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Caroline BRASSARD

Caroline BRASSARD

Caroline BRASSARD

Adjunct Assistant Professor (Executive Education)

PhD (Economics), University of London

Caroline Brassard is adjunct assistant professor (Executive Education) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP), National University of Singapore. She has been teaching at LKYSPP since 2002, on topics such as development economics, econometrics, research methods, and policy analysis. She has been an academic adviser at the Centre for Peace and Justice, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh since 2017 and an academic advisor at EduPlus in Bhutan as well as Youth &Truth International in Nepal. She is also a member of the Research Board of the World Meteorological Organisation and a member of the task team on social science and geophysical science integration. Her current research focuses on developing policies to build societal resilience to concurrent shocks in the Asia-Pacific and disaster governance in urbanizing contexts. Caroline has co-edited several books including: “Urban Spaces and Gender in Asia”, with Divya U. Joshi (Springer 2020); “Natural Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific: Policy and Governance”, with David Giles and Arn Howitt (Springer 2015), and “Labour Market Regulation and Deregulation in Asia: Experiences in Recent Decades”, with Sarthi Acharya (Academic Foundation 2006). Prior to joining the LKYSPP, she worked in Madagascar for UNICEF, in Bangladesh for CARE and in Vietnam for her post-graduate research. Caroline holds a PhD in Economics from the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies. She enjoys creative writing, improvisation and learning with her three children.
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  • Climate change

  • Decentralisation and federalism

  • Development policy

  • Economic development

  • International aid

  • Poverty and inequality

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Edited Book

  • Labour Market Regulation and De-regulation in Asia: Experiences in the Recent Decades

    “Labour Market Regulation and De-regulation in Asia: Experiences in the Recent Decades”, edited with Sarthi Acharya, Academic Publishers, Delhi, June 2006, 229 pp.

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Journal Articles

  • Resilience in Post Disaster Societies: From Crisis to Development

    “Resilience in Post Disaster Societies: From Crisis to Development” with Anne Raffin, Asian Journal of Social Science, Special Issue on “Resilience in Post Disaster Societies: From Crisis to Development”, Brill Academic Publishers Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 417-424, 2011

  • Aid Effectiveness and Inclusiveness in the Housing Sector in Post-Disaster Contexts

    “Aid Effectiveness and Inclusiveness in the Housing Sector in Post-Disaster Contexts” with Patrick Daly (Asia Research Institute), Asian Journal of Social Science, Special Issue on “Resilience in Post Disaster Societies: From Crisis to Development”, Brill Academic Publishers Vol. 39, No. 4, pp 508-533, 2011
  • Multi-level Assessments for Better Targeting of the Poor: A Conceptual Framework
    “Multi-level Assessments for Better Targeting of the Poor: A Conceptual Framework”, with Scott Fritzen in Progress in Development Studies, Volume. 7, Number. 2, pp. 99-113, 2007

  • Bat Binh Dang va Nhung Lua Chon Chinh Sach

    “Bat Binh Dang va Nhung Lua Chon Chinh Sach” [Inequality: A Policy Assessment], with Scott Fritzen, Hoat Dong Khoa Hoc [Science Activities Review], Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 57-60, 2006 [Vietnamese academic journal published by the Ministry of Science and Technology]

  • Wage and Labour Regulation Within the Poverty Alleviation Agenda in Vietnam

    “Wage and Labour Regulation Within the Poverty Alleviation Agenda in Vietnam”, Policy and Society, Volume 23, Number 2, pp. 49-77, 2004
  • Measuring of Aid Governance in Developing Countries: An Application to Post-Tsunami Aceh, Indonesia
    “Measuring of Aid Governance in Developing Countries: An Application to Post-Tsunami Aceh, Indonesia”, International Review of Administrative Science, Vol. 75. No. 4 (forthcoming December 2009).

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Book Chapters

  • Bhutan: Cautiously Cultivated Positive Perception

    “Bhutan: Cautiously Cultivated Positive Perception” Chapter 4 in “Rising China: South Asian Perspectives”, edited by S.D. Muni and Tan Tai Yong from the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, Routledge Publishers, 2011.

