Farhad Noorbakhsh
University of Glasgow
Contact Information
Email Address: f.noorbakhsh@socsci.gla.ac.uk
Telephone Number: +44 (0)141 330 4670
Homepage: http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/economics/staff/noorbakhsh_farhad.html
Department Telephone Number: +44 (0)141 330 4618
Department Fax Number: +44 (0)141 330 4940
Current Research Interests
Economic Development, Welfare and Human Development, Economic Planning, Project Planning, Macroeconomic Adjustments, and Regional Disparities
Recent Publications
Spatial Inequality, Polarisation and its Dimensions in Iran: New Empirical Evidence”, Oxford Development Studies, 2005, Vol 33, Nos. 3&4, 473-491.
“The Effects of Compliance with Structural Adjustment Programmes on Human Development in sub-Saharan Africa”, with S. Noorbakhsh in (eds) A. Paloni and M. Zanardi “The IMF, the World Bank and Policy Reforms”, Rutledge, 2005.
“ Living Standards, Human Development Indices and Structural Adjustments in Developing Countries”, with P. Mishaqi, Political Economy Quarterly, Vol. 1 Spring 2003, 107-148.
“Human Development and Regional Disparities in Iran: A Policy Model”, Political Economy Quarterly, Vol. 2 Summer 2003, 75-108).
“Looking for Human Capital: Investment in Developing Countries”, with A. Paloni and A. Youssef in (ed) F. Analoui “The Changing Patterns of Human Resource Development”, 2002, Ashgate, Gower Aldershot, ISBN 0 7546 1405 0. pp. 104-120.
“The design of conditionality and the likelihood of implementation of policy reforms: A challenge for more effective development cooperation”, with A. Paloni in: EADI (European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes)-Gemdev, Europe and the South in the 21st century: Challenges for renewed cooperation, (Parigi: Karthala, 2002), in CD-Rom
“Human Development and Regional Disparities in Iran: A Policy Model”, Journal of International Development, 2002, Vol. 14, Issue 7, pages 927-949.
“Human Capital and Foreign Direct Investment Inflows to Developing Countries: New Empirical Evidence”, with A. Paloni and A. Youssef, World Development, 2001, Vol. 29, No. 9, pages 1593-1610.
"Structural Adjustment and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Importance of Complying with Conditionality”, with A. Paloni, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2001, Vol. 49, No. 3, pages 479-509.
"The 'De-industrialisation Hypothesis', Structural Adjustment Programmes and the Sub-Saharan Dimension". (with A. Paloni) in (eds) H. Jalilian, M. Tribe and J. Weiss, ‘Industrial Development and Policy in Africa: Issues of De-Industrialisation and Development Strategy’, 2000, pages 107-135. Edward Elgar Publishing ISBN 1 84064 120 7.
"Identification of clusters of managerial skills for increased effectiveness: the case of the steel industry in Iran", with F. Analoui and H. Labbaf, International Journal of Training and Development, 2000, Vol. 4, No. 3, pages 217-234.