Khuong Vu

Dr. Vu Minh Khuong joined the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy as assistant professor in 2006. His research and teaching interests concern economic growth, productivity, competitiveness and the related issues such as the impact of ICT, e-government, and the quality of policy formulation. He has provided consulting services to international organizations and government agencies such as IMF, UNDP, World Bank, IFC, USAID, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA). Dr. Khuong has taught at Suffolk University (Boston) and Keio University (Tokyo).

Dr. Vu Minh Khuong is from Vietnam, where he has held positions of CEO of Song Cam Chemical Company, Chief Economic Adviser to the Mayor of Haiphong City, Vice-Chairman of Dinh Vu Economic Zone, and Research Fellow at the Prime Minister’s Research Commission. Dr. Khuong had served in the Vietnamese army for three years before he began his professional career.

Dr. Khuong received PhD (in Public Policy) and MBA degrees from Harvard University and BA in Mathematics (with highest honors) from Hanoi University.
Recent publications:

• “ICT as a Source of Economic Growth in the Information Age: Empirical Evidence from the 1996-2005 Period”, Telecommunications Policy, Volume 35, Issue 4, pp. 357-372, 2011.
• “Exploring the Dynamics of Policy Interaction: Feedback among and Impacts from Multiple, Concurrently Applied Policy Approaches for Promoting Collaboration” (with Boyd Fuller), Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Volume 30, Issue 2, pp. 359-380, Spring 2011.
• “Potential Growth of the World Economy” (with Dale Jorgenson), Journal of Policy Modelling, Volume 32, Issue 5, pp. 615-631, September-October 2010.

Read his article, Technology and Labor Productivity.