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Prof. Charles Adams
Visiting Professor
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore


Charles Adams is a Visiting Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, where he teaches graduate courses in International Economic Policy, International Finance, Central Banking, and Financial Sector Development and Supervision.

His research areas include exchange rates; financial market developments and issues; monetary policy formulation; and regional economic integration and co-operation. He has published widely in various journals, recently co-edited a book on financial and corporate restructuring in the aftermath of the Asian crisis, and completed papers on the Asian Currency Unit, the Carry Trade and East Asian Banking Systems. Currently he is working on papers addressing inflation performance in ASEAN and the impact of international financial turbulence on Asia.

For close to 25 years, Charles Adams was an official at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) where he worked on the IMF’s World Economic Outlook and International Capital Markets Reports and was Assistant Director at the IMF’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific located in Tokyo. He also represented the IMF at regional policy meetings of APEC, ASEAN, ASEAN +3, EMEAP and SEACEN and the IMF on the Financial Stability Forum Working Group on Highly Leveraged Institutions. He has also undertaken a number of consultancy positions at the Asian Development Bank and he is on the external review panel for their publication Emerging Asian Regionalism.


Singapore is located 1 degree or 136.8km north of the equator. It has a total land area of 699 square kilometers and a population of about four million. Situated at the crossroads of East and West, Singapore is one of the busiest sea and airports in the world. Its strategic position has also made it a hub for trade, communications and tourism activities.

Singapore is known for its hot and humid weather, with little variation throughout the year. The average daytime temperature is 31ºC (88ºF), dropping to around 24ºC (75ºF) in the evenings. The monsoon season can bear down pretty heavily on our tropical weather from November onwards, so be prepared for rain on a daily basis during this period.

Singapore voltage is 220 – 240 volts AC, 50 cycles per second.

The currency used in Singapore is the Singapore dollar (S$). Money changing services can be found not only at the Singapore Changi Airport but also most shopping centres and hotels around the island. You can also access the automated teller machines (ATMs) located everywhere (even in the most obscure bits) in Singapore, that accept most of the main credit cards such as Visa, MasterCard and American Express.

Visa may be required for certain nationalities. Please visit www.ica.gov.sg to verify if you need to apply for a visa before entering into Singapore. The visa application form is available free of charge at all Singapore overseas mission. Should you require a invitation letter to support your visa letter, kindly write in to the Secretariat for your request. Please also note that visitors to Singapore must meet the following entry requirements:-