Dr Rashmi Arora
Associate Professor
| Faculty/Dept/School |
School of Social Sciences (Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences) |
|---|---|
| r.arora6@bradford.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | +441274 236802 |
Biography
Dr Arora has worked earlier as Research Fellow in the Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Australia. In 2007 she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Asia Pacific Social Transformation Studies, University of Wollongong, Australia. She has also worked as Assistant Adviser and Research Officer in the Reserve Bank of India (India’s central bank) in its economic policy department for several years before moving to academia.
Research
Development Economics, Macroeconomics, Finance and Development, Economic Growth and Development, Less Developed RegionsProfessional activities
- Griffith Institute of Higher Education, Griffith University, Australia - Graduate Certificate in Higher Education
- University of Auckland, New Zealand - PhD
- Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India - Master of Philosophy
- 01-JAN-82: Lucknow University, India - Master of Arts (Economics)
- 01-JAN-17: University of Bradford, United Kingdom - Senior Lecturer
- 01-JAN-13: Bradford Centre for International Development, University of Bradford, United Kingdom - Lecturer
- 01-JAN-10: Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Australia - GBS Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- 01-JAN-09: University of Auckland, New Zealand - Tutor
- 01-JAN-07: University of Wollongong, Australia - CAPSTRANS Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- 01-JAN-91: Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai, India - Assistant Adviser
- 01-JAN-84: Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai, India - Research Officer
- American Economic Association, member
- New Zealand South Asia Centre, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, Associate member
- Association of Indian Economic and Financial Studies (AIEFS), USA, Academic
- Associate Member, New Zealand South Asia Centre, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Royal Economic Society, UK
- The New Zealand Asian Studies Society, New Zealand
- Member,University External Examiners and External Experts Committee
- Panel member, University Research Practice Innovation Group
- Panel member, Humanities, Social and Health Sciences Research Ethics Panel
- Professional Development Course for External Examining, University of Bradford
- General Administration: Earlier Coordinator, Staff & Student Liaison Committee for BCID
- Other: Editor, Development Working Paper Series
- Programme Leader: Department Post Graduate Research Coordinator
- Senior Fellow: Honorary Senior Fellow, Alliance for Advanced Research & Development Initiatives, Chennai, India
- Associate Member: New Zealand South Asia Centre, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Publications
| Peer Reviewed Journal | |
|---|---|
| Title | Financing for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the era of COVID-19 and beyond (Introduction) (2023) |
| Authors | Rashmi Arora, Tapan Sarker |
| Journal | European Journal of Development Research |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Title | The determinants of bank branch location in India: An empirical investigation (2021) |
| Authors | Quanda Zhang, Rashmi Umesh Arora, Sisira Colombage |
| Journal | International Journal of Bank Marketing |
| DOI | DOI (10.1108/IJBM-07-2020-0395) |
| Title | Regional Financial Disparity in India: Can it be measured? (2021) |
| Authors | Rashmi Umesh Arora, P.B.Anand |
| Journal | Journal of Institutional Economics |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744137421000291 |
| Title | Financial Development, Human Capital and Economic Growth: The Indian Case (2020) |
| Authors | Arora, R. & Jalilian, H. |
| Journal | Journal of Banking, Finance and Sustainable Development |
| Title | Banking in the shadows: a comparative study of China and India (2019) |
| Authors | Arora, Rashmi; Zhang, Q. |
| Journal | Australian Economic History Review |
| Title | Do public sector banks promote regional growth? Evidence from an emerging economy (2018) |
| Authors | Arora, Rashmi; Wondemu, Kifle Asfaw |
| Journal | Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies |
| Title | Financial sector development and smart cities: The Indian case (2018) |
| Authors | Arora, Rashmi |
| Journal | Sustainable Cities and Society |
| Title | Economic reforms, growth and well-being: evidence from India (2015) |
| Authors | Arora, Rashmi; Ratnasiri, S. |
| Journal | Journal of Economic Policy Reform |
| Title | Recent growth experiences of Asian tigers: where does India stand? (2015) |
| Authors | Arora, Rashmi; Ratnasiri, S. |
| Journal | International Journal of Social Economics |
| Title | Inequality in carbon emissions at sub-national level in India. (2014) |
| Authors | Arora, Rashmi |
| Journal | Journal of Developing Areas |
| Title | Access to finance: an empirical analysis (2014) |
| Authors | Arora, Rashmi |
| Journal | European Journal of Development Research |
| Title | Financial integration of South Asia: an exploratory study. (2014) |
| Authors | Arora, Rashmi; Ratnasiri, S. |
| Title | Does trade liberalization promote regional disparities? Evidence from a multiregional CGE model of India (2014) |
