Master in International Business from St. Mary’s College of California and Ph.D. in Economics from University of Zagreb.Coordinator of the Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT), an open network of research and academic institutions and think-tanks in the Asia-Pacific region.Led development of the ESCAP Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Agreements Database which monitors trade performance of the trade agreements for the regional economies.Oversees preparation of Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report, an ESCAP flagship publication in trade and investment area.Current work focuses on the impacts of preferential and multilateral trade liberalization, services trade liberalization, non-tariff protection, Aid for Trade and evidence-based policymaking in trade.Former Professor of International Economics at University of Zagreb and Senior Lecturer at Economics Department, University of Auckland.Received University of Oxford Fellowship (International Development Department), Salzburg Seminar Fellowship and MITI, Japan Fellowship.