Peter Drysdale

Drysdale nació en Grafton, Nueva Gales del Sur , y se graduó de la escuela secundaria Armidale en 1955. Asistió a la Universidad de Nueva Inglaterra , donde obtuvo una licenciatura con honores en economía y enseñó durante dos años. Sir John Crawford lo llevó a la Universidad Nacional de Australia , donde recibió su doctorado en 1967 bajo la supervisión de Max Corden . ^{[ 2 ]} En 1978, fue a Yale como becario Fulbright residente.

Other career highlights include: Chairman, Australian Pacific Economic Cooperation Committee (AUSPECC) (1984–87); Adjunct Professor, Columbia University (1990–92); Distinguished Associate, Asia Pacific Research Center, Stanford University (1974–present); Member, International Advisory Board, China Center for Economic Research, Peking University (1995–present); Visiting professor at Kobe, Osaka, Kyoto, and Tokyo universities in Japan; Honorary Professor of Renmin University (1998),^[4] Honorary Doctor of Letters from The Australian National University (2010).

He has been PhD supervisor to more than 70 students at the ANU, including Ross Garnaut, Huang Yiping and Paul Sheard. A volume of essays by some of his former student commemorating his retirement, Japan’s Future in East Asia and the Pacific (edited by Mari Pangestu and Ligang Song), was published in 2007.^[5]

Drysdale was appointed a member in 1985 and promoted to officer in 2016 of the Order of Australia.^[2]

In 1995, Drysdale received the Weary Dunlop medal for contributions to Australia's relations with Asia.^[2]

In 1998, he was elected a fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA).^[6]

Drysdale's role as a pioneer of Japanese economic studies in the West and his work as the Foundation Director of the AJRC was recognized by the Japanese government in 2001 when he received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, which represents the third highest of eight classes associated with this award. Drysdale is only the second Australian to be honoured in this way,^[7] the other being Sir John Charles Hoad (1856–1911).^[8]

Drysdale was again honoured by Australia in 2003 when he was awarded the Centenary Medal for his work on the East Asian and Pacific economies.^[9]

In 2010, The Australian National University conferred an Honorary Doctor of Letters on Drysdale.

Drysdale's published work on the Asia Pacific economy, international economic relations, foreign investment, Japanese economy and economic policy include:

• East Asian Trade and Financial Integration: New Issues (Ed. with Kenichi Ishgaki, 2002)
• Japan and China: Rivalry or Co-operation in East Asia? (with Dong Dong Zhang, 2000)
• China's Entry to the WTO: Strategic Issues and Quantitative Assessments (Ed. with Ligang Song, 2000)
• Reforma y recuperación en Asia Oriental (Ed., 2000)
• Regionalismo en Asia Pacífico: Lecturas sobre relaciones económicas internacionales (Editado con Ross Garnaut, 1994)
• La economía del pluralismo internacional: política económica en Asia Oriental y el Pacífico (1988)