development Corporation, 1989