Professor of Economics
COBL | School of Economics, Finance and Marketing
Centre for International Development
Email: alberto.posso@rmit.edu.au
Phone: +61 39925 5669
Campus: Melbourne City
COBL | School of Economics, Finance and Marketing
Centre for International Development
Email: alberto.posso@rmit.edu.au
Phone: +61 39925 5669
Campus: Melbourne City
Alberto Posso is a Professor of Economics, specialised in International Development. He received his PhD in economics from the Australian National University in 2008. His research centres on poverty and inequality in developing countries. Professor Posso is currently the Director of the Centre for International Development at RMIT University.
Professor Posso has over 50 publications, including papers in well-regarded professional journals such as Health Economics, World Development, and the Journal of Development Studies.
Professor Posso has been teaching in university since 2002. He has taught courses in macroeconomics, microeconomics, statistics, and international economics. He has also supervised PhD and Masters theses. His former postgrad students are currently working as academics or as researchers in international organisations.
Prior to joining RMIT in 2009, Professor Posso worked as a consultant for ACIL Tasman, one of Australia's largest professional economic consultancies. Since joining the university Professor Posso has collaborated extensively with government and international organisations.
He has authored economic consulting and research reports for governments, NGOs, and international organisations. He has written reports for the Australian and Peruvian governments, APEC Secretariat, UN ESCAP, UN Global Compact, FAO, the Fred Hollows Foundation, Plan International, and Oxfam, to name a few.
Alberto Posso is an applied researcher very focused on high quality scholarly output and tangible impact through collaboration with international industry partners. His research primarily focuses on poverty and inequality in the developing world.
Poverty, Inequality, Child labour, Empowerment, Wellbeing
Publications
Grants
Awards
Health Economics
Posso, Alberto, Udeni De Silva Perera, and Ankita Mishra (Forthcoming)
Health Economics 30(4), pp. 876-902
Simon Feeny, Alberto Posso, Ahmed Skali, Amalendu Jyotishi, Shyam Nath and P. K. Viswanathan (2021)
Journal of Development Studies 55(7), pp.1616-1631.
Zhang, S.Q. and Alberto Posso (2019)
Award date: 2021
Recipients: Alberto Posso, Simon Feeny and Sefa Churchill
Award date: 2016
Recipients: Alberto Posso
Award date: 2015
Recipients: Alberto Posso
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Luwaytini' by Mark Cleaver, Palawa.
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.
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