Reisen's publications have dealt with the role of the renminbi for global imbalances, China's impact on Africa, and on debt sustainability in poor countries.
Reisen is on the advisory board of Internationale Politik, Journal of Development Finance and Deutsche Bank Research Notes.
Reisen is also elected member of the Development Committee of the German Economic Association Verein für Socialpolitik.
His most recent book was published in 2006: The Rise of China and India - What's in it for Africa?,[2] ISBN 92-64-02441-7, by Andrea Goldstein, Nicolas Pinaud, Helmut Reisen and Xiaobao Chen, Paris, OECD.
Edward Elgar Publishing produced two collected essays of Dr. Reisen's writings: - Debt, Deficits and Exchange Rates, 1994, 256 pp, Hardback, ISBN 978-1-85278-930-5 - Pensions, Savings and Capital Flows, 2000, 277 pp, Hardback, ISBN 978 1 84064 308 4