Country teams

Bangladesh

Zeeshan Abedin

Country Economist

Bangladesh Team, Country Staff

Fahad Khalil

Lead Academic

Bangladesh Team, Researcher

Wahiduddin Mahmud

Country Advisor

Bangladesh Team, Researcher

Imran Matin

Country Director

Bangladesh Team, Country Staff, Researcher

Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak

Lead Academic

Bangladesh Team, Research Affiliate, Researcher

Farria Naeem

Country Economist

Bangladesh Team, Country Staff, Researcher

Sultan Hafeez Rahman

Senior Advisor

Bangladesh Team, Researcher

Ethiopia

Douglas Gollin

Lead Academic

Ethiopia Team, Research Affiliate, Researcher

Pramila Krishnan

Lead Academic

Ethiopia Team, Research Affiliate, Researcher

Tewodros Makonnen Gebrewolde

Country Economist

Country Staff, Ethiopia Team, Researcher

Yared Seid

Country Economist

Ethiopia Team, Researcher

Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse

Country Director

Ethiopia Team, Researcher

Hilina Yoseph

Office Manager

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, Researcher

Sam Mensah

Senior Advisor

Ghana Team, Researcher

Nii Sowa

Country Director

Ghana Team, Researcher

Henry Telli

Country Economist

Ghana Team, Researcher

Chris Udry

Lead Academic

Ghana Team, Research Affiliate, Researcher

India

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

Shaibal Gupta

Bihar Lead

India Team, Researcher

Ashok Kotwal

Editor-in-Chief, Ideas for India

Country Staff, India Team, Researcher

Suryakant Kumar

Finance Officer

India Team

Manish Kumar Prasad

Programme Economist

Country Staff, India Team

Pronab Sen

Programme Director

India Team, Researcher

Sandip Sukhtankar

Lead Academic

India Team, Researcher

Kenya

Anand Rajaram

Country Director (IGC Zambia), Sr Advisor (IGC Kenya)

Country Staff, Kenya Team, Researcher, Zambia Team

Mozambique

Alberto Da Cruz

Country Program Officer

Mozambique Team, Researcher

Claudio Frischtak

Country Director

Mozambique Team, Researcher

Jorrit Oppewal

Country Economist

Country Staff, Mozambique Team, Researcher

Sandra Maria Pires

Office Manager

Mozambique Team, Researcher

Sandra Sequeira

Lead Academic

Mozambique Team, Researcher

Pedro Vicente

Lead Academic

Country Staff, Mozambique Team, Research Affiliate, Researcher

Myanmar

Siddhartha Basu

Country Economist

Country Staff, Myanmar Team

Rocco Macchiavello

Lead Academic

Myanmar Team, Research Affiliate, Researcher

Ian Porter

Country Director

Myanmar Team, Researcher

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Nan Sandi

Country Economist

Country Staff, Myanmar Team

Sudhanshu Sharma

Country Economist

Country Staff, Myanmar Team

Pakistan

Alishbah Ali Khwaja

Office Manager

Pakistan Team

Ali Cheema

Lead Academic

Pakistan Team, Researcher

Naved Hamid

Resident Director

Pakistan Team, Researcher

Ghazan Jamal

Country Economist

Country Staff, Pakistan Team, Researcher

Asim Khwaja

Lead Academic

Pakistan Team, Researcher

Ijaz Nabi

Country Director

Pakistan Team, Researcher

Usman Naeem

Country Economist

Country Staff, Pakistan Team, Researcher

Hina Shaikh

Country Economist

Pakistan Team, Researcher

Rwanda

Umulisa Adia

Junior Program Officer

Rwanda Team

Derek Apell

Country Economist

Country Staff, Researcher, Rwanda Team

Jonathan Bower

Country Economist

Researcher, Rwanda Team

Richard Newfarmer

Country Director

Researcher, Rwanda Team, Uganda Team

Anna Twum

Country Economist

Researcher, Rwanda Team

Andrew Zeitlin

Lead Academic

Researcher, Rwanda Team

Sierra Leone and Liberia

Abou Bakarr Kamara

Country Economist

Country Staff, Researcher, Sierra Leone and Liberia Team

Katherine E. Casey

Lead Academic

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

Jonas Hjort

Lead Academic

Research Affiliate, Researcher, Sierra Leone and Liberia Team

Herbert M'cleod

Country Director

Researcher, Sierra Leone and Liberia Team

Niccoló Meriggi

Country Economist

Country Staff, Sierra Leone and Liberia Team

Eric Werker

Senior Advisor

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

South Sudan

Peter Biar Ajak

Senior Advisor

Researcher, South Sudan Team

Tanzania

Christopher Adam

Lead Academic

Researcher, Tanzania Team

André Castro

Country Economist

Country Staff, Researcher, Tanzania Team

Pantaleo Kessy

Senior Country Research and Policy Fellow

Researcher, Tanzania Team

Claire Lwehabura

Office Manager

Tanzania Team

John Page

Country Director

Researcher, Tanzania Team

Uganda

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Jakob Rauschendorfer

Country Economist

Uganda Team

Tessa Bold

Lead Academic

Researcher, Uganda Team

Nada Eissa

Lead Academic

Researcher, Uganda Team

Astrid Haas

Manager, Cities that Work Initiative

Cities that Work, Country Staff, Researcher, Uganda Team

Richard Newfarmer

Country Director

Researcher, Rwanda Team, Uganda Team

Nicole Ntungire

Country Economist

Country Staff, Uganda Team

Jakob Svensson

Lead Academic

Researcher, Uganda Team

Zambia

Nava Ashraf

Lead Academic

Country Staff, Researcher, Zambia Team

Dennis Chiwele

Country Manager

Zambia Team

Shivani Haria

Country Economist

Country Staff, Zambia Team

Kelsey Jack

Lead Academic

Country Staff, Researcher, Zambia Team

Anand Rajaram

Country Director (IGC Zambia), Sr Advisor (IGC Kenya)

Country Staff, Kenya Team, Researcher, Zambia Team

Twivwe Siwale

Country Economist

Country Staff, Researcher, Zambia Team