Bob Baulch

Bob Baulch

Professor, Economics

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  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

About

Bob Baulch is currently Professor of Economics in the Business School, RMIT University Vietnam. He is as an agricultural and development economist and has research and policy advisory experience in 24 countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, including long-term assignments in Malawi, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Vietnam. He was educated at the universities of Oxford (undergrad), Sussex (masters) and Stanford (doctorate) and has worked for the Asian Development Bank, International Food Policy Research Institute, Natural Resources, Institute, University of Sussex (UK), Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences and World Bank, as well as RMIT University. He has also been a manager for a community interest company and run his own successful economic consultancy company. He is a co-director of the RMIT Centre for International Development (https://www.rmit.edu.au/research/centres-collaborations/centre-for-international-development).


Awards & recognition
Merit Awards, International Food Policy Research Institute, 2019-21
Visiting Fellow, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, Fall semester, 2015
Two DFID-ESRC Development Research Awards, 2006 and 2008
Award for Professional Excellence, World Bank 2000;
Outstanding Journal Article, American Agricultural Economics Association, 1997
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, American Agricultural Economics Association, 1994
Prize Fellowship, Stanford University, 1990-93
Fellow, Overseas Development Institute,1985-1987
Postgraduate Studentship, UK Economic and Social Research Council, 1984-85

Academic positions

  • Professor of Economics
  • RMIT University
  • Business School
  • , Viet Nam
  • 2021 – Present
  • Leader and Senior Research Fellow
  • International Food Policy Research Institute
  • Malawi Strategy Support Program
  • , Malawi
  • 2016 – 2021
  • Associate Professor (Economics)
  • RMIT University
  • , Viet Nam
  • 2012 – 2016
  • Faculty Member
  • Tan Tao University
  • School of Business and Economics
  • , Viet Nam
  • 2011 – 2012
  • Research Fellow
  • University of Sussex
  • Institute of Development Studies
  • , United Kingdom
  • 2001 – 2008
  • Fellow
  • University of Sussex
  • Institute of Development Studies
  • , United Kingdom
  • 1995 – 1999

Non-academic positions

  • Leader and Senior Research Fellow
  • International Food Policy Research Institute
  • Malawi Strategy Support Program
  • , Malawi
  • 2016 – 2021
  • Lead Economist
  • Prosperity Initiative
  • , Viet Nam
  • 2008 – 2011
  • Quantitative Poverty Specialist
  • World Bank Resident Mission
  • , Viet Nam
  • 1999 – 2001
  • Affiliate Research Scholar
  • International Rice Research Institute
  • , Philippines
  • 1993 – Present
  • Consultant
  • World Bank
  • Operations and Evaluation Division
  • , United States
  • 1991 – Present
  • Senior Research Officer
  • Natural Resources Institute
  • Economic & Statistics Department
  • , United Kingdom
  • 1987 – 1990
  • ODI Fellow
  • Department of Agriculture and Livestock
  • , Papua New Guinea
  • 1985 – 1987

Supervisor projects

  • Polarization and Poverty in Vietnam
  • 4 Aug 2023
  • Antecedents and Consequences of Food Safety Practices in the Agri-food Industry in Vietnam
  • 21 Sep 2021

Teaching interests

Economics and econometrics.

Research interests

Applied Economics, Communications Technologies, Communication and Media Studies, Building.

Food price analysis
Poverty dynamics
Inequality
Sustainable urban development
Applied econometrics
Agricultural marketing
Aid
Human development
Social protection