Peter McCawley
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Biography
Publications
Peter McCawley is a Visiting Fellow in the Arndt-Corden Department of Economics at the ANU. Peter has been an Executive Director at the ADB, led various ADF replenishment round negotiations, and is a former Dean of the Asian Development Bank Institute (2003-2007). He has recently completed writing the 50-year history of the ADB: Banking on the Future of Asia and the Pacific: 50 Years of the Asian Development Bank.
![Labor should create a “Regional Carbon Bank” for ASEAN and the Pacific](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1240465869%20copy.jpg?itok=0BHv-Vhi)
Labor should create a “Regional Carbon Bank” for ASEAN and the Pacific
An urgent demand for clean electricity infrastructure requires needs a dedicated, multilateral agency in support.
![Jim Wolfensohn’s knowledge bank](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-71963267-min.jpg?itok=VPZsyI2W)
Jim Wolfensohn’s knowledge bank
Impatient and ambitious, as World Bank president the Australian-turned-American tackled a global “cancer of corruption”.
![Peace Prize to WFP: A win for international cooperation](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1132374848%20copy.jpg?itok=oL63KwZP)
Peace Prize to WFP: A win for international cooperation
The success of the World Food Program shows the global system can work with good leadership and strong support.
![A nervous watch on the Three Gorges Dam](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1227712941.jpg?itok=aLHFn0Mn)
A nervous watch on the Three Gorges Dam
Extensive flooding is testing one of the world‘s megaprojects – and China’s reputation for high-quality infrastructure.
![Covid-19: The need to aid Asia to open up](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/49857496563_36bd7153e0_k.jpg?itok=4twSTOj3)
Covid-19: The need to aid Asia to open up
For Western donors, this has not been their finest hour, yet collective action offers a chance to revive past success.
![Indonesian economist Mari Pangestu is a World Bank Managing Director](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/9721025536_26f0e2c39f_k.jpg?itok=fz1m-ztB)
Indonesian economist Mari Pangestu is a World Bank Managing Director
In a win for Asia, Pangestu brings a practical bent that will hopefully ground some of the loftier Bank pronouncements.
![Connecting the dots on the Blue Dot Network](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/4188848337_4f76d36333_k%20copy.jpg?itok=iJaGq-Le)
Connecting the dots on the Blue Dot Network
Beyond a press release trumpeting “high-quality infrastructure” and “global trust standards”, things are a bit fuzzy.
![Habibie’s legacy of Reformasi in Indonesia](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-73715056%20copy.jpg?itok=BNVyD2MS)
Habibie’s legacy of Reformasi in Indonesia
In his brief term as president, BJ Habibie made significant changes in the country.
![China’s Belt and Road Initiative: status report](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-492870988.jpg?itok=eMzPZwRU)
China’s Belt and Road Initiative: status report
Some projects will succeed. Others will fail. And in the end, China will likely find the political gain is quite mixed.
Pagination