Ray Mallon is an Australian economist who has been based in Viet Nam since 1991. He has B.Ag.Ec (Hons) UNE, and M.Ec. (ANU).

He has worked as an economic adviser in Viet Nam since 1988 (initially with ADB). He was Resident Economist for UNDP from 1991-93, and a World Bank staff consultant from 1993-95. As a freelance economist, he has worked in Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. A strong focus of this work has been on the business enabling environment and regulatory and institutional reform and development. Click here for more details. He co-authored ”Viet Nam: a transition tiger?” – published by ANU’s Asia Pacific Press Press in 2003.  Click here to download selected publications.