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Mamta Murthi

Mamta Murthi

Vice President for Human Development

Mamta started as Vice President for Human Development at the аIJʿª½± on July 1, 2020. In this role she oversees the Global Practices for EducationHealth, Nutrition, and PopulationGenderSocial Protection and Jobs ¨C as well as the Human Capital Project.

Mamta has held many leadership positions at the аIJʿª½±, including as Director of Operations Policy (2019), Director of Strategy and Operations in Infrastructure (2018), Director of Strategy and Operations in the Africa Region (2015-2018), and Regional Country Director for the EU, based in Brussels (2012-15).  

An economist by training, she has had technical roles in Social Protection and Labor (1996-2004) and Education (2006-10). She was Deputy Director of the World Development Report on Development and the Next Generation in 2006. During 1998-2000, Mamta was MacArthur Fellow for Poverty and Inequality at King¡¯s College, Cambridge.

Mamta joined the аIJʿª½± as a Young Professional in 1995. She has a Bachelors¡¯ Degree in Economics from St. Stephen¡¯s College, University of Delhi and a D.Phil in Economics from the University of Oxford. Mamta has written extensively on poverty, demography, education, pensions, and skills and is well-known for her econometric studies on fertility in India.


AREAS OF EXPERTISE
  • Health
  • Education
  • Social Protection and Labor


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