Country teams

Bangladesh

Laura Boudreau

Lead Academic

Bangladesh Team, Lead Academics, Researcher

Ashfaqul Chowdhury

Country Economist

Bangladesh Team

Wahiduddin Mahmud

Country Advisor

Bangladesh Team, Researcher

Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak

Lead Academic

Bangladesh Team, Lead Academics, Research Affiliate, Researcher

Farria Naeem

Country Economist

Bangladesh Team, Country Staff, Researcher

Sultan Hafeez Rahman

Senior Advisor

Bangladesh Team, Researcher

Ethiopia

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Feben Abraham

Country Office Manager

Country Staff, Ethiopia Team

Stefano Caria

Lead Academic

Ethiopia Team, Lead Academics, Researcher

Pramila Krishnan

Lead Academic

Ethiopia Team, Lead Academics, Research Affiliate, Researcher

Kathie Krumm

Country Director

Country Directors, Ethiopia Team

Tewodros Makonnen Gebrewolde

Country Economist

Country Staff, Ethiopia Team, Researcher

Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse

Senior Advisor

Ethiopia Team, Researcher

Seneshaw Tamru

Country Economist

Country Staff, Ethiopia Team

Ghana

Kodwo Akyea

Office Manager

Ghana Team

James Dzansi

Country Economist

Country Staff, Ghana Team, Researcher

David Lagakos

Lead Academic

Country Staff, Ghana Team, Lead Academics, Researcher

Sam Mensah

Senior Advisor

Ghana Team, Researcher

Nii Sowa

Country Director

Country Directors, Ghana Team, Researcher

Henry Telli

Country Economist

Ghana Team, Researcher

Chris Udry

Lead Academic

Ghana Team, Lead Academics, Research Affiliate, Researcher

India

Farzana Afridi

Lead Academic

India Team, Lead Academics, Researcher, Steering Group

Michele Bernadine

Copy Editor

India Team

Freeda D'Souza

Office Manager

India Team

Kumar Das

Programme Policy Manager

India Team

Nalini Gulati

Country Economist and I4I Managing Editor

India Team, Researcher

Ashok Kotwal

Editor-in-Chief, Ideas for India

Country Staff, India Team, Researcher

Suryakant Kumar

Finance Officer

India Team

Bijeta Mohanty

Programme Economist

Country Staff, India Team

Dilip Mookherjee

Lead Academic

India Team, Lead Academics, Research Affiliate, Researcher

Pronab Sen

Programme Director

Country Directors, India Team, Researcher

Mozambique

Egas Daniel

Country Economist

Country Staff, Mozambique Team, Researcher

Claudio Frischtak

Country Director

Country Directors, Mozambique Team, Researcher

Sandra Maria Pires

Office Manager

Mozambique Team, Researcher

Sandra Sequeira

Lead Academic

Lead Academics, Mozambique Team, Researcher

Pedro Vicente

Lead Academic

Country Staff, Lead Academics, Mozambique Team, Research Affiliate, Researcher

Myanmar

Siddhartha Basu

Country Economist

Country Staff, Myanmar Team

Emanuele Brancati

Researcher

Myanmar Team, Researcher

Rocco Macchiavello

Lead Academic

Lead Academics, Myanmar Team, Research Affiliate, Researcher

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Madhav Malhotra

Project Manager

Myanmar Team

Ian Porter

Country Director

Country Directors, Myanmar Team, Researcher

Pakistan

Alishbah Ali Khwaja

Office Manager

Pakistan Team

Ali Cheema

Lead Academic

Lead Academics, Pakistan Team, Researcher

Naved Hamid

Resident Director

Pakistan Team, Researcher

Asim Khwaja

Lead Academic

Lead Academics, Pakistan Team, Researcher

Amna Mahmood

Country Economist

Country Staff, Pakistan Team

Ijaz Nabi

Country Director

Country Directors, Pakistan Team, Researcher

Hina Shaikh

Country Economist

Pakistan Team, Researcher

Rwanda

Jonathan Bower

Country Economist

Researcher, Rwanda Team

Lauren Falcao Bergquist

Lead Academic

Lead Academics, Researcher, Rwanda Team

Richard Newfarmer

Country Director

Country Directors, Researcher, Rwanda Team, Uganda Team

Anna Twum

Country Economist

Researcher, Rwanda Team

Adia Umulisa

Junior Programme Officer

Rwanda Team

Sierra Leone and Liberia

Abou Bakarr Kamara

Country Economist

Country Staff, Researcher, Sierra Leone and Liberia Team

Jonas Hjort

Lead Academic

Lead Academics, Research Affiliate, Researcher, Sierra Leone and Liberia Team

Herbert M'cleod

Country Director

Country Directors, Researcher, Sierra Leone and Liberia Team

Marian Marrah

Country Research and Operations Manager

Country Staff, Sierra Leone and Liberia Team

Niccoló Meriggi

Country Economist

Country Staff, Researcher, Sierra Leone and Liberia Team

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Momoh Tarawalie

Office Assistant

Country Staff, Sierra Leone and Liberia Team

Eric Werker

Lead Academic

Country Staff, Lead Academics, Research Affiliate, Researcher, Sierra Leone and Liberia Team

Uganda

Vittorio Bassi

Lead Academic (IGC Uganda)

Lead Academics, Researcher, Uganda Team

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Liam Carson

Country Economist

Country Staff, Uganda Team

Harriet Conron

Country Economist

Researcher, Uganda Team

Richard Newfarmer

Country Director

Country Directors, Researcher, Rwanda Team, Uganda Team