| Authors | Naranpanawa, A.; Arora, Rashmi |
| Journal | World Development |
| Title | Food subsidies for the poor in India: Are they working? (2013) |
| Authors | Arora R. |
| Journal | Journal of Asian Public Policy |
| DOI | 10.1080/17516234.2013.850217 |
| Title | Fiscal sustainability in India at state level published in Public Finance and Management (2012) |
| Authors | Tony Makin; Rashmi Arora |
| Journal | Public Finance |
| Title | Finance and inequality: A study of Indian states (2012) |
| Authors | Arora R. |
| Journal | Applied Economics |
| DOI | 10.1080/00036846.2011.597736 |
| Title | Gender Inequality, Economic Development, and Globalisation: A State Level Analysis of India (2012) |
| Authors | Rashmi Arora |
| Journal | Journal of Developing Areas |
| Title | Financial Inclusion and Human Capital in Developing Asia: The Australian connection (2012) |
| Authors | Arora R. |
| Journal | Third World Quarterly |
| Title | Globalization and stages of development: An exploratory analysis (2009) |
| Authors | Arora R. |
| Journal | Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-940X.2010.00164.x |
| Title | Bank Credit and Economic Development: An Empirical Analysis of Indian States (2009) |
| Authors | Rashmi Arora |
| Journal | Journal of Asian Public Policy |
| Book | |
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| Title | Gender Bias and Digital Financial Services in South Asia: Obstacles and Opportunities on the Road to Equal Access (2020) |
| Authors | R.U. Arora |
| Publisher | Emerald |
| Title | Bank Credit and Development - A Study of Uttar Pradesh, India (2009) |
| Authors | R.U.Arora |
| Publisher | VDM-Verlag |
| Book Chapters | |
|---|---|
| Title | Role of Finance in Development (accepted) (2022) |
| Authors | Rashmi Arora |
| Journal | Elgar Encyclopaedia of Development |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishers |
| Title | Links between financial inclusion and financial stability: A study of BRICS (2021) |
| Authors | Arora, Rashmi |
| Journal | Handbook of BRICS and Emerging Economies |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Title | Finance and women empowerment in India: Can financial literacy help? (2021) |
| Authors | Rashmi U. Arora |
| Journal | Environment, Development and Culture in South and East Asia: Local, Regional and International Perspectives |
| Publisher | Springer Nature |
| Title | Digital financial services, gendered digital divide and financial inclusion: Evidence from South Asia (2021) |
| Authors | Rashmi Umesh Arora |
| Journal | The Digitalization of Financial Markets: The Socioeconomic Impact of Financial Technologies |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Title | Rostow Stages of Economic Growth (accepted) (2021) |
| Authors | Rashmi Arora |
| Journal | Elgar Encyclopaedia of Development |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishers |
| Title | Government intervention and financial sector development (2017) |
| Authors | Arora, Rashmi |
| Journal | Development Finance: Opportunities and Challenges |
| Publisher | Palgrave |
| Title | Financial inclusion: Understanding concept, barriers and measurement (2017) |
| Authors | Arora R. |
| Journal | Financial Inclusion for Poverty Alleviation: Issues and Case Studies for Sustainable Development |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781315103457 |
| Title | How solid are the BRICS? An economic overview (2014) |
| Authors | Makin A.;Arora R. |
| Journal | The Rise of the BRICS in the Global Political Economy: Changing Paradigms? |
| DOI | 10.4337/9781782545477.00009 |
| Title | Is Finance Accessible to All in South Asia? (2011) |
| Authors | Rashmi Arora |
| Journal | Public Policy Reforms on Development: Challenges before Emerging Economies (A Source Book) |
| Publisher | Macmillan Publishers India Ltd. |
| Title | Does Size Matter? Impact of Population on Economic Development in Uttar Pradesh (2008) |
| Authors | Arora, R.U. |
| Journal | R. Ghosh, K.R. Gupta and P. Maiti (Eds.), Development Studies |
| Publisher | Atlantic Publishers |
| Title | Urban Transformation of Less Developed Regions: A Case Study of Uttar Pradesh, a Province in India (2008) |
| Authors | Arora, R. U |
| Journal | A. Thornton & A. McGregor (Eds.), Southern perspectives: proceedings of the 5th biennial conference of the Aotearoa New Zealand International Development Studies Network (DevNet) |
| Publisher | University of Otago |
| Conference Contributions | |
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| Authors | Das, K.K., Harper J. and Arora, R.U. |
| Other Publications | |
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| Other type | Working Paper |
| Title | Parameters of managerial effectiveness and development of third sector managers: An empirical study of HIV/AIDS NGO managers in India (2019) |
| Authors | Shehnaz Kazi and Farhad Analoui |
| Other type | Encyclopedia Entry |
| Title | Central Banking, Development Aspects (110-112)Reserve Bank of India (599-601); Monetary Policy (475-477); Indian Agriculture (11-16); Financial Institutions (254-257) (2011) |
| Authors | Rashmi Arora |
| Publisher | ABC_CLIO, California |
| Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Finance and Human Capital: How Close is the Link? (2011) | Rashmi Arora |
| Urban Transformation of Less Developed Regions: A Case Study of Uttar Pradesh, a Province in India (2006) | Rashmi Arora |