  • Development, Decentralization and Democratization in Bhutan

    “Development, Decentralization and Democratization in Bhutan”, Chapter 2 in “South Asia Societies in Political and Economic Transition”, edited by Tan Tai Yong, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, Manohar Publishers, New Delhi, 2010, pp. 47-82.

  • Introduction and Overview

    “Introduction and Overview”, with Sarthi Acharya, Chapter 1 in “Labour Market Regulation and De-regulation in Asia: Experiences in the Recent Decades”, edited with Sarthi Acharya, Academic Publishers, Delhi, June 2006, pp. 21-31.

  • Impact of Wage and Labour Regulation in Vietnam

    “Impact of Wage and Labour Regulation in Vietnam” Chapter 4 in “Labour Market Regulation and De-regulation in Asia: Experiences in the Recent Decades”, edited with Sarthi Acharya, Academic Publishers, Delhi, June 2006, pp. 81-109.

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Case studies

  • The Role of the Singapore Armed Forces in Post-Tsunami Relief in Aceh and Nias

    “The Role of the Singapore Armed Forces in Post-Tsunami Relief in Aceh and Nias” Case Study with Jenny Ong as joint case writer, February 2008

  • Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP)

    Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) in collaboration with the London Commonwealth Secretariat, Islamabad, Pakistan (November 26-30, 2007)

  • Land-Titling and Gender Equity in Post-Tsunami Aceh

    “Land-Titling and Gender Equity in Post-Tsunami Aceh”, Case Study with Meutia Chaerani as joint case writer, September 2007

  • Building from the Rubble: The Reconstruction of Aceh and Nias and Indonesia’s Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency

    “Building from the Rubble: The Reconstruction of Aceh and Nias and Indonesia’s Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency” Case Study with Windel Anne Barizo Lacson as joint case writer, September 2006 also presented at the workshop on “Evolving a Regional Model for Good Governance in Rural Development” organized by the Centre for Integrated

  • The Use and Misuse of Data: The Case of Foreign Workers in Singapore

    “The Use and Misuse of Data: The Case of Foreign Workers in Singapore” Case Study with TC Lai as joint case writer, May 2006

  • Streaming in Education: Singapore’s New Education System in 1979

    “Streaming in Education: Singapore’s New Education System in 1979” Case Study with TC Lai as joint case writer, February 2006

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Commissioned Papers

  • Creating Sustainable Impact Through Short Term Volunteering in Asia: an Analysis of Singapore International Foundation’s Capacity Building Projects in Indonesia, Vietnam, and Cambodia

    “Creating Sustainable Impact Through Short Term Volunteering in Asia: an Analysis of Singapore International Foundation’s Capacity Building Projects in Indonesia, Vietnam, and Cambodia”  Singapore International Foundation, with Emma Jones, (January 2013). 
  • Emerging Perspectives on International Volunteerism in Asia
    “Emerging Perspectives on International Volunteerism in Asia”, FORUM 2010 Research Paper with Margaret S. Sherraden and Ben Lough, for the International Volunteer Co-operation Organisations (IVCO), with assistance from the Singapore International Foundation, October 2010.

  • Curriculum Review Exercise for the Post Graduate Diploma in Public Administration

    "Curriculum Review Exercise for the Post Graduate Diploma in Public Administration” for the Royal Institute of Management, Thimphu, Bhutan, December 2005

  • Vietnam Inequality Report 2005: Assessment and Policy Choices

    “Vietnam Inequality Report 2005: Assessment and Policy Choices” with Scott Fritzen,Synthesis paper of the Department for International Development (UK) DFID Drivers of Inequality in Vietnam” Project commissioned by the Vietnam National Assembly, Hanoi, August 2005

  • Agriculture in Times of Crisis: Impacts in South East Asia of the Economic Crisis

    “Agriculture in Times of Crisis: Impacts in South East Asia of the Economic Crisis”, for the Australian Agency of International Development, with Gus Hooke, Peter Warr, Barry Shaw, and Adam Fforde, 1999.

