Dilip Ratha
Some of Dilip Ratha's Key Accomplishments Include...
Mr. Ratha is a world expert on global remittance markets and diaspora bonds. According to the New York Times, "No one has done more than Mr. Ratha to make migration and its potential rewards a top-of-the-agenda concern in the world's development ministries."
In 2012, he founded KNOMAD, a multidisciplinary, global hub of knowledge on migration. He is the focal point for the World Bank's Migration Working Group and the Diaspora Bond Task Force, and a co-coordinator of the (G20) Global Remittances Working Group. He is the chair of the Board, first CEO, and founder of the Migrating out of Poverty Research Consortium. He is also the brain behind the African Institute for Remittances. During 2009-2016, he was a member of the World Economic Forum Global Council on Migration; During 2015-2016, a Senior Visiting Fellow at the South Asia Institute, Harvard University; and 2011-2013, a Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Sussex.
He has done pioneering work on innovative market-based financing instruments including diaspora bonds, future-flow securitization, and predicting sovereign ratings.
Renowned TED Talks speaker.
Some of Dilip Ratha's Key Accomplishments Include...
Mr. Ratha is a world expert on global remittance markets and diaspora bonds. According to the New York Times, "No one has done more than Mr. Ratha to make migration and its potential rewards a top-of-the-agenda concern in the world's development ministries."
In 2012, he founded KNOMAD, a multidisciplinary, global hub of knowledge on migration. He is the focal point for the World Bank's Migration Working Group and the Diaspora Bond Task Force, and a co-coordinator of the (G20) Global Remittances Working Group. He is the chair of the Board, first CEO, and founder of the Migrating out of Poverty Research Consortium. He is also the brain behind the African Institute for Remittances. During 2009-2016, he was a member of the World Economic Forum Global Council on Migration; During 2015-2016, a Senior Visiting Fellow at the South Asia Institute, Harvard University; and 2011-2013, a Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Sussex.
He has done pioneering work on innovative market-based financing instruments including diaspora bonds, future-flow securitization, and predicting sovereign ratings.
Renowned TED Talks speaker.
A Hidden Force in Economics: Global Remittance Markets
Innovative Ideas for Financing for Development
- Innovative Ideas for Financing for Development
Leveraging Migration and Diasporas for Development
- Leveraging Migration and Diasporas for Development
