STI Staff Members Bio
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Paul Cashin Paul Cashin, was appointed Director of the IMF–Singapore Regional Training Institute since January 2024. He served as Assistant Director in the Macro-Modeling and Monetary Division of the IMF’s Institute for Capacity Development (ICD) from September 2020 until his appointment at STI. Prior to that, he held senior positions within ICD, including as Chief of the Asia Division and the Macro-Modeling and Monetary Division from 2000 to 2020. He also contributed to the development and delivery of ICD’s Nowcasting course. Since joining the Fund in 1993, Mr. Cashin has worked in the IMF’s Research Department, on issues related to developing countries and commodity markets; in the IMF’s Western Hemisphere Department, where he was Chief of the Caribbean Division and mission chief to the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union; in the Middle East and Central Asia Department, where he was Chief of the Regional Studies Division and mission chief to Jordan; and in the Asia and Pacific Department, where he was Chief of the South Asia Division and mission chief to India (2013–2017), and Chief of the Japan Division and mission chief to Japan (2017–2020). Prior to joining the IMF, Mr. Cashin was Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Melbourne. He has published widely in several fields of economics, including macroeconomic modeling, commodity prices and exchange rates, international economics, and economic development. Mr. Cashin obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University, specializing in macroeconomics and international economics. He also holds a Master of Agricultural Science in Agricultural Economics and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Melbourne in Australia.
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