Raghbendra Jha

Raghbendra Jha was an Indian economist and an academic who was a professor emeritus in the Arndt-Corden Department of Economics at the Crawford School of Public Policy at Australian National University. Jha's research focused on public economics, macroeconomics, development economics, and the economy of India. He has authored and edited numerous books, including ''Macroeconomics for Developing Countries'', ''Modern Public Economics'', ''Facets of India’s Economy and Her Society'', ''Environmental Sustainability: A Consumption Approach'', and ''Macroeconomics for Development: Prognosis and Prospects'' and several others.

Jha was a fellow of the World Innovation Foundation and the Research School of Asia and the Pacific at Australian National University. He was the editor for the ''International Journal of Economics and Business''. He also served as the book series editor for ''Lecture Notes in Economics and Policy'' published by World Scientific, member of the panel of series editors for ''Institutions and Development in South Asia'', and in 2023 served as a guest editor of ''Journal of Risk and financial management'' for the special issue on bank lending and monetary policy. Provided by Wikipedia