Mission
In recognition of the importance of economic literacy, the mission of the University of Hawai''i at Manoa Department of Economics is to discover, refine and disseminate economic knowledge, with particular focus on policy issues involving Hawai''i and the Asia-Pacific region. Faculty members support this mission by performing research; by fostering sound economic reasoning and decision-making through teaching; by contributing to the preparation of students for careers in business, government, and academia; and by providing service to the University and the broader community.
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The Department of Economics is located administratively in the College of Social Sciences, which in turn is one of the Colleges of Arts and Sciences. The department is housed on the fifth floor of Porteus Hall, a building shared by a number of social science departments and programs. The department enrolls some 150 undergraduate majors and 75 graduate students. Since introducing a graduate program in the 1960s, the department has awarded over 130 doctoral and 290 master''s degrees. Ph.D. and M.A. alumni of the department have successful careers as faculty members at major universities, entrepreneurs, and government policy experts in a variety of settings and institutions, especially in Asia and the Pacific. Faculty research interests make possible graduate field specializations with regional emphasis in the Asia-Pacific region. Resident faculty and visitors regularly present seminars and have established fruitful associations with many economic research institutions in the United States, Asia, and the Pacific, including the Asian Development Bank, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the World Bank, and various universities in the United States and throughout the world.
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