My research has largely been related to trade, foreign (direct) investment, and development. It has a history of analysis aspect, in that I have re-examined the works of certain classical economists and have advanced an alternative approach to integrate their trade and foreign investment analyses that might prove more fruitful for development studies. I have also been re-examining the works of certain prominent development economists, especially those who were more sympathetic to trade interventions to promote development. My aim is to clarify the framework of their development analyses, reassert these frameworks' prominence in shaping their studies, and then elucidate the role that trade interventions play within those frameworks. This could prove to be a useful contrast to the mainstream approach that exaggerates (in a negative manner) the role played by trade interventions and then dismisses it as nothing but 'protectionism', thereby trivializing an otherwise complex process of development. Based on this history of analysis aspect, I have extended my research into an area that is more institutional, viz. assessing the changing environment for development that is defined by various multilateral trade agreements negotiated under the auspices of GATT/WTO. The hope is that my non-mainstream approach to development and trade analysis could enable one to sensibly caution against the implications of such agreements for Third World development.

Rethinking Theories of Trade and Welfare from Perspectives of Economic Development, book manuscript being prepared for Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc.

"Analyzing and arresting uneven development: Friedrich List and Gunnar Myrdal compared," Journal of Economic Issues, vol. XL, June, 2006, pp. 359-367.

"Distortions in the trade policy for development debate: A re-examination of Friedrich List," Cambridge Journal of Economics, vol. 29, September, 2005, pp. 729-746.

"Myrdal's backwash and spread effects in classical economics: Implications for multilateral trade negotiations," Journal of Economic Issues, vol. XXXVIII, June, 2004, pp. 537-544.

"Multilateral trade negotiations and the changing prospects for Third World development: assessing from a Southern perspective," Journal of Economic Issues, vol. 32, June, 1998, pp. 375-383.

"Foreign trade," entry to Kurz and Salvadori (eds.), Elgar Companion to Classical Economics, Northampton (MA): Edward Elgar, 1998.

"Technological gap and uneven accumulation in a classical production model," Metroeconomica, vol.48, February, 1997,pp. 147-173

"Rethinking classical trade analyses within a framework of capitalist development," Cambridge Journal of Economics, vol. 20, no. 4, July, 1996, pp. 413-432.

My teaching interests are in the areas of Economic Development and International Economics. In recent years I have taught: "International Economics", "International Trade: Theories and Policies", and "Economic Development" (at both intermediate and seniors' level).