Sanket Mohapatra

Sanket Mohapatra is an economist with the Development Prospects Group at the World Bank. His interest in development economics began during an internship at the Bank in 2002, when he co-authored a background paper on the determinants of capital inflows and outflows for the Global Development Finance report.
 
The following year, Sanket went on to co-author a chapter on corporate financing patterns for 2003 Global Development Finance report. In addition, he worked with faculty at Columbia University to explore the links between liberalization episodes and changes in poverty and inequality in several developing countries.  
 
His research interests include international capital flows, sovereign and sub-sovereign ratings, poverty, inequality and growth, and the development impact of remittances and migration. Prior to his current assignment, he worked as an economist with the Africa Region of the International Monetary Fund. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia and a masters degree from the Delhi School of Economics.  He currently lives in Arlington, Virginia.