1.   Born in Tuscany, in central Italy, Fanfani was an economics history lecturer before entering politics.

2.   Assoc Prof Pasuk is an economics lecturer at Chulalongkorn University and has written widely on the Thai economy, Thai labour, foreign investment, prostitution and corruption.

3.   Sompob Manarangsarn, a prominent economics lecturer from Chulalongkorn University, discusses with the Business Desk his suggestions for tackling high unemployment rates over the next few years.

4.   Stabilising the baht will depend on the momentum of dialogue between Thailand and the United States, Teerana Bhongmakapat, an economics lecturer at Chulalongkorn University, said.

5.   The keynote speaker is Phichit Likhitkijsomboon, a former economics lecturer who is now research department manager with Thara Siam Business Information Co Ltd.

6.   An economics lecturer elected to parliament in an Istanbul constituency, Ciller at the start of her political career was viewed as the spiritual daughter of Demirel.

7.   Medhat Hassanein, an economics lecturer at the American University of Cairo, insists the scheme is not a thinly-veiled green light for bribery.