  • The Living Standards of Children in Vietnam: A Conceptual Framework to Disaggregate Data From The Living Standard Measurement Survey 1992/1993

    “The Living Standards of Children in Vietnam: A Conceptual Framework to Disaggregate Data From The Living Standard Measurement Survey 1992/1993”, Save the Children Fund, UK, Hanoi, Vietnam, 1999.

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Op-Ed, Policy Briefs

  • Public Policy and Disaster Management in Asia

    Brassard, C, “Public Policy and Disaster Management in Asia”. Global-is-Asian, ed. LKY SPP NUS. Singapore: LKY SPP, 2012.

  • The Missing Capacities for Mega Disaster Management

    Brassard, C, “The Missing Capacities for Mega Disaster Management”. Global-is-Asian, ed. LKY SPP NUS. Singapore: LKY SPP, 2011.

  • International Volunteerism in Asia

    Brassard, C, “International Volunteerism in Asia”. Humaneity Magazine, 37 40. Singapore: Singapore, 2011.

  • Employment and Education Policies in Vietnam: Suggestions for a Strategic Approach

    “Employment and Education Policies in Vietnam: Suggestions for a Strategic Approach”,November 2009.

  • Bhutan’s Contribution to Public Policy Making

    "Bhutan’s Contribution to Public Policy Making”, Op-Ed article for the Asian Journal of Public Affairs, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, January 2008.

  • Teaching Quantitative Methods Through a Community-Based Data Analysis Exercise

    “Teaching Quantitative Methods Through a Community-Based Data Analysis Exercise”, in Ideas on Teaching, Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning, National University of Singapore, Vol. 3, December 2007.

  • Are Learning Patterns Different on Mars and Venus?

    “Are Learning Patterns Different on Mars and Venus?”, Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning Brief, National University of Singapore, Vol. 7, No 1, 2004

  • Protecting Values in a Changing World

    “Protecting Values in a Changing World”, Kuensel, National Newspaper of Bhutan, Thimphu, July 17, 2004

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Other

  • Human Insecurities in Asia: Addressing Local and Global Vulnerabilities

    “Human Insecurities in Asia: Addressing Local and Global Vulnerabilities” special edition of Asian Journal of Social Sciences with Anne Raffin, sociology department, NUS

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Paper for Seminar/Public Talk/Lectures

  • Three Debates on Team Teaching

    Paper for the ACE 2013 Fifth Asian Conference on “Learning and Teaching in Changing Times”, on “Three Debates on Team Teaching” with Namrata Chindarkar, Osaka Japan  23-27 October, 2013

  • Natural Disaster and Volunteerism for Social Development: Prospects and Challenges in ASEAN

    Paper for the 10th ASEAN Inter-University Seminars on Social Development: Human Insecurities on “Natural Disaster and Volunteerism for Social Development: Prospects and Challenges in ASEAN”, University Brunei, Darussalam,10-12 December, 2012

  • Humanitarian Non Structural Movement: Opportunities and Challenges

    Brassard, C, “Humanitarian Non Structural Movement: Opportunities and Challenges”.Humanitarian Forum Indonesia (18 Jun 2012, Jakarta, Indonesia)

  • Governance of Aid and Policy: The Case of Post Tsunami Aid in Aceh

    Brassard, C, “Governance of Aid and Policy: The Case of Post Tsunami Aid in Aceh”. 4th ASEAN Youth Convention 2012 (18 Jun 2012, Singapore)

  • Humanitarian Aid, Charity Fatigue and Community Resilience

    Brassard, C, “Humanitarian Aid, Charity Fatigue and Community Resilience”. 2nd Annual Asia Public Policy Forum: Disaster Management in Asia (13 15 May 2012, LKY SPP, Singapore, Singapore)

  • Development and Poverty Alleviation: Impact of the Economic Crisis

    Brassard, C, “Development and Poverty Alleviation: Impact of the Economic Crisis”.Builders Connect, University Scholars Program ( 8 May 2012, USP, NUS, Singapore)