Sanchita Saxena
received her Ph.D. in Political Science (focus on Comparative Political
Economy) from UCLA. Using India and Argentina as case studies, her dissertation
examined the difficulties that decentralized countries face in enacting
and implementing economic reforms at the sub-national level. Sanchita
has taught courses in Comparative Politics and on the Politics of Developing
Countries at UCLA and UC Davis. Most recently, she was an Adjunct Professor
in the University of San Francisco’s Master of Arts in Asia Pacific
Studies program, where she taught a seminar on the Politics of Economic
Reform in Asia and Latin America.
Prior to joining CSAS, Sanchita was the Assistant Director
of Economic Programs at the Asia Foundation, where she was responsible
for designing and implementing programs to stimulate private sector
growth in 18 countries throughout Asia. While at the Foundation, she
co-authored a book titled, The Phase-Out of
the Multi-Fiber Arrangement: Policy Options and Opportunities for Asia.
Sanchita’s current research extends her earlier
work on the Multi-Fiber Arrangement, and focuses on the effects of trade
liberalization in garments and textiles on smaller South Asian countries
